Ayre qb twenty

Got my old ayre qb back, now labelled as „twenty“. To make it short: if you have an old qb dsd or qb whatever do the upgrade! Highly recommend!!

Interesting. I rather like the Ayre QB 9 DSD. What do they do to it to make it a QB 20?

hi Richard,
they replaced everything except the housing and power- found this picture on web>


right is the new one!
Takes a long time to burn-in but now it really opens up…
Great VFM option.

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· Diamond output circuit improves musicality and bass response.
· A new JFET differential stage lowers the noise floor.
· AyreLock power supply regulation for better rendering of fine musical detail.
· New AC noise filtering for improved resolution.
· Custom-made Ayre asynchronous USB technology further reduces electrical noise in the system.
· New ESS DAC chip for improved signal-to-noise ratio and spatial detail.
· Six-layer board design for optimal circuit isolation.
· Proprietary relocking to eliminate USB domain jitter.
· PCM playback up to 384 kHz.
· Native DSD capability up to DSD256 (4x).
· HDCD coding.

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