A y r e, K-1x preamplifier, Features, Specifications

A y r e

2002 Reviewer’s Choice, SoundStage.com

“…one of the exceedingly small handful of products that seem capable of going about as far into the realm of musicality as we’ve ever ventured.”

– Wes Phillips, OnHiFi.com

“The K-1x is simply the finest-sounding line-stage preamplifier I’ve heard

in my system, both drawing me into the music and closer to the actual event.”

–John Leosco, SoundStage.com

“…breathtaking and enlightening.”

–Paul Bolin, Stereophile

Conceivably the most innovative preamplifier ever designed, the Ayre K-1x

combines singular transparency with unparalleled musicality. Musical

passages emerge with startling dynamics from a silent background, thanks

to the K-1x’s fully-balanced, zero-feedback FET circuitry. Its unique volume

control uses solid-silver contacts in a revolutionary configuration that

eliminates all wiring and takes sonic performance to a new level. The Ayre

K-1x uncovers the soul of music.

www.ayre.com

Ayre Acoustics, Inc. 2300 B Central Avenue

Boulder, Colorado 80301 303 442.7300 303 442.7301 fax

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•Ultra-high-quality solid-silver contact stepped attenuator

•Zero feedback, fully balanced discrete circuitry

•Inductor-input audio power supply filtering

•Ayre Conditioner™ (patent pending) power line RFI filter

•Special high-speed circuit board material

•Reference quality phono option features adjustable gain and loading

•Remote control option

• Gain (Line): 16 dB to balanced outputs, 10 dB to single-ended outputs

• Input Impedance: 10 k	(per phase)
• Output Impedance: 300	(per phase)

•18"W x 11.5"D x 6.25"H(main unit); 13"W x 8"D x 3.75"H (power supply)

•45 pounds (20kg) (complete unit)

The heart and soul of music and film reproduction.	A y r e