Ayre K1x/e owners - your listening levels are...?

Are you running it balanced? Mine runs at about 9 o'clock range when in balanced mode. I once tried it single-ended just to see how it sounded and had to increase the volume to around 11 o'clock.

I run mine balanced, and when I listen at moderate levels, it is @ the 9:00 position, but when I want to crank it up to realistic sound levels, it is around the 11:00 position.
(That is for vinyl. For CD listening, take off an hour or two.)

Thanks, I should have responded long time ago.....I went balanced and its perfect, 9ihs and I am good to go.

Thx

Just found this tit bit of information from Ayre's Manual itself:

"It is normal to listen with the volume knob advanced farther than you may be used to with other equipment.

The volume control offers 1.0 dB steps over most of its range, allowing you to exactly select the desired listening level. To maximize its capabilities, it has been designed so that the volume knob will be between 1 o’clock and 3 o’clock for a loud playback level in most systems"

..it depends.... mine is at about 7 or 8 using the Ayre C5xemp when its playing most CD's. When it plays SACD's the volume knob is on 12 or 1. When on phono...1 or even 2