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Ayre QX-5 Twenty Full Digital base S/PDIF + USB + Net

Ayre QX-5 Twenty Full Digital base S/PDIF + USB + Net

This is a product that provides unlimited flexibility and handiness at the highest level by joining all of your digital media together with every possible digital input and the trendiest streaming services.

$22,750.00Price

Ayre QX-5 Twenty Full Digital base S/PDIF + USB + Net

This is a product that provides unlimited flexibility and handiness at the highest level by joining all of your digital media together with every possible digital input and the trendiest streaming services.

$22,750.00

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It has been considered one of the smoothest and most natural-sounding devices by reviewers. The QX-5 brings more than just a DAC or a streamer in today’s digitally connected world. It brings the ability to handle the highest resolution files and play one’s favourite online streaming services or broadcasts without missing a beat. Introducing the new ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip and a new jointly-developed doubly-rotated Morion quartz crystal-based oscillator, the QX-5 Twenty raises digital performance to an awe-inspiring horizon.

This product provides unlimited flexibility and handiness at the highest level by joining your digital media with every possible digital input and the trendiest streaming services.

Upon your preferences, QX-5 is available just as a digital base, equipped with asynchronous USB or ethernet inputs added to the digital ground.

The ultimate option offers all possibilities incorporated into full digital.

Different upgrades and versions are available:

digital player with S/PDIF + USB – 15,900 AUD

digital player with S/PDIF + NET – 18,300 AUD

zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
Ayre’s Asynchronous S/PDIF input
ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip
Ayre & Morion jointly developed a crystal oscillator
Ayre’s Minimum Phase digital filter
Single-pass 16x oversampling
Ayre’s Diamond output stage
Ayre’s exclusive Equilock circuit
100 steps digital volume control
Linear analog 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

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REVIEWS

average rating is 5 out of 5

1 review for QX-5 Twenty Full Digital base S/PDIF + USB + Net

  • “It [QX-5 Twenty] made me smile for weeks and many hours of listening, sometimes into the wee hours just for the fun of it. The Ayre is among the smoothest and most natural-sounding digital devices I’ve heard. ”

    -Michael Lavorgna, AudioStream

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