Esoteric n05 streamer and dac

I owned the Esoteric N-05 and wasn't impressed.  would agree with the previous poster - Lumin, Aurender, and Auralic would be your best choice for the money.

@rohanraman - just sounded kind of flat, a little bright.  Perhaps it was the rest of my system cabling, etc.

To my ears and in my system it just didn’t excite me or make me want to listen to it for extended lengths of time.