esoteric x05 vs sa50

"what after market powercord are you using for your sa-50 "

I auditioned APL Hi-Fi player(based on SA-50)with Thunder from Spectron Audio(developed for very powerful amps). Excellent combo and the least expensive power cord in that class of performance.

All The Best
Rafael

"...honestly i am not familiar with Spectron audio.. "

John Ulrick their chief designer was co-founder of Infinity in 70's and I am sure you heard about their speakers..

As I understand, after selling Infinity he went mostly into Pro Audio designing digital amplification. Recently, with addition of Simon Thacher, who is trained concert pianist, they went seriously into audiophile market and their amp, Musician III got many awards including Best Sound at CES etc etc.

They see their cables as the extension of their amplifier: see for yourself - http://spectronaudio.com/remotesense.htm

Good Luck
Rafael

Please, do not attack Joeyboynj - he just reported that: " Synergistic told me .." this bulls...t. So, its the company trying to sell their stuff but very unartfully -to put it charitably.

Regarding the footers: I listen to APL HiFi(Alex Peychev) NWO-S1 SACD/CD Player which is based on Esoteric SA-50 transport and may be 10% of its electronics. Next, I heard it with StillPoints "Component Stands" and my jaws dropped. I don;t know percentage of improvment but this rather expensive ($990) stuff worth the money.

Finally, to whoever feel that Esoteric transports (VRDS and VOSR) are immune to vibration - no, sorry; may be less then others but certainly not immune.

Good Luck
Rafael