Ayre QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC – Silver

Here we have a high quality Streaming DAC (digital to analogue converter) from American company Ayre. The Ayre QX-5 Twenty promises elevated musical performance and links all of your digital media and sources together with every conceivable digital input and the most popular streaming services. Our example is in very good condition noting a few very minor blemishes to the casework mainly to the sides – please refer to photographs. It comes in original factory packaging along with remote control unit, manual, mains cable, ethernet cable, USB cable, Wi-Fi cable and of course our usual three month warranty.
Ayre Say….
In today’s digitally-connected world you need more than just a DAC or a streamer. You need a device that can effortlessly render your highest resolution files and, without missing a beat, play your favourite music streaming services or BBC broadcast. Featuring the new ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip and a new jointly-developed doubly-rotated Morion quartz crystal-based oscillator, The QX-5 Twenty elevates digital performance to an astonishing level. Linking all of your digital media together with every conceivable digital input and the most popular music streaming services, the QX-5 Twenty streaming DAC provides unlimited flexibility and convenience at the highest level.
Features:
zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
Ayre’s Asynchronous S/PDIF input
ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip
Ayre & Morion jointly-developed crystal oscillator
Ayre’s Minimum Phase digital filter
Single-pass 16x oversampling
Ayre’s Diamond output stage
Ayre’s exclusive Equilock circuit
100 step digital volume control
Linear analogue power supply
High-speed circuit board material
Ten digital inputs: Ethernet, Asynchronous USB, AES/EBU (2), Optical (3), S/PDIF (3)
Ayre Conditioner power line RFI filter
AyreLink communication system
Specifications:
Audio Inputs:
USB: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8, 384 kHz; PCM 16, 20, 24-bits; DSD64 and DSD128 (as DoP)
Optical/SPDIF/AESEBU: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz; PCM 16, 20, 24 bits; DSD64 (as DoP)
Network: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz; PCM 16, 20, 24 bits; DSD64 (as DoP)
Line Output Level: 4.0 Vrms balanced, 2.0 Vrms single-ended
Headphone Output Level: 8.0 Vrms balanced, 4.0 Vrms single-ended
Power Consumption: 60 W
Dimensions: 440 (W) x 330 (D) x 100 (H) mm
Weight: 7.25 kg

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