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| AQ Diamond USB Cable with Ayre QB-9 DSD? Given that you are also using a QB-9 DSD, I think your reply tells me what I wanted to know. Thanks.db | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s It's not easy for me to do an AB comparison. Although I think both speakers sound great, at times I think I prefer the LS50s, and that concerns me. The pair of servo 15" subs use bass management that provides acoustic room correction, so that to... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or LS50s I should have made it clear that I have a pair of KEF Reference 1s and eight LS50s. I have all the Ayre stuff, except an AX-5 Twenty integrated, but I have the KX-5 and VX-5 Twenty separates. | |
| Streamer with no DAC? If OP wants "high res services" like those available from Qobuz the amp’s DAC may be the limiting factor. A Senore microRendu server with a Schiit Modi 3 DAC would be inexpensive and yield quite good sound quality. Senore also offers the opticalRe... | |
| Ayre QB-9 twenty vs Chord Hugo TT2 I wasn't aiming to match the Codex, just aiming to provide interim DAC service. | |
| Ayre QB-9 twenty vs Chord Hugo TT2 A week ago there was a QB-9 DSD listed on the Canadian Mart for about $1200 USD. If you decided on the Twenty upgrade, you'd be in at $2700 ($1200 + $1500). I decided to buy a $99 Schiit Modi 3 to use while my Codex is being serviced -- it is a ... | |
| Ayre QB-9 twenty vs Chord Hugo TT2 I do think OP would be well served by using balanced connections from a DAC to the A7e. I've been using a Codex to my A7e with KEF LS50s. The sound is excellent. Sources are an Ayre C-5xeMP disc player and ultraRendu Roon endpoint. | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with QB-9 DSD? When I first noticed the problem, the sound was very low. Now there is no sound. I don't recall make any changes in the the interim. | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with QB-9 DSD? Hgeifman, thanks for the post. I plan to revisit all the connections and settings today. Inaudible audio occurs only with Roon and the ultraRendu that sends USB to the Codex that then sends balanced analog to an Ayre A7e integrated. An Ayre C-5x... | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC I set the Codex input to USB and output to DAC, but no audio. I'll check cabling for the ultraRendu setup. I may have screwed that up after I substituted the microRendu when trying to find the fault. | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC Thanks for the advice. I've printed out the setup instructions and plan to sit in front of the Codex with them. My other Roon endpoint is a QX-5/20 that takes Ethernet in and outputs balanced analog to the KX-5/20 preamp. | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 At 84 the prospect of unpacking a pair of JC-1s and hauling them upstairs for comparison with the VX-5 Twenty is daunting. Not sure how entitlement applies but I suppose laziness does. In that sense, the easiest path is to do nothing, and that's ... | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 Yes, I think I do. I'll try to sell the three JC-1s, the JC-2, and the two JC-3s I have boxed up and ready to go. Thanks to all who have given advice. | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 I used the three JC-1s to drive KEF Reference 107/2s and a 204/2C for years. The JC-1s added great LF authority to the 107/2s. But it was a pair of 20-watt Cary CAD-572SE tube mono blocks that lead me to the Ayre amp, that and that I had been ho... | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 I forgot to mention that sources in the all-Ayre setup are QX-5 Twenty for Roon, DX-5 DSD for discs, and P-5xe for vinyl. |