Inspiration Series

Hi all,

This is my first post. I have auditioned the Inspiration preamp in the context of my home system and am impressed by the transparent and resolving highs. It is top-down in its presentation. The mids and the lows lack some weight and body. When compared to the Jeff Rowland Capri S2 which was my previous preamp, the Capri is bottom-up in presentation with more heft to the mids and lows but lacking air and sparkle in the highs. The Ayre K-5xeMP strikes a good balance in all frequency ranges with even better mids and lows than the Capri. I am a happy camper with the Ayre now in my system.

Happy listening.
Jon.

Esoteric K-01 for CD/SACD, Marantz NA8005 USB flashdrive transport for hi-res => Ayre K-5xeMP => Bryston 28B SST monos => Vienna Acoustics The Music with Shunyata Triton Power Conditioner, Kimber Select IC, KS 6063 speaker cables, Shunyata and PS Audio power cords
 
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Hi Jon. Welcome! Wonderful system you have there.


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j2020 said:
Hi all,

This is my first post. I have auditioned the Inspiration preamp in the context of my home system and am impressed by the transparent and resolving highs. It is top-down in its presentation. The mids and the lows lack some weight and body. When compared to the Jeff Rowland Capri S2 which was my previous preamp, the Capri is bottom-up in presentation with more heft to the mids and lows but lacking air and sparkle in the highs. The Ayre K-5xeMP strikes a good balance in all frequency ranges with even better mids and lows than the Capri. I am a happy camper with the Ayre now in my system.

Happy listening.
Jon.

Esoteric K-01 for CD/SACD, Marantz NA8005 USB flashdrive transport for hi-res => Ayre K-5xeMP => Bryston 28B SST monos => Vienna Acoustics The Music with Shunyata Triton Power Conditioner, Kimber Select IC, KS 6063 speaker cables, Shunyata and PS Audio power cords
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Must be the house sound for the preamps since that is exactly how I would describe the Virgo preamp in my system when I auditioned it. Odd too since the amps (in my case the constellation) is balanced across FR and actually is bottoms up more than top down.
 
Hi Dpod4,
Actually, it makes good business sense for the manufacturer if their idea is for us to mate both their preamp and amp to balance out the sound. But I guess not everyone would want to purchase or upgrade both components at the same time.
Cheers! J.
 
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j2020 said:
I have auditioned the Inspiration preamp in the context of my home system and am impressed by the transparent and resolving highs. It is top-down in its presentation. The mids and the lows lack some weight and body. When compared to the Jeff Rowland Capri S2 which was my previous preamp, the Capri is bottom-up in presentation with more heft to the mids and lows but lacking air and sparkle in the highs. The Ayre K-5xeMP strikes a good balance in all frequency ranges with even better mids and lows than the Capri. I am a happy camper with the Ayre now in my system.
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Thanks Jon. You know...I just caught wind of this combo, and was really intrigued.

But reading your review, that you prefer the Ayre K-5xe MP...which was one of my favorite pre-amps EVER; just makes me realize, I gots to get one back! :audiophile:
 
CDLehner said:
Thanks Jon. You know...I just caught wind of this combo, and was really intrigued.

But reading your review, that you prefer the Ayre K-5xe MP...which was one of my favorite pre-amps EVER; just makes me realize, I gots to get one back! :audiophile:
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The K-5 xe MP is definitely wonderful, liked it a lots. But I exchanged it for the KX-5 Twenty just recently and am quite happy about it.


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