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Old 11-19-2017, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RLF View Post
Was the the Ayre VX-5 which you did the comparison, the Twenty version? I own both a VX-5 Twenty and Audio Research 75SE and must say that the Ayre sounds very good with my speakers. I bought my Ayre before the Twenty was available. After I had my VX-5 upgraded to the Twenty, I found that when I got it back from Ayre, it sounded much better and on par with my ARC Ref 75, but provided a good deal more bass and slam to my Sonus Faber speakers than the Audio Research amp. The combination of my Ayre VX-5 with my ARC Reference 6 preamp is sublime.
Not the twenty version, the original model.

I will upgrade to MX-R Twentys over the next 12 months, so wont bother with a twenty upgrade on my VX5. I suspect MX-R's with my Ref 3 will be damn near perfect.
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