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Awards

2004 Editors' Choice Award -- The Perfect Vision
"Ayre's D-1x is as stunning a 480p player as you're ever going to feast your eyes upon, and what's more, it's one of the very few DVD players that is a truly reference-quality CD player, holding its own against any dedicated CD player at any price. Both picture and sound offer layers of depth, resolution, and focus. The D-1x's image quality has that rarified "looking through a window" level of magic, with the kind of dimensionality that'll make you want to reach your hand into the screen. It's really that good..."

2004 Recommended Products Editors Choice -- The Absolute Sound
"Ayre's D-1x is one of those magical components... It simply sounds more like music and less like a hi-fi component. The D-1x resolves as much information from CDs as anything out there, and yet always sounds pure and organic with layers of depth, resolution, and transparency. ...DVD-Video playback that is beyond stunning."

"Class A" Recommended Components 2004 -- Stereophile
"...big and powerful bass, an exceptionally detailed and transparent midrange, excellent dynamics, and very good soundstaging." 

2003 Product of the Year -- HomeTheaterSound.com
"...a different level of enjoyment"              

2003 Reviwers' Choice -- Soundstage.com
"...the best CD sound I've ever heard in my system"

2003 Golden Eye Award -- The Perfect Vision
"Ayre's D-1x is as stunning a 480p player as you're ever going to feast your eyes upon, and what's more, it's one of the very few DVD players that is a truly reference-quality CD player, holding its own against any dedicated CD player at any price. Both picture and sound offer layers of depth, resolution, and focus. The D-1x's image quality has that rarified "looking through a window" level of magic, with the kind of dimensionality that'll make you want to reach your hand into the screen. It's really that good..."

Golden Ear Award -- The Absolute Sound
"The D-1x is the first digital product I have heard that mates the organic continuity and low-level resolution which are the inherent strengths of vinyl with the neutrality and dynamic linearity of digital."
                   
Product of the year -- Hi Fi Review, Taiwan

Product of the year -- Stereo Sound, Japan

2002 Editors Choice Platinum Award -- Stereophile GHT

Review Links

D-1xe DVD CD Player

Audio Perfectionist Journal D-1x	by: Shane Buettner	10-01-2003
"In my opinion, the D-1x is quite simply the best CD/DVD player available in terms of pure performance."
HomeTheaterSound.com D-1x	by: Wes Marshall	10-01-2003
2003 Reviewers' Choice and Product of the Year
Widescreen Review D-1	by: Richard Hardesty	9-24-2002
"It is simply the best CD player I've heard."
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater D-1	by: Michael Fremer	9-24-2002
"The Ayre's superior performance was obvious..."
Love is in the Ayre -- Audiophile D-1	by: Joachim Pfeiffer	2-01-2001
"Hey, could it be that I found myself at a magic show? Then how could something be happening that really shouldn't be?"

Features

Modular upgradable design
Multiple video options available, including DVI, SDI, and analog
Zero feedback video amplifiers
Supports both NTSC and PAL formats for world-wide compatibility
Total electrical isolation between video and audio sections
Proprietary differential current-to-voltage converter for audio
Zero feedback, fully balanced audio circuitry
Inductor-input audio power supply filtering
Ayre Conditioner (patent pending) power line RFI filter
Integrated control port for seamless interface with system controller

Specifications

Audio Frequency Response
+/-0.25 dB, DC - 20 kHz

Audio Signal / Noise
113 dB (unweighted)

Audio Output Level
3 volts balanced
1.5 volts single-ended

Dimensions
18"W x 12"D x 6.25"H
(45.7cm x 30.5cm x 16cm) - Main Unit

13"W x 8"D x 3.75"H
(33cm x 20.3cm x 9.5cm) - Power Supply

Weight
25 pounds (11 kg) - Main Unit
15 pounds (6.5 kg) - Power Supply

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