Ayre QX-5 Twenty - Streamer DAC Preamplifier

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 favorite 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 Ayre 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 Preamplifier provides unlimited flexibility and convenience at the highest level.

• 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 analog power supply
• High-speed circuit board material
• Ten digital inputs: Ethernet, Asychronous USB, AES/EBU (2), Optical (3), S/PDIF (3)
• Ayre Conditioner power line RFI filter
• AyreLink communication system