{"id":150230,"date":"2022-10-27T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=150230"},"modified":"2022-10-27T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:46:35","slug":"ayre-qx-5-twenty-gets-new-net2-streaming-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ayre-qx-5-twenty-gets-new-net2-streaming-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayre QX-5 Twenty Gets New NET2 Streaming Module"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p><b>Ayre Acoustics Inc.\u00a0<\/b><b>introduced a new NET2<\/b>\u00a0streaming module for its\u00a0<b>QX-5 Twenty<\/b>\u00a0DAC\u00a0, turning this component into a complete network streamer that supports, for example, popular services such as\u00a0<b>TiDAL<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Qobuz<\/b>\u00a0, and is also fully compatible with\u00a0<b>Roon<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC has been on sale for six years now, and according to the manufacturer, the new NET2 module will revive interest in the model among music lovers.\u00a0Ayre emphasizes that this module offers better performance and higher sound quality than the previous generation streaming module.<\/p>\n<p>The Ayre QX-5 Twenty from the Ayre 5 series is a fully balanced D\/A converter based on the\u00a0<i>ESS ES9038PRO<\/i>\u00a0chip from\u00a0<i>ESS Technology Inc.\u00a0<\/i>The model is equipped with a digital volume control, which allows you to connect it directly to a power amplifier or active acoustics.\u00a0Ayre QX-5 Twenty also has a high-quality headphone amplifier on board.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/194_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"870\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>Feature Ayre QX-5 Twenty is a modular design.\u00a0When ordering a DAC, you can equip it with a USB-B port or a streaming module, which will complement the switching arsenal of the basic version &#8211; optical and coaxial digital ports, as well as balanced AES \/ EBU inputs.<\/p>\n<p>The new Ayre NET2 streaming module for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayre.com\/products\/digital\/qx-5-twenty\/\"> Ayre QX-5 Twenty<\/a> will be offered as an upgrade to the Ayre QX-5 Twenty with the first generation streaming module for \u20ac1,650.\u00a0The new Ayre QX-5 Twenty DACs are available for \u20ac11,500 and will be bundled with the NET2 module straight away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayre Acoustics Inc.\u00a0introduced a new NET2\u00a0streaming module for its\u00a0QX-5 Twenty\u00a0DAC\u00a0, turning this component into a complete network streamer that supports, for example, popular services such as\u00a0TiDAL\u00a0and\u00a0Qobuz\u00a0, and is also fully compatible with\u00a0Roon\u00a0.\u00a0The Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC has been on sale for six years now, and according to the manufacturer, the new NET2 module will revive [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ayre-qx-5-twenty-gets-new-net2-streaming-module\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":150231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-150230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}