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Hi-Fi News Outstanding Product; KX-8 Variable Gain Preamp & VX-8 Stereo Amp Combo Review
Its official! The KX-8 Variable Gain Preamplifier and VX-8 Stereo Power Amplifier really are the "best of both worlds...", and took home the Outstanding Product Award with Hi-Fi News. Read The Full KX-8 & VX-8 System Review Here!
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Steve Guttenberg reviews the K-1xe preamplifier!
While attending this year's AXPONA 2026 convention, we had the pleasure of running into Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophilliac, at our booth! He mentioned that he was in need of the best vintage electronics for review to go back in time a bit and revisit, standout hifi electronics that...
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Qobuz Connect Enabled
C'est un jour heureux! Our good friends over at Qobuz have been hard at work, not only curating some of the best high resolution music available around the world, but bringing us all Qobuz Connect as well! We at Ayre Acoustics have also been hard at work bringing...
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PX-8 MM/MC/DS Audio Optical Phono Preamplifier – Available Now!
Years in the making, the PX-8 Phono Preamplifier is set to bring you both analog, and digital bliss in one box, featuring some of our most ambitious technology to date. Equipped with two separate analog inputs featuring a balanced and unbalanced connection, and independent gain and load setting...
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JPLAY Partner Certification For All Network Devices
We are very pleased and excited to announce that after months of testing and technical exchanges, Ayre Acoustics has joined the partners certification of compatibility with JPLAY for all network(2) enabled Ayre hardware. Available on QX-8, CX-8, KX-8, EX-8, X-8 Series Net2, QX-5 Twenty, X-5 NET2. The sound...
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Upgrade’s to X-8 Series USB and Network Circuitry!
After years of development that first began with our QX-5 Twenty Digital Hub, our entire X-8 Series is now the beneficiary of our latest digital design language. Featuring further improvements to a proven recipe with our approach to Galvanic Isolation, Voltage Regulation, and Jitter Reduction Re-Clocking, the sonic...
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Stereophile Recommends the VX-8!
The VX-8 has made its debut, and the results are in. Stereophile has this mighty little amp on their "Class-A" recommended components list, and was a finalist for amplification component of the year. Read what Stereophile has to say about the VX-8 here! Recommended Components 2024 - Stereophile Recommended...
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VX-8 Stereophile Review
The VX-8 Stereo Power Amplifier made its way to expert Stereophile reviewer, Ken Micallef, and made quite the impression. "Ayre components sound the way a Concorde looks: Sleek. Silent. Distinctive. Powerful. They combine impressive spatial performance with tubelike texture and an organic presentation, with good bass but no...
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Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Award!
Many thanks to Dr. David Robinson and Juan Ayllon for the QB-9 Twenty Award and Review. “A relative bargain, it packs a delightful delivery of everything digital served up. An outstanding value, the QB-9 Twenty can mix it up with the best of them and, hence, earns this...
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Ayre Acoustics EX-8 2.0 Integrated Hub D/A integrated amplifier
“With its pure treble, clear and rich midrange, ample low end, and coherence, the Ayre is the finest solid state integrated I've had in my house.” —Ken Micallef Read the full EX-8 2.0 Review