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Old 01-05-2018, 09:21 PM
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Default DX-5 DSD upgrade

Yes you can only run one core at a time unless you buy another license. Here is a link to get started

https://kb.roonlabs.com/RoonBridge
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Old 01-05-2018, 11:11 PM
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The DX-5 DSD is scheduled to be shipped from Beverly Hills to Montecito (Santa Barbara) tomorrow. I plan to run only one core at a time. I appreciate the advice you've provided; it served as a basis for confirming my offer on the unit.

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Old 02-05-2018, 03:55 PM
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After Montecito dug out from the mud I finally picked up the DX-5 DSD that had been scheduled to be delivered the day of the flood. I installed it yesterday, but was frustrated because balanced analog and digital BD played fine, but no sound from SACDS. It finally occurred to me that the Bryston SP3 doesn't accept DSD and the previous owner may have used DSD. That was the problem. With the DX-5 DSD sending 24/192 LPCM, the sound with SACDs is spectacular. The DX-5 DSD must send very clean HDMI and the SP3 DAC process must be very good. It was a revelation.
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After Montecito dug out from the mud I finally picked up the DX-5 DSD that had been scheduled to be delivered the day of the flood. I installed it yesterday, but was frustrated because balanced analog and digital BD played fine, but no sound from SACDS. It finally occurred to me that the Bryston SP3 doesn't accept DSD and the previous owner may have used DSD. That was the problem. With the DX-5 DSD sending 24/192 LPCM, the sound with SACDs is spectacular. The DX-5 DSD must send very clean HDMI and the SP3 DAC process must be very good. It was a revelation.
I am pretty sure the DX-5 does not send high res over the digital AES connection (only downsampled signals), do you mean you use the analog outputs ?
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ah ok, you are using the HDMI connection

Have you tried the analog outputs of the Ayre, the internal DAC is not bad at all
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Have you tried the analog outputs of the Ayre, the internal DAC is not bad at all
I use balanced analog and HDMI connections between the DX-5 DSD and Bryston SP3. I initially took balanced analog to a Parasound JC 2 BP, but using the SP3 for both analog and digital seems entirely adequate and makes for a simpler implementation.

I connected a USB cable between the DX-5 DSD and my iMac with the plan to use Roon Bridge, but have yet to implement it. Roon Core runs on a Mac Mini that connects via ethernet to a QX-5 Twenty in another room.
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Old 02-21-2018, 10:49 PM
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The previous owner of the Ayre DX-5 DSD told me he used an AudioQuest Diamond HDMI cable for the audio connection, and recommended I do so as well. My intellect said bits are bits, my emotion said try it. I found a used 1.5 m Diamond cable for about half the going discounted new price, and I installed it today. Does it make difference? I wouldn’t swear to it. BDs and SACDs sounded great with the Blue Jeans cable, perhaps just a bit more fleshed out and transparent with the Diamond cable. The sound with the Ayre is so superior to that with the Esoteric SA-60 that it swamps my judgement. Charley Hansen was right: It does sound better than my beloved C-5xeMP.
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So if I understand correctly, you are only using the DX-5 as a transport ?

I have tried many options, but I like the DX-5 best with Cardas Clear XLR cables (analog to the Amplifier), internal DAC and Minimum Phase filter are very good in my opinion. (I have used the DX-5 mostly as an USB DAC for my Aurender streamer)

I might be selling my DX-5 soon, tomorrow I am picking up my new amp (with internal DAC), therefore the DX-5 will not be used much anymore.
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So if I understand correctly, you are only using the DX-5 as a transport ?

I have tried many options, but I like the DX-5 best with Cardas Clear XLR cables (analog to the Amplifier), internal DAC and Minimum Phase filter are very good in my opinion.
I use the DX-5 DSD as an analog player with Cardas Clear Light XLR cables and as a digital player with Audioquest Diamond HDMI cable. The sound with either configuration is superb, even excelling my revered C-5xeMP, with detailed imaging that can extend beyond beyond the speakers and seemingly behind the projection screen.

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Ok, you are already using Cardas cables, they work great with Ayre gear.
If you want some extra low frequency energy, try the Clear or Clear beyond XLR cables.
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