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In Reply to: RE: toggle switch posted by Charles Hansen on February 08, 2009 at 19:03:20
However, from the pics, it doesn't look like the QB-9 has an extra (non-display) LED to keep lit. I'm sure that'll be changed by production time. And nothing a 1/3" diameter or so piece of circular doubleply black electrical tape can't fix. :-)
By the way, I've been meaning to ask you this: who designed the "look" of the newest Ayre gear (KX-R preamp and MX-R mono amp)? They look more like art pieces than audio gear. The smooth lines and shape/form factor definitely says not a little time was spent on that part of the design. Very nice.
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The unit is half-width -- 8-1/2" so that you can either use it with a desktop system or put two similar components side-by-side with your regular full-width kit.
But since the show we have lowered the height significantly and made the display window wider. It looks a lot better now. The only image currently available is on our "What's New" page -- just the link to the USB DAC white paper.
As far as the MX-R and KX-R, they were an amalgam of many different ideas from many different sources. One of the key features was the finish. If you have ever seen one in person, you will see that there are grooves (almost like record grooves!) that catch the light from almost any angle and direct some of it to you regardless of your position in the room. That finish was developed by the chassis supplier at our request.
Long time since we conversed. Congratulations on your new DAC, you have been getting plenty of good press on it. It looks like a work of art. I understand the clocking mechanism you are using for USB (at least in theory), but have you ever considered Firewire 800? FW has less latency resulting in less jitter to start with. Best of luck.
gjg
CES 2009 notes from Computer Audiophile has both a picture of the QB-9 (high resolution, but kinda overkill) and QuickTime video of Ayre gear (you may have to wait a bit for the video to come up):
Edits: 02/09/09
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