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KX-5 officially shipping now!
Hi everyone,
Just ordered a KX-5 in black from my dealer today. He gave me a call yesterday and let me know that they're taking orders now. Exciting news! Always a risk buying something without hearing it first, but I've been an Ayre fan for a long time and owned/heard nearly everything they've done in the past 6 or 7 years. I'm pretty excited, as I think their preamps are where they excel most. Should match nicely my QB-9 and VX-5 Anyone else interested in this preamp? Has anyone heard it yet? (it was CAS 2013 just the other day). It will be maybe a month before mine comes in, but I'll be sure to share my thoughts as it breaks in. Last edited by Manbient; 08-16-2013 at 11:33 AM. Reason: Accidentally referred to the K-5xe in the post, rather than the KX-5 I intended! |
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Love my k-5 preamp.
Great performance for its price! |
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I am very interested in hearing about it. I am using a Ref5se with my VX-5.
I do think they made a mistake in naming these new products so close to the older series. People will be confused by the similar 5 names. What is the price of the new KX-5? |
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Haha, I just noticed in my post I said K-5xe when I didn't mean that (I actually did own a K-5xe in black a few years back though!). I understand the naming convention for the upgrade paths, but it is pretty confusing to have an entirely new product with nearly the same name. Also makes it hard to google for info
The retail price is the same as a VX-5 ($8000) according to my dealer. That's getting up there for a preamp (for me anyway), so I've got high hopes. I'm glad they made this product though, as I was humming and hawing over a KX-R for about 2 years, but the price point is just a little too hard for me to afford and it would've been such a class above the rest of the system I don't think it would've been showing what it can do anyway. I've been rebuilding this past year in a big way... I moved away and was using Dynaudio BM5a active monitors with a Cambridge azure 840e preamp with my QB-9 for a couple years... would be a little imbalanced with a KX-R haha. |
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Can you provide some more details on this pre-amp? The KXR is a winner, and can be found used at an affordable price.
Thanks. Tom Last edited by MtnHam; 08-16-2013 at 03:15 PM. |
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That pic is from a prototype a few months ago I believe (though I don't think it changed from then). There isn't much info out there that I've been able to find actually! Hopefully Ayre will release some info soon. I remember with the VX-5 they started taking orders before they had any official documentation/spec sheets out as well.
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I've only ever seen one or two come up on Audiogon, and they sold for not that big a discount from new. |
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They are typically listed on AG for around $10.5K to $11.5K which is a pretty good discount from new. In fact there is one listed now for $11.5K.
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