New Ayre 8 series DAC

[Sam Lord]

On 7/27/2017 at 6:47 PM, villager56 said:

Thanks for providing the link to the product brochures. The QX-8 does not include an HDMI input. Am I alone in wishing that Ayre would include at least one for DSD decoding from a suitably equipped blu ray player, such as the OPPO 105? Including at least one HDMI input would seemingly make this product a slam dunk purchase.

 

On 7/27/2017 at 9:53 PM, Ultrarunner said:

You're not alone.  I was hoping the QX-5 would have an HDMI input for audio.  I assume the licensing cost was too high.  I purchased it anyway and somehow manage to cope! ;-)

 

Yes the cost is very high, and HDMI is a noise-laden bear to extract audio from, except for the I2S format.  So I agree with their choice: sadly there are just a few rare digital audio interfaces worth the name, one being AES67.  The glacial bandwidth of ancient standards like optical or electrical SPDIF is a disgrace.