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| Used Ayre amp market pricing Finding an audio component to fix into a specific space with height limits is not easy. And, yes,the cost for the VX-5 will be lower than the price for the VX-5 Twenty unit. The difference is usually the retail price difference between the two... | |
| Apple AirPort Extreme & the Apple Airport Express Firmware Upgrades are Available I installed the new Luxul Ethernet switch, plugged it in and my three devices immediately connected to the Internet perfectly (finally). I tried to install my original Apple AirPort Extreme router for use as an extender but it would not connect t... | |
| Apple AirPort Extreme & the Apple Airport Express Firmware Upgrades are Available My Apple AirPort Extreme router stopped working. I doubled checked everything and finally called Apple Care. After an exhaustive amount of checks, we finally determined the LAN ports were not working. The time for the $150 (?) repair was one week... | |
| Luxman L-550ax vs. L-350 AII I found this on the Luxman distributor's web site:"The Luxman L-350AII is a rebadged L-550AII with all the critical Japanese audio parts, sourced from Luxman in Japan but assembled in China. As a result we were able to lower the retail price from ... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers Additional clarification information: When using you Aurender iPad application, you might see TWO identical albums on your screen. Unfortunately, Tidal is not displaying the difference between albums when browsing content (regular resolution or ... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers How does the Aurender handle albums coded with the MQA Format (the answer and information below should be considered a work in progress and subject to change)? "If you navigate to an artist that has an MQA version of an album available on Tidal, ... | |
| Anyone having trouble with Tidal cutting out? Some additional items to check are:1) Update your device firmware: Check to see if there are any firmware updates available for your device (router, computer, etc.). Device manufacturers regularly release firmware updates you can download to ... | |
| Anyone having trouble with Tidal cutting out? Based on the info you provided above, the problem may not be with your ISP.How is your streamer connected to the Internet? Are you going direct to the router or using an Ethernet switch? What device are you using to stream Tidal?I had similar "... | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions for Dynaudio Contour 3.4LE The Ayre Acoustic AX-7e integrated amplifier is excellent. The list price was $3,500 but the unit was recently discontinued so a lower price is possible. Ayre has the AX-5 Twenty integrated amplifier priced at $12,950 (ouch, over your budget and... | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep As you requested, I am keeping my Bricasti M1 SE DAC in my main audio system and keeping the Ayre Codex DAC for my 2-chanel home theatre system.Last week, at my retailer, I heard the Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC running direct to a power amp and then an A... | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? George: Thanks for your suggestions. As I stated above, we removed the R141 circuit from my Hypex NCore NC400 bridged mono blocks, thus lowering gain by 14 dB, requiring 14 dB higher M1 volume setting for same playback level. This allows me to... | |
| Looking for a DAC < $1500 Please see the Audio Alchemy DDP-1 Preamp/DAC/Headphone Amp. Its digital inputs are AES/EBU, 2 RCA coaxial, 2 Toslink optical, I2S, aux USB for firmware updates.http://www.audioalchemy.com/products/ddp-1-1It has 2 RCA coaxial inputs. | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep I received my Ayre Codex DAC today and changed the input source to USB and the output device to Pre-amp (goes direct to my power amplifiers). The unit was then installed in my main audio system and my first impression is out of the box, it sounds... | |
| Ayre Codex I received my Ayre Codex DAC today and changed the input source to USB and the output device to Pre-amp (goes direct to my power amplifiers). The unit was then installed in my main audio system and my first impression is out of the box, it sounds... | |
| Ayre Codex I heard the Ayre Codex DAC today with the Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier. My first impression was that it sounded terrific. I continued to listen to a wide variety of music and liked the Codex DAC very much. I took a break and listened again. I... |