Adding Esoteric G-03X Clock to X03-SE cd player


Hi,

I've got an Esoteric X03-SE cd player and am considering getting the G-03X master clock. Has anyone heard this combo, and can you tell me what improvements you heard?
roor

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Roor,

The improvements will be very significant.Master clocks are one of the most underutilised part in Digital playback.In case of Esoteric,any Esoteric SACD player ,you should not buy the player without the clock.
Audiofiel,

Obviously you have been misleading a lot of yor customers.

I suggest you take a flight,go to Japan.You would find that MOST Japanese Esoterics owners will Use their machines with a n external clock..Now,the improvements ina well set system[by someone who obviously know how to set a system} is not subtle.It removes the digital grudges out.To some,this is crucial;but to you ,obviously this is not important.

If you are Really a dealer for Esoterics why not contact them yourself and find out for certain.Obvious to me now you are not as experience as you make out to be,
ROOr,

these are the improvements you would expect from adding an external clock;

1.More naturalness i.e. closer to analogue .This you would not be able to hear if you use class D amp.

2.More air and space around the instuments.

3.Better timing to the music.

as you can seen ,these are not slap in your face differance that dealers generally love to demo,but crucial IMO to long term system satisfactions.

Generally ,the above benefits are seen in most digital player,BUT more so in Esoterics machines.

Most Esoterics owners in Japan match their gears with Tubes amps,(Not digital amp )
Chyro,
"but I was wondering how you could possibly know what MOST Esoteric users in Japan were purchasing and how they match their systems? Just curious."-My wife Is a Japanese,My Father in law {a Japanese living in Japan,a professor of Electronic engineering,and an avid audiophile )often takes me around to his(rich) friends houses listening to various systems;exchanging ideas......So what I am telling you is from my first hand experience;choose not to believe at your own peril,I have got nothing to gain or lose....

Totapfactor;believe me when I say that I am not an idiot.I show your post to my subordinates they can't believe how ignorant you are.My referance system alone probably cost more than your car and house commbined;)
Audiofeil,

With Regards to Esoterics;

!.Would you not ask your customer to change the Stock cord supplied by Esoteric or you think there is no difference?

2.What about footers like Finite Elemente under the Esoterics,would It not make significant improvements?

It would be naive to think that a design product is "perfect" and cannot be improved upon.There would be pointless for the clever people at Esoterics to go out of the way to prepare the machine to be able accept external clock.

I would go on to say that with Esoterics,the improvements heard in using an external clock,is better than changing the power cord.This has been my experience