QX-5 Twenty
In today’s digitally-connected world you need more than just a DAC or a streamer. You need a device that can effortlessly render your highest resolution files and, without missing a beat, play your favourite music streaming services or BBC broadcast. Featuring the new ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip and a new jointly-developed doubly-rotated Morion quartz crystal-based oscillator, The QX-5 Twenty elevates digital performance to an astonishing level. Linking all of your digital media together with every conceivable digital input and the most popular music streaming services, the QX-5 Twenty streaming DAC provides unlimited flexibility and convenience at the highest level.
Key Features
- Zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
- Ayre’s Asynchronous S/PDIF input
- ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip
- Ayre & Morion jointly-developed crystal oscillator
- Ayre’s Minimum Phase digital filter
- Single-pass 16x oversampling
- Ayre’s Diamond output stage
- Ayre’s exclusive Equilock circuit
- 100 step digital volume control
- Linear analogue power supply
- High-speed circuit board material
- Ten digital inputs: Ethernet, Asynchronous USB, AES/EBU (2), Optical (3), S/PDIF (3)
- Ayre Conditioner power line RFI filter
- AyreLink communication system
| Audio Inputs | |
| USB | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8, 384 kHz / PCM 16, 20, 24 Bits / DSD64 and DSD128 (as DoP) |
| Optical / SPDIF / AESEBU | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz / PCM 16, 20, 24 Bits / DSD64 (as DoP) |
| Network | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz / PCM 16, 20, 24 Bits / DSD64 (as DoP) |
| Outputs | |
| Line Output | 4.5 V RMS Balanced, 2.25 V RMS Single-Ended |
| Headphone Output | 9.0 V RMS Balanced, 4.5 V RMS Single-Ended |
| General | |
| XLR Input Polarity | Pin 1 = Ground, Pin 2 = Non-Inverting (Positive), Pin 3 = Inverting (Negative) |
| Power Consumption | 60 Watts in Operating Mode |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 44 x 33 x 10 cm (17.25" x 13.00" x 3.75") |
| Weight | 7.25 kg (16 lb) |
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