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Ayre Codex (former) Owners, what did you move on to?

The Ayre Codex DAC was and still is a very good DAC and owners of Ayre equipment tend to be loyal to the brand. If you have owned the Codex, what DAC or streamer/DAC did you move on to that was was an upward move? If you still own the Codex but compared it to other popular DACs but found them to be at best a sideways move, I'd like to hear from you too. I have owned my Codex for about 5 years and have not had the burning desire to change.  The Codex has been around for a while and I am just curious what others have moved up to even if it's another Ayre digital product.
jc4659
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tomstruck
350 posts
 
I was using my MacBook and Codex to play HiRez music never sounded right The Bluesound Vault was more musical now steaming with Aurender N10 once I switch out the Codex for the Pandora it will be sublime
erik_squires
15,643 posts
 
The codex is amazing with headphones, but as a DAC I went with a Mytek instead.
ghdprentice
6,358 posts
 
I had a QB-9 in my headphone system. It was fantastic for its time. I upgraded it to QB-9 20… now an excellent contemporary DAC. If you enjoyed the CODEX then buying a contemporary Ayer DAC is a good move. 
gdnrbob
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@jc4659 
The Ayre QB-9 Twenty outclasses the Codex easily, but remember it has only USB input, unlike the Codex which has USB, and optical.-That little change forced me to change my steamer from Bluesound to Innuos-though it was for the better.
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ghdprentice
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@gdnrbob  


Good point. I would not recommend a USB only DAC and thr QB-9 is. They make great DACs that use AES and other normal inputs. 
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