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Ayre QB-9 review question Wes & John
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During the review period for the Ayre QB-9 DAC were there any comparisons done between it and the C-5xeMP or CX-7eMP?

I know Wes Phillips did listen to both the QB-9 and the C-5xeMP, but I don't know why he didn't specifically comment on the comparison in his review. I did have the QB-9 briefly in my system while the review was being prepared, and I did feel that the C-5xeMP did have a slight advantage playing both CD files and hi-rez files that I also had on DVD-A. The player, of course, will also play SACDs.

You'd expect the differences to be small, however, as the QB-9 and C-5xeMP have the same digital filter. The QB-9's output stage, BTW, is the same as the new revision of the K5-xe preamplifier.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

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