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K-1xe
Conceivably the most innovative preamplifier ever designed, the Ayre K-1xe combines singular transparency with unparalleled musicality. Musical passages emerge with startling dynamics from a silent background, thanks to the K-1xe’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-1xe uncovers the soul of music.
- Ultra-high-quality solid-silver contact stepped
- 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 unbalanced outputs
Gain – Phono
Adjustable — 40 dB, 50 dB (factory setting), 60 dB
Input Impedance – Line
10 kohm (each phase)
Input Impedance – Phono
Adjustable — 50 kohm (factory setting) to 100 ohm
Output Impedance
300 ohm (each phase)
Power Consumption
20 watts
Dimensions
18″ W x 12″ D x 6.25″ H
(45.7cm x 30.5cm x 16cm) – Main Unit
13″ W x 8″ D x 3.75″ H
(33cm x 20.3cm x 9.5cm) – Power Supply
Weight
45 pounds (20kg) – Complete Unit
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I unreservedly and enthusiastically recommend the K-1x, in whatever form, to anyone who wants to venture out to the cutting edge of sonic possibility. 