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In Reply to: RE: Kudos to Esoteric posted by stehno on April 27, 2015 at 18:35:10
Thanks.
I don't find the Esoteric too blingy. It's just a cube of aluminium, almost Bauhaus, and I turn off the display so it's not particularly visible. I've had a lot of transports/CDPs and by far, the Esoteric produces the best soundstage I've ever heard - with its own DAC and an outside one - so that mech must do something right. Plus it's really nice to know where your money goes with these things. It's built like a tank. Fed up with forking out thousands for bits of plastic.
JB
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That's fine. Just so you know that my $1300 OPPO easily outperforms my former $9k Esoteric and when I exercised a few of the OPPO's options, it far outperforms the Esoteric.
If this weren't a supposed "performance-oriented" industry, I wouldn't have bothered mentioning it.
which Esoteric model did you own ?
UX-3SE (special edition)
Interesting, I do enjoy the Esoteric for SACD performance. I was not impressed w/ CD playback.
Your comment is interesting as well. With the Esoteric the distinctions between SACD and Redbook was quite minor (barely audible in many cases).
With the OPPO, I hear significantly more audible distinctions. Though still a bit on the minor side of things.
The only (2) Esoteric spinners that I auditioned were the DV50 & DV60.
Right On! JB.
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