Awards
2004 Recommended Products Editors Choice -- The Absolute Sound
"...It's remarkable how much of that holographic, naturally rounded imaging and midrange purity can be found in the Ayre V-5x. The V-5x's background is jet black and distortion-free, image density is superb, and overall resolution is stunning."
2002 Reviewers' Choice -- Soundstage.com
"The V-5x is a wonderful amplifier that is so good at delivering the music without the same old audio characteristics that even a jaded old soul like me can get excited all over again for the first time. Good? You have no idea -- but then finding out is an adventure you owe yourself."
Product of the year -- Hi Fi Review, Taiwan
Review Links
| Audio Perfectionist Journal V-5x | by: Shane Buettner | 1-01-2004 |
"The Ayre V-5x is one of the best power amps available at any price. It's quiet and refined, and exceptionally clean, pure and musical. The V-5x is simply an awesome amplifier..." |
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| hi-fi+ V-5x and K-5x | by: Jason Kennedy | 8-01-2003 |
"...exemplary and better than most achieve even at twice this price. But more importantly, the scale and presence that it reveals is transporting"< TD> |
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| Soundstage! V-5x | by: Wes Phillips | 11-01-2002 |
| Reviewers' Choice 2002 -- "Good? You have no idea -- but then finding out is an adventure you owe yourself." | ||
Features
- Zero feedback, fully balanced discrete circuitry
- 16 high-current output devices per channel / FET input stage
- Ayre Conditioner (patent pending) power line RFI filter
- Sophisticated DC protection circuit
- Remote "trigger" operation
Specifications
Power Output
150 watts per channel continuous into 8 ohms
300 watts per channel continuous into 4 ohms
Gain
26 dB
Input Impedance
100 kohm (per phase)
Frequency Response
DC - 200 kHz
Power Consumption
10 watts in standby mode
100 watts in operating mode, no signal
Dimensions
18" W x 16" D x 7" H
(45.7cm x 41cm x 18cm)
* Also available in rack mount width
17.5" (44.5cm)
Weight
55 pounds (25 kg
