Whether you listen to music over your loudspeakers or through headphones, the Ayre EX-8 two-channel integrated amplifier provides a complete solution for the cutting-edge reproduction of refined audio sound.
All you need to enjoy the experience of your favourite music is to combine a quality pair of loudspeakers or headphones & a digital or analogue input source with the scintillating EX-8.

The Ex-8 is more than equipped to be the centre of your complete audio system with its three analogue inputs (one balanced) & up to six digital inputs (Ethernet, USB, AES/EBU, S/PIDIF & 2 Toslink)
Highly adaptable, the EX-8’s ethernet module is Roon-ready & preconfigured to stream Spotify, Qobuz & Tidal.

Both balanced & unbalanced front facia output connections are driven by Ayre’s exclusive Double Diamond amplifier circuitry and Ayre’s robust analogue linear power supply, which has been designed & constructed to easily drive the most demanding headphones.
As with the headphone outputs, the EX-8 employs the same Double Diamond & linear power circuitry to effortlessly drive your loudspeakers up to 100 watts, into a nominal 8 ohms, per channel.

As mentioned above, the EX-8 model is highly adaptable; as it can come in several guises:

As described above (analogue & digital inputs)
Or as an analogue input-only version
Or upgrade with a form of S/PDIF that will allow for further upgrades
A digital base & USB or Ethernet
Or a fully outfitted, QX-8, USB & Ethernet version

There is potential for even more versions & upgrades.

-Analogue inputs with S/PDIF added – 12,650 AUD
-Analogue inputs with S/PDIF & USB & Ethernet – 13,000 AUD

Ayre’s Asynchronous S/PDIF input.
ESS ES9038Q2M DAC chip
Ayre custom digital clock
Ayre’s Minimum Phase digital filter
Single-pass 16x oversampling
Ayre’s Double Diamond output stage
Ayre’s exclusive Equilock gain stage
Analog volume control
Linear analog power supply
High-speed circuit board material
Up to six digital inputs:
Ethernet, Asynchronous USB,
AES/EBU, S/PDIF, Optical (2)
Ayre Link communication system

3 reviews for Ayre EX-8 Two Channel Integrated Amplifier with adaptable inputs

• “In New York City, everything comes at a premium: Housing, groceries, transportation, walking space, living space, sanity space—consider our cubbyhole apartments and tenement buildings. Even “air rights” are for sale in NYC, including rights to the air over my beloved Katz’s Delicatessen in the Lower East Side (footnote 1). The square footage of my downtown apartment is less than a quarter of the space of my North Carolina home. (Brownstones? Only above 72nd Street, footnote 2.) But, as the song says, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” What did Frank Sinatra know, anyway? He was from Hoboken!”

  Read full review by Stereophile

• “In a sense then, the fully specified EX-8 is effectively a one-box digital hub – it’s a streaming DAC/integrated amplifier that just needs a pair of loudspeakers to deliver a fully functioning music system.”

  Stereonet review 07/2020

• “Interconnectedness, easy operability, excellent sound quality and attractive exterior make the Ayre EX-8 worthy of your consideration..”

  Australia-HiFi-review-Ayre.pdf 

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