发这贴时，我还没准备上这机器呢。
本来我的PCHIFI进展没这么快（前面说了，用AYRE D1传统CD机就相当愉快），虽然一直有玩PCHIFI的计划，包括上半年搞了台ESOTRIC的解码器（现已出），但因为工作生活的关系迟迟未付诸实施。
一个河北朋友临时调整计划加快了我脚步（他和我同时向AYRE代理购了机器，他订的QB9，我是V5XE），河北朋友调整方向向AV发展，我怕机器订货时间长（这次花了三个月），所以很快接了这朋友未到家的机器，两台新机器同时到了我家。
玩了近半个月，稍微有点眉目，第4页起和大家一起讨论交流，哈。
QB-9 USB DAC：Stereophile's Product of the Year
恭喜AYRE和CHARLIE HANSEN，它家还有款KXR前级获得年度器材第三名，WILSON的MAXX3坐榜眼位置。
Though Wilson Audio’s big MAXX 3 loudspeaker earned more fi rst-place votes (four) than any other product in the running, the forward thinking Ayre QB-9 led the pack with the most votes overall, to take the year’s biggest prize. And Charlie Hansen and all the other hard-working, music-crazed kids at Ayre Acoustics should be doubly proud; their KX-R preamp took the bronze, trailing the Wilson by just two votes. Other products with at least one first-place recommendation were the Meridian 808i.2, YG Acoustics Anat Reference II Professional, Peachtree Nova, and the bargain-priced Cambridge Audio DacMagic D/A processor.
But it was the Ayre QB-9 that had Wes Phillips shouting hallelujah. Once Wes had gotten a taste of his favorite recordings in their native resolutions, he couldn’t go back. Dude wanted more and more and more of that large, corporeal, electrifying, 24-bit rush. And it wasn’t just a physical thing—it was emotional. Wes felt closer to his favorite performers than ever before. But if you’re one of those who couldn’t care less about physical and emotional hoohah, the QB-9 can drop the science on you, too. Ask John Atkinson. While conventional USB DACs normally suck—hard—on the jitter front, the Ayre’s asynchronous USB mode worked like a charm.
Well engineered, and offering outstanding performance in both the analog and digital domains, the QB-9 promises to deliver our music simply,directly, and in its purest form—more reason for celebration.
Congratulations, Ayre, and thanks.
