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    A Max from Germany intoduces himself !

    Welcome from another german enthusiast, happy owner of Ayre electronics, magico speakers, and, yes, a Porsche 964!
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    The Music World Has Lost An Icon-Prince Is Dead

    Sad news, what a Genius, "1999" spinning on my turntable "We all could die any day, but before I'll let that happen, I'll dance my life away " RIP
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    AYRE AX-5 Twenty is in the house

    Hello Kuoppis, certainly the Ayre KX-R/MX-R Combo, although I haven't heard it yet with my setup is the better choice, as well as the S7 ist the better choice compared to the S3... and so on. To me, the AX5 twenty ist the 'Wolf im Schafspelz' or wolf in sheeps clothing in english, small...
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    AYRE AX-5 Twenty is in the house

    Hi According to your location Düsseldorf I might as well answer in german, but this is an american forum, I stay with english. I have mine S3 on the standard spikes, I'm satisfied with that solution. With this system, I've reached a state where I just listen to music. Hopefully this lasts for...
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    I'm new here...

    Willkommen im WhatsBestForum. Sehr schönes Laufwerk! Grüße
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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    The Fleshtones Live in Frankfurt, Germany. Venue: 'Das Bett' One of the best live bands to see, a journey back to the times I was much younger an wilder, the Fleshtones are still a wild..... Hot evening, small club, lots of sweat, definitely nothing for audiophiles, too rough, too loud, too...
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    WBF: How Much Science Talk Do You Want to See?

    Neither is a good option There are a lot of german scientific studies that beer is also good to resolve the problems intensely discussed in this forum, but only up to a amount of two glasses. The studies prove that if you raise the amount of glasses, the discussions will get fierce, also...
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    AYRE AX-5 Twenty is in the house

    Hi after only 60 hours of break in time in my office, I lost patience and was to curious how the ne AX 5 twenty would sound in my system. On sunday morning, first I listened to Diana Krall, The Girl in the other room, 24/96khz with the old K5xe mp Preamp an the V5xe power amp, the I switched...
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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    Really envious, Neil Young at Red Rocks, COOL!
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    AYRE AX-5 Twenty is in the house

    Thanks Joe, Ayre has a good upgrade policy and builds gear at reasonable prices (an integrated for +10.000$ a reasonable price? One can write this only in the WBF) Ayre recommends >100 hours of break in time, so it stays in my office, I will surely report how much better it is than my old...
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    AYRE AX-5 Twenty is in the house

    Today my new Ayre AX5 Twenty arrived, I've been waiting since March. Beautiful machine! It's a combination of downsizing and upgrading, my Ayre K5xe and V5xe will be sold. I'm really curious to hear the improvements of the Double Diamond Stage and the gain technology. First, the new amp...
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    Greek Manufacturer Shutdown?

    Maybe back to Greek manufacture shutdown? With a greek account no payments with paypal are possible, you can't even buy free apps (price tag: 0€), no orders from Amazon possible. No way to pay goods in other countries as the payments are now forbidden. Yanis Varoufakis and Mr Tsipras promised...
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    Greek Manufacturer Shutdown?

    Just read his farewell: Minister No More! Posted on July 6, 2015 by yanisv The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage. Like all struggles for democratic rights, so too this historic rejection of the Eurogroup’s...
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    Greek Manufacturer Shutdown?

    This was the easy Question: Ballot paper question "Should the agreement plan submitted by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to the Eurogroup of 25 June, 2015, and comprised of two parts which make up their joint proposal, be accepted? The...
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    Greek Manufacturer Shutdown?

    Tsipras sees himself as the hero Odysseus, leading a great nation of seafarers through Skylla and Charybdis, represented by evil Germany and the rest of the eurozone, and after that adventure (translates into referendum), everything will be fine. Unfortunately, he might not have read the saga...

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