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Differences Between Esoteric SACD Players

I cannot find a dealer in my area that has the x-03se and the x-05. I am sure there are people who have compared them. Can you give me some idea if you think the x-03se is worth the extra $6-700 extra over the x-05? Finally, is the SA50 close to the x-05? I like the DAC accessability in that unit as I would like to listen to internet radio, but that is not a major decision point for me. I have a large SACD collection so that is the priority. Thanks for your help.
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montejay
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The Esoterics are wonderful sacd/cd players. I have enjoyed the entry level SA-10 very much. I have also heard in my system an X03SE and a P05/D05. As you move up through the range the sound gets even better. By better I mean the weight and impact as the sound goes from fantastic to even better still. The seperation of instruments and listening pleasure just gets better.You have to here the better units to see what you are missing from the still very good lesser ones.
The transport makes a huge difference in the sound of any cd player,so I can't imagine the SA-50 with its VOSP transport sounding as good as the X-05 with its VRDS-Neo but perhaps others have first hand experience.
This may be of interest to you.
http://www.high-endaudio.com/RECENT.html#Jan

Regards,
montejay
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Hi Buconero,
The reason I posted the link was that they cover a range of Esoteric players and explain what you gain as you move up the range.

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