Ayre V3 Owners

The buzzz is gone. I followed a suggestion and coated the two large chokes with a quality epoxy and now it is dead quiet. I have been playing it in my bedroom system driving Aerial 10T speakers and a VTL 2.5 preamp. I am very happy with the overall sound and imaging. I did not realize that this amp is class A until I measured the heat it generates during operation. Using a laser thermometer I measured 141 degrees F at the center of the heat sinks. I found a Stereophile review that states it is heavily biased in class A. It is definitely a keeper. The amp in my main system also uses chokes, Musical Fidelity M6PRX,  and has triple the power and barely gets warm. 

great amp had it long time ago and just purchased one in great condition no buzzing from chokes, it looks like amp was never played

it is a great amp
and the newer stuff, where they learned more are even better....

what I would find cringeworthy would be a company that said we knew everything......

Charlie RIP

and for grins, why not sub it in for the MF, power isn’t everything... ( and I am a MF fan , try an AMS-100 for grins)

just recapped my V3 including small decoupling caps so much difference in sound

almost all V3s should be recapped and readjusted for optimum sound quality, they run hot and bias and offset can drift and caps can dry, I did mine including small caps it sounds lovely nothing can match it at this point