Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier
Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier
Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier

Ayre AX-5 Twenty Integrated Amplifier

Pre-owned item in excellent condition. Originally sold by us in 2018.

1 in stock

3 Months

£7,495

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Description

Featuring Ayre’s Double Diamond output stage, our exclusive EquiLock circuitry, and a Shallco solid-silver contact switch for gain control, this fully-discrete, fully-balanced, zero-feedback integrated amplifier provides a complete solution for your modern music system.

The key to perfecting the AX-5 was to incorporate the Variable Gain Technology (VGT) of the award-winning Ayre KX-R preamplifier into the power amplifier section. The addition of ultra-transparent FET input selector switches completed the transformation of a basic power amplifier into a compact one-box solution which will become the heart of your high-performance audio system.

Features

  • Variable Gain Transimpedance (VGT) volume circuit
  • 46 step volume control, each of 1.5 dB
  • Ayre’s new Diamond output stage
  • Ayre’s exclusive Equilock circuit
  • Linear analogue power supply zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
  • High-speed circuit board material
  • Custom developed audio-grade resistors
  • Ayre Conditioner power line RFI filter
  • AyreLink communication system

Power Output
125 watts per channel continuous into 8 ohms
250 watts per channel continuous into 4 ohms

Gain
26 dB

Input Impedance
1 MΩ unbalanced inputs
2 MΩ balanced inputs (1 MΩ per phase)

Frequency Response
DC – 250 kHz

Power Consumption
48 watts in low-current consumption mode
230 watts in operating mode, no signal

Dimensions
17.25″ W x 18.75″ D x 4.875″ H
(44cm x 48cm x 12cm)

Weight
48 pounds (22 kg)