Ayre Acoustics CODEX - DAC/Headphone Amp/Preamp - Ex-Demo

Ayre Acoustics CODEX - DAC/Headphone Amp/Preamp - Ex-Demo

RRP 3,220.00

Equally at home as a stand-alone DAC, headphone amp, or digital preamp, the Codex can unlock the potential of any system. A fully-balanced signal path throughout the analog circuitry provides an inherently clean and quiet backdrop for your music. The zero-feedback design maintains all of the pace and rhythm of your favorite artist, rendering your digital music as effortlessly as if it were live.

Features
• USB and Optical (Toslink) inputs
• Headphone outputs
• Two 3.5mm mini-phone jacks
• One ¼” phone jack
• 3.5mm mini-phone jacks configurable to balanced mode
• Asynchronous transfer mode for USB input
• DSD or PCM input over USB
• Minimum phase digital filter
• Single-pass 16x oversampling
• Ayre’s exclusive Diamond output circuit
• Linear analog AyreLock power supply
• Zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
• Equilock circuitry for active gain devices

Specifications
Output Level
Headphone or Preamp Mode :  7.0 volts balanced, 3.5 volts single-ended
DAC Mode :  4.0 volts balanced, 2.0 volts single-ended

Input
USB :  PCM 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz, 352.8 kHz, 384 kHz (up to 24 bits), DSD64, DSD128
Optical input (Toslink) :  Up to 24 bit-192 kHz

Dimensions:  2.25″W x 9″D x 5.25″H (5.5 cm x 23 cm x 13.7 cm)

Weight:  3 pounds (1.4 kg)

Stereophile Review 

"Probably the best words to describe the Codex's aural character are neutral and detailed—and add Control, with a capital C. It was easy to listen into the soundstage of a complicated recording and pick out filigree and nuance. But the Codex also presented a simple, well-recorded, unaccompanied voice with ease, humanity, and that essential breath of life."

hi-fi+ Review

"While it may be warmer-sounding than Ayre ‘proper’, it’s an incredibly inviting and easy to like sound. Whether this is your first venture into top-notch audio, your first Ayre product, or the first – and last – line in your desktop audio chain, the Codex does it all so well it’s hard not to love it. Highly recommended."

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