Esoteric DV-50 vs Denon DVD9000


Does anyone have experience on both machine? An audiophile I knew recently told me that DVD9000 wins on CD performance over DV-50.

From my understanding, there are filters at the front panel of DV-50 is tune the analog signal coming out from the player. Also the VRDS transport provudes accurate sonic.

Frankly, I dont have good impression on DVD9000 due to an experience of transport skipping problem from DVD5000 and the disappointing sonic performance.

Anyway, Stereophile had a great passage on DV-50 in recent issue. Trust worthy?

I have ever audited DV-50 and compared with some famous competitors like Accuphase DP-85, EMC1UP, Marantz SA-1, Nu Vista 3D CDP, etc. DV-50 performance really close (win sone and lose some). Did I miss something important or Denon DVD9000 really that good?
lafish

Showing 1 response by bhouser

According to the Soundstage.com review of the DV-50, it does NOT have the Tead VRDS transport, but does use some features of that famed unit, such as the clamping device.

I too have had trouble with a Denon player (tracking/laser issues), and their customer service fairly-well screwed me - so no more Denon for me. This is just my experience from a while ago, so I cannot comment of comparitive sound quality.