- Zero-feedback, fully-balanced discrete circuitry
- Ayre 's Asynchronous S/PDIF input.
- ESS ES9038PRO DAC chip
- Ayre & Morion jointly-developed crystal oscillator.
- Ayre 's Minimum Phase digital filter
- Single-pass 16x oversampling
- Ayre 's Diamond output stage
- Ayre 's exclusive Equilock circuit
- 100 step digital volume control
- Linear analog power supply
- High-speed circuit board material
- Ten digital inputs: Ethernet, Asynchronous USB, AES/EBU (2), Optical (3), S/PDIF (3)
- Ayre Conditioner power line RFI filter
- AyreLink communication system
