Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs

I had a Marantz modifed SACd player by Modwright and now own an Esoteric K-03xd player and yes is it is better than the Marantz. The difference is in that the resolution is more defined, better bass and the instrument placement is more defined without any hint of digital strain or harshness .

@fauguy the PCM upconversion cannot be done via the remote only via the mode button on the unit itself so "on the fly" changes aren't possible.  For now I have settled on the 2Fs setting on PCM.  On my player there are 3 filter settings for DSD (SACD) playback.  The cutoff frequency becomes progressively lower from F1 to F2 to F3.  Mine is set on F2.  I think one could get hung up on all the oversampling and filter stuff.  The player sounds wonderful with the native settings.  The new model 10 from Marantz looks interesting and it would be interesting to compare it to my K-03XD which new was discounted to 12K from my dealer. 

@fauguy If your system is perhaps slightly on the more resolving or bright side I would go with the Marantz.  The earlier Esoterics could be tipped up in the upper frequencies until they issued the XD series.  I owned the the Modwright Marantz SA8005 and now the Esoteric K-03XD.  This is an apples to oranges comparison but I heard enough good things from the Marantz line to figure out the SA-10 would be a good choice.  Just my two cents.