Ayre C-5xeMPMP
Introducing a giant leap forward in the digital playback technology – the Ayre C-5xeMPMP. This new design creates a completely new product category, the U2 player (universal stereo player). The first of its kind, this no video, no compromise design plays all existing optical disc formats including: CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video (soundtrack only), and MP-3. This unique disc player is the ultimate playback machine for the music lover. When the music is paramount, the C-5xeMPMP sets a new standard. The C-5xeMPMP is truly for those of us who value the enjoyment of music above all else.
Reviews
"...but for the resolutely two-channel audiophile, the C-5xeMP represents one of the most seductive choices available today." - Paul Miller Apr 2007 HiFi News & record Review
“The Ayre C-5xeMP has proved to be the best-sounding product I’ve heard all year”
-- Wes Phillips, Stereophile July 2005
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The New MP Filter Technology
The resulting filter has no pre-echoes, and only about one cycle of post-ringing. This filter is implemented in the
“Listen” position of the new Ayre MP disc players. The result is simply the most musically natural digital playback
available today.
In addition to the radical improvements provided by the digital algorithms themselves, several man-months were
spent conducting thorough listening tests to optimize all other aspects of the filters. The powerful customprogrammed
FPGAs used in the MP series allow performance far beyond that available from off-the-shelf
solutions. The mathematical calculations are conducted with 32-bit coefficients, using 64-bit accumulators to
ensure the greatest degree of signal precision.
A 26x oversampling rate was determined to provide the highest level of musical realism. All of the filtering calculations
are accomplished in a single pass through an FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter.
This is in contrast to conventional
designs that employ a cascade of 2x FIR filters, thereby losing critical precision of the audio data as it is
passed to each successive filter section. Finally, the dither algorithms for both the “Listen” and “Measure” filters
were chosen on the basis of careful listening tests to provide the most realistic music reproduction possible.
The Ayre MP filter provides a significant step ahead in digital audio reproduction. The CX-7e provides this
advanced technology for CDs, while the C-5xeMP universal disc player takes this to the limit of today’s recording
technology at 292 kHz and 24 bits.
Reviews
"...but for the resolutely two-channel audiophile, the C-5xeMP represents one of the most seductive choices available today." - Paul Miller Apr 2007 HiFi News & record Review read more
“The Ayre C-5xeMP has proved to be the best-sounding product I’ve heard all year”
-- Wes Phillips, Stereophile July 2005
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Features
- Discrete decoding and playback of all formats in their native domain.
- Zero feedback, DC-coupling, true differential balanced analog circuitry.
- Twin linear power supply design.
- Exclusive Ayre DSP software.
- PCM formats are “upsampled” to quad-rate at 24 bits, and then “oversampled” to 32x at 24 bits.
- Front panel LED display indicates format selected for DVD-Audio.
- Control port allows for connection to system controller )e.g., Crestron or AMX).
Specifications
Maximum Output Level
2.05 V rms – unbalanced outputs
4.10 V rms – balanced outputs (PCM)
1.00 V rms – unbalanced outputs
2.00 V rms – balanced outputs (DSD)
Frequency Response
DC - 20 kHz (44.1 kHz sample rate)
DC - 22 kHz (48 kHz sample rate)
DC - 40 kHz (88.2 kHz sample rate)
DC - 44 kHz (96 kHz sample rate)
DC - 80 kHz (176.4 kHz sample rate)
DC - 88 kHz (192 kHz sample rate)
DC - 100 kHz (2.8224 MHz sample rate)
Output Impedance
55 ohms – unbalanced outputs
110 ohms – balanced outputs (55 per phase)
Power Consumption
60 watts maximum
Dimensions
17-¼" W x 13" D x 4-¾" H 44 cm x 33 cm x 12 cm
Weight
26 pounds 12 kg
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Universal Disk Player "...but for the resolutely two-channel audiophile, the C-5xeMP represents one of the most seductive choices available today." - Paul Miller Apr 2007 HiFi News
Stereophile Extract: " I've heard a lot of impressive audio
components over the years, but I've heard very few that afforded
me greater musical pleasure or sent me on as many voyages of
musical discovery through discs I thought I knew well." - Wes
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