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Ayre Acoustics - CX-8 CD Player  Ex-Demo ( minimal usage )

DESCRIPTION
* No other CD player delivers music like the Ayre CX-8. Ayre combined over twenty years of experience making disc spinners with our very latest digital and analog technologies to create this fantastic CD player. * * Its sophisticated single-pass 16x Minimum Phase digital filter allows the subtle sonic details in your favorite discs to shine through. Ayre fully-balanced, zero-feedback analog circuit delivers breathtaking transparency and renders your music against a rich deep background.

* If you’re like Ayre Acoustics sound, you have hundreds, if not thousands, of CDs in your collection. Bring those discs back to life and hear them in the best way possible through the CX-8’s Equilock gain stage and Diamond output circuitry.

* Meticulously rendering the music from your CDs with a lifelike quality that will have you listening for hours, the Ayre CX-8 is likely the last disc spinner you’ll ever need.

Features :
Zero-feedback, fully-balanced discrete circuitry
ESS ES9038Q2M DAC chip
Ayre custom digital clock
Ayre’s Minimum Phase digital filter
Single-pass 16x oversampling
Ayre’s Diamond output stage
Ayre’s exclusive Equilock gain stage
Linear analog power supply
High-speed circuit board material
Optional digital inputs:
Ethernet, Asynchronous USB
AyreLink communication system

Specifications: 

Audio Inputs:
USB: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8, 384 kHz
PCM 16, 20, 24 bits
DSD (as DoP) up to 2x (128)
DSD-Raw up to 4x (256)

Network: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
PCM 16, 20, 24 bits
DSD up to 2x (128)

Outputs:
Line Output:
Balanced XLR: 4.5 Vrms 
Single-ended RCA: 2.25 

Power Consumption:  60 watts max

Dimensions:
17.25″ W x 13.00″ D x 4.5″ H
(44cm x 33cm x 11.5cm)
Weight:  13 pounds (6 kg)
 

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