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RE: Ayre VX-5 twenty opinions.

Posted by Vangelis (A) on August 16, 2015 at 20:53:34

In Reply to: Ayre VX-5 twenty opinions. posted by BenE on August 10, 2015 at 07:08:18:

I've not seen much written about Ayre's Twenty upgrades so I thought I post my recent experience.

I just received my KX-5 and VX-5 both back from Ayre now updated to Twenty. I was told they would require a another breakin and to expect to them vacillate sonicly during the process.

Right out of the box and over the first 48 hrs hours the sound was simply awful, really awful, sounding far worse than they ever did prior to the upgrade. I was concerned that I made a big mistake upgrading the pair. Into the third day every thing changed. I was finally starting to hear the update. I have under a hundred music hours on the units so I fully anticipate them to flesh out more over the next few weeks. Even at this early stage, the update is providing a vastly better connection with music than I ever had pre-update and it's totally compelling. Everything now emanates from a far blacker- quieter background, again compared to my pre Twentys. There now is a wonderful new clarity with a continuousness and ease to the music. The Twenty's presentation simply allows the notes to swagger and swing big time but still sounds more relaxed somehow, hanging everything together, better than ever. The Twenty upgrade also improved the harmonic bloom with a new level of see through transparently that has shocked me. Another surprise is the greater musical density and color within the image. The bass in my pre-Twenties was just ok, where now it's massively improved with a gripping authority. Clearly this upgrade is largest sonic improvement I've ever made. Glad I convinced my wife we should chuck the vacation and do the updates. Money well spent.

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