Orjazzm, I'm breaking one of my cardinal rules by answering your question, because I've never heard the Ayre C5xe.
You don't mention what your goal is with your system...what kind of sound you like. You also don't mention the rest of your system.
I own the APL Denon 3910, and in my opinion it will surpass any 98% of stock players at any price level, and it will give the remaining 2% a run for their money, and perhaps be considered better by some listeners. The preference at the top 2% becomes very, very subjective and heavily influenced by personal taste.
In my system, the APL is extremely extended from top to bottom. You can hear the ambience of the recording venue, the wire brushes on a drum head, the plastic guitar pick on wound wire guitar strings. The player is accurate and neutral accross the frequency range, and does not emphasize one area to the detriment to another. The sound stage is expansive and deep. The music is live in your listening room if you have the accompanying system to resolve it...including interconnects, speaker cabling and power cords. The APL Denon 3910 delivers what's on the recording. If the music and warm and lush, then that's what the APL will present. If the music/recording is sterile and cold, then that's what the APL will reproduce.
Have fun.
You don't mention what your goal is with your system...what kind of sound you like. You also don't mention the rest of your system.
I own the APL Denon 3910, and in my opinion it will surpass any 98% of stock players at any price level, and it will give the remaining 2% a run for their money, and perhaps be considered better by some listeners. The preference at the top 2% becomes very, very subjective and heavily influenced by personal taste.
In my system, the APL is extremely extended from top to bottom. You can hear the ambience of the recording venue, the wire brushes on a drum head, the plastic guitar pick on wound wire guitar strings. The player is accurate and neutral accross the frequency range, and does not emphasize one area to the detriment to another. The sound stage is expansive and deep. The music is live in your listening room if you have the accompanying system to resolve it...including interconnects, speaker cabling and power cords. The APL Denon 3910 delivers what's on the recording. If the music and warm and lush, then that's what the APL will present. If the music/recording is sterile and cold, then that's what the APL will reproduce.
Have fun.