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Originally Posted by ylee
Interesting. I assume by successor the new model will be less of a digital hub and more of a simple DAC. It will be interesting to see if it uses the same ESS chip as the QX-5. I wound up after much research ordering a Totaldac d1-twelve as my reference digital source. Quite expensive, but considered one of the very best in the world. I'm a big Ayre fan and so if the QB-9 successor is reasonably priced like its predecessor I may pick one up in the coming year or two. The TotalDac purchase depleted my hobby budget for the year.
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The QX-8 uses the mobile version of the ESS9038 and is bus powered similar to the codex.