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| How many of you are digital only systems? Digital, now mostly streaming, with an Ayre DX-5 DSD for Blue-rays. My Thorens TD 124 and Technics SL 1200 II are displayed as icons but rarely used. I also display a Gerrard RC 80 as a reminder of my introduction to HiFi in the 1950s. I still ha... | |
| Combining home theater with two channel I don’t understand Millercarbon’s point unless he means a preamp with by-pass capabillity is inadequate for stereo, or speakers used for stereo are inadequate for the front LR of an HT setup. I use an Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp and KEF Reference 1s a... | |
| Subwoofer for Kef LS50 Wireless II? I'm using a pair of KEF KC62s to augment LS50s with excellent result. I was really surpirised when I experienced the more felt-than-heard pipe organ pedal notes I've previously only experienced with a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s in my primary setup. | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp @jdub39 The JC stuff will be for the living room. Ayre Twenty series and a DX-5 DSD are used with KEF Reference 1s in the media room. | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp jafant,Thanks for the tip about the V-3. Might buy it for reserve, but I’ve decided to try a pair of JC 1 monoblocks, JC 2 preamp, and JC 3 phonostage I have in boxes sitting in the garage waiting for me to list them for sale. 400 watts @ 8Ω might... | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp jdub39I prefer to stay within a design team, so I'd use a JC 2 with the JC 5. John Curl gained considerable fame for his preamp design. | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? sbankJC 1s are what I have, except for a few Proceed Amp 2s. My preference would be to use an Ayre KX-5xeMP preamp I have with an Ayre V-3 amp, but I haven't found a V-3 for sale. I think I'll use the ultraRendu, LPS 1.2, and Ayre QB-9 DSD as th... | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? As a Roon endpoint which is better, an Oppo 205 or ultraRendu with LPS 1.2 and Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC, or does it matter? Unfortunately, I don’t see a way of using the Ayre DAC with the Oppo. I’m using the Oppo 205 with a NAD M22 amp to drive KEF LS50s... | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp jafantMy Roon endpoint is an Ayre QX-5 Twenty that receives Ethernet and sends balanced analog to the KX-5 Twenty preamp. It is stereo only.Before the QX-5, an iMac sent USB to the DX-5 DSD for Roon. Now the DX-5 DSD is used only for discs. Stereo... | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp In a previous setup I used three JC 1s to drive KEF Reference 107/2s and a 204/2C. I really liked the sound. Now the 204/2C and a JC 1 sit between KEF Reference 1s driven by an Ayre VX-5 Twenty. The trio integrates seamlessly. A Bryston SP3 proces... | |
| Ayre KX-5 preamp with V-3 amp I was looking for components for a secondary setup. My primary setup is comprised of Ayre QX-5 Twenty serving as a Roon endpoint via Ethernet, DX-5 DSD disc player, and P-5xe phonostage. A KX-5 Twenty preamp and VX-5 Twenty amp drive a pair of KEF... | |
| Vintage vs Modern speakers. I’d never seen the A7 in black before. The ones we had in the lab used the larger 500 sectoral horn, were an industrial looking bluish green, and open at the bottom. I used one at home as a graduate student in the early 60s. It was great for the h... | |
| Combining home theater with two channel jdub39,It's hard to tell how well the JC 1 matches the Ayre KV-5 Twenty, because the speakers they drive are so different. The KEF Reference 204/2C the JC 1 drives is a five speaker array, with a center uni-Q, and was designed to match the big 20... | |
| Combining home theater with two channel jdub39, a stereo version of the JC 1 makes much more sense. I don’t know what I was thinking. The number after JC has had nothing to do with the number channels. JC 2 is a preamp, JC 3 a phono stage. At 85 I may have been exhibiting a senior momen... | |
| Combining home theater with two channel Thanks for the information, jdub39. The JC5 must be a really nice 5 channel amp. I use five pieces of equipment, an Ayre VX-5 Twenty for stereo, JC 1 for center, and a pair of NAD 268 stereo amps for side and back surround. The preamp, streamer, d... |