I have the Prestige SE which was an upgrade from Prestige. They both require a long burn-in time to sound best (2000 hours) - I think its to do with the tubes. My dealer has the Esoteric P03/D03 combo which I auditioned. Esoteric build is stunning and sounds very good.
My preference is for the Prestige even though Esoteric P03/D03 presented more detail. Prestige for me was more musical and involving which I would attribute to its splendid presention of harmonics / tonal decay.
With my computer setup as a dedicated transport via Toslink (feeding 24/96), I am getting details that was missing (and other improvements such as bass and dynamics) but still retaining all musicality of Prestige SE.
My preference is for the Prestige even though Esoteric P03/D03 presented more detail. Prestige for me was more musical and involving which I would attribute to its splendid presention of harmonics / tonal decay.
With my computer setup as a dedicated transport via Toslink (feeding 24/96), I am getting details that was missing (and other improvements such as bass and dynamics) but still retaining all musicality of Prestige SE.