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Ayre V5xe

Would you consider the Ayre V5xe the cream of crop? Stereophile really likes this amp, but I cannot help wondering if they like the value of this inexpensive amp. When I listen to it, soundstage is excelent. It's sweet, presents itself as a good bridge between solid state and tube amp. It would work well with a preamp that excels in lower frequency, or at least the kind of speakers that has its own powered sub. There are way too many amps out there. I just don't know how to rank the V5xe among the better to "best" amplifier.
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frankpiet
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I would suggest that you can´t go wrong with the V-5xe. It´s a steal at its price point and puts a shame on many costly competitors. I use in my solid state system a combination of Ayre C-5xe, Ayre V-5xe and K-1xe connected to Avalon Opus Ceramique and couldn´t be happier.
In opposite to Theo I prefer the V-5xe to the V-1xe which I used prior to the V-5xe (midrange clarity, speed and transparency are better with the V-5xe) which is very important if you use speakers with ceramique drivers and a higher sensitivity.
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