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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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