I bought one about 6 months ago to replace a K05X. I found it was indeed more musical and organic, yet has great detail. It also creates an excellent sound stage. I can easily hear where the different drums are in a drum set. It is quite large and heavy. With a very few rock recordings, I found the sound to be still a bit bright. I assume the player would have to be extremely warm to tame those discs. I solved that problem by putting a Schiit Loki in the tape loop of my pre-amp, though I find I almost never use it.
Since I bought the N03T streamer, and connected it to the X03XD via USB, I use the player mostly as a DAC. That works also very well.
Since I bought the N03T streamer, and connected it to the X03XD via USB, I use the player mostly as a DAC. That works also very well.