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

 

Many people have hundreds, if not thousands, of CDs in their 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

Ayre Acoustics CX-8 CD Player

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PriceFrom $5,450.00
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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: 4.5 Vrms balanced, 2.25 Vrms single-ended

XLR Input Polarity

Pin 1 = Ground
Pin 2 = Non-inverting (Positive)
Pin 3 = Inverting (Negative)

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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