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Ayre QX-5 - maximize use and wiring question.

I am currently doing an in house demo of Aurender N10 and Ayre QX-5 twenty. I'm really pleased with the music produced, as is the wife and family.

I use the RCA out on the Ayre to a Marantz AV7704. I'm using the 7.1 input on the Marantz to avoid it's DAC and just pass through the music to my Sigma 2Amps onward to B&W 803D3s.

My question is, what other uses are there for the QX-5?

I have no Vinyl or CDs - having converted to completely digital years ago. My Apple TV 4K only has HDMI so can't really see a way to get the DAC in the Ayre to decode music from the Apple TV - Hence the Aurender.

Fios TV, it does have optical out, I could use the Ayre to decode the music channels? But for TV movies it would be useless since it can't decode surround sound?

Steaming services work through the Aurender and Ayre.

I'm thrilled with the music produced with the Aurender and Ayre combo. I'm just seeing if there are uses that I'm missing.

Thanks.
dunedain

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dunedain OP
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I’ve tried the optical out from both the cable (Fios) and TV and the Ayre was able to see the signal from the TV, not the cable box, but for some reason it wouldn’t pass it along to the Marantz pre-amp. It could be a setting in the TV (PCM or compression related) I’ll have to play with it again later this week.

Since I use the Marantz AV7704 to manage my HDMI inputs to the TV and Projector - Apple TV, Fios, Blu-Ray, 4K Blu-Ray. It took a while to finally get it configured to pass through the HDMI picture and except a different audio source not from the HDMI input. Not super hard but definitely not user friendly. I’m considering abandoning the whole concept of running TV audio through the Ayre QX-5.

In regards to using XLR to the Marantz I would prefer to do that but the Marantz AV 7704 doesn’t have XLR inputs so it’s RCA only. I guess I need to look for a new Pre-Amp?

I like the sound the Ayre QX-5 DAC produces. Any recommendations for a Pre-Amp that can do HDMI switching (4K), has two HDMI outs (TV & Projector), and has a DAC the caliber of the Ayre for stereo, which I’m currently using with an Aurender N10?

Thanks
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