You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers?

I have an Ayre VX-5 Twenty driving a pair of Quad ESL 63.  I play mostly jazz and classical.  I also use two JL Audio 12" subs.  Not looking for anything else.

I use an Ayre A2D sometimes in the recording chain… w Stax cans. When i had a VX-R Twenty it ran Vandersteen 7’s. 

Vandy and Sonus Faber are the classic pairings. Also Avalon.

Ayre is an outstanding brand! To answer your question, any speakers would work with Ayre, enough “juice”. I no longer have Ayre, but when I did, my speakers were Revel (F208 first, then F228Be). Great combination.

My two cents (subjective opinion, personal preference): Ayre tends to be very “airy” with lots of soundstage, and excellent tonality, but, some may consider that “bright”. If that’s the case, then some “polite” speakers (think Sonus Faber or Dynaudio) would do best

Vandy Treo's for me.

Ayre tends to be very “airy” with lots of soundstage, and excellent tonality, but, some may consider that “bright”.

Non-Twenty iterations were often not so much 'bright' but bass shy. The Diamond circuit really changed everything for the better.

Bob