I've looked at the data in the Audiogon Blue Book and the going rate for the Ayre C5xe seems to be trending down to a bit over $2500, so I thought to try to pick one up. But then I read a comment by John Atkinson that he rarely uses his anymore, instead downloading music via computer. I value his opinion, so that gave me pause given I already have an Oppo BDP-105 and Sony XA5400ES. I also have a Mac Mini connected to the Oppo via the asynchronous USB port with Audirvana on my iMac, but I've been slothful about getting computer audio up and running.
So would John Atkinson advise me to forget about buying an Ayre C5xe? I suspect so.
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Topic - Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - dbphd 10:47:31 05/11/14 (37)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - John Atkinson 12:19:18 05/11/14 (36)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - dbphd 11:02:31 05/12/14 (5)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - dbphd 08:49:29 05/19/14 (4)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - Dave Pogue 09:55:37 05/19/14 (3)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - dbphd 00:43:00 05/20/14 (2)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - Dave Pogue 04:20:21 05/20/14 (1)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - dbphd 16:03:58 05/20/14 (0)
- Boxes v PC - fmak 08:24:36 05/12/14 (2)
- RE: "It is as good at 44.1k as any PC system." - Ivan303 08:30:14 05/12/14 (1)
- RE: "It is as good at 44.1k as any PC system." - fmak 10:50:31 05/12/14 (0)
- RE: Atkinson re Ayre C5xe - Sprezza Tura 15:35:48 05/11/14 (26)
- Ha ha! Awesome! -t - Sordidman 09:42:37 05/15/14 (0)
- RE: Comparing them - mkuller 19:01:23 05/11/14 (24)
- RE: Comparing them - JNS 15:49:07 05/12/14 (7)
- Yep, slow, lumbering, thick, syrupy -t - Sordidman 09:44:04 05/15/14 (2)
- RE: Yep, slow, lumbering, thick, syrupy -t - JNS 14:41:18 05/17/14 (1)
- Ha ha ha! Awesome - Sordidman 10:37:24 05/21/14 (0)
- RE: Comparing them - mkuller 15:55:27 05/12/14 (3)
- RE: Comparing them - JNS 17:03:23 05/18/14 (2)
- RE: Comparing them - abs1 14:13:40 05/19/14 (0)
- RE: Comparing them - JNS 18:41:28 05/18/14 (0)
- RE: Comparing them - Sprezza Tura 19:53:35 05/11/14 (0)
- I read JA's reply to say that his comparison only used the Ayre as a transport--same DAC both cases - John Marks 19:25:40 05/11/14 (14)
- RE: I read JA's reply to say that his comparison only used the Ayre as a transport--same DAC both cases - Sprezza Tura 19:49:37 05/11/14 (13)
- Nearly everything makes a difference... - John Marks 05:50:06 05/12/14 (12)
- RE: Nearly everything makes a difference... - Sprezza Tura 17:47:55 05/14/14 (0)
- RE: Nearly everything makes a difference... - Frihed89 14:35:48 05/12/14 (0)
- Native DSD files. - Kal Rubinson 06:56:47 05/12/14 (9)
- Excuse me, Kal - John Marks 17:53:41 05/12/14 (1)
- That is what they purport. - Kal Rubinson 18:26:02 05/12/14 (0)
- Modest start - E-Stat 10:57:19 05/12/14 (6)