asquare3376
100+ Head-Fier
I wish, but I am using these for entirely different purposes and never bothered to swap places for comparisons. Using the Ayre as a DAC only in my 2 channel, I am more than satisfied. I wanted to use the Sony TA-ZH1ES there but due to its unbalanced-out only limitation, I had to quit the idea.@asquare3376
Could you tell us differences between Ayre and Sony
What I would say is this - If you primarily intend to use the equipment for headphones (private) listening, get the Sony. It supports variety of different connections while the Ayre maxes out in 3.5 or dual 3.5 only. And boy, Ayre runs super hot.