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In Reply to: Re: What's the difference between Ayre V5-X and Ayre V5 posted by ThomasW on November 08, 2004 at 21:27:23:
"The specific details about the mods AREN'T available to the general public. Ayre doesn't want people doing DIY "X" or 'new' mods".
I'm not asking about the specific details of the upgrades done in V-5X. All I'm asking is perhaps a general description of what is done to bring the V-5 to V-5X. I'm sure any manufacturers can disclose this fact to the knowledge of the public, and potential customers, in particular. I just don't see what the fuss is all about. As regards the DIY thing, I doubt very much that any existing V5 owners can DIY the upgrades themselves, because firstly I don't think Ayre sells the necessary parts anyway and secondly, customers just don't have a clue how to do it (remember it is SS amp not tube amp). Your comment sounds like you represent Ayre, which obviously you don't.
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It's obvious from your comments that you don't understand the nature of the DIY community, and the level of sophistication DIYers possess. BTW, changing components in a solid state amp is no big deal.There are upgrades to the power supply (so called 'Ayre Conditioning'), some components on the PCB's are changed, and there's a new power switch, that make up the "X" mod.
Although I've been a personal friend of Charlie Hansen for some 25yrs, no one at the factory would discuss anything about the 'new' mod. It was however performed to the amp I took home.
What kind of speakers are you listening to?
Here's an older picture taken where we were doing initial setup and output level measurements.They are a quad amped hybrid planar array in horizontal MTM configuration (ala Quad). The 'woofers' are pair of Acoustat 1+1 ESL planels. The midrange is a B&G RD-75. There is a line array of 16 Techincs EAS-400H leaf tweeter on each side. There's a 12 driver IB subwoofer mounted in the floor centered between the mains
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