New Esoteric K-03XD

One thing I’d like to mention is the SACD’s I bought were not Classical or Jazz. 
They were music I usually listen to. 
Supertramp, COTC, Allman Bros, Live at the Filmore, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, and other old records I hade on Vinyl Years ago. 
All the Classical and Jazz I have are mostly on CD, HDCD, F2 and DMM.  They aren’t SACD and they all sound excellent. 

 

Hi stevizzy, Are you referring to the upsampling and filter settings?

I have read on forums that it takes a couple hundred hours to burn in each setting.  So, if you like it now, it should get better.

@OP. The recordings you bought on SACD are bandwidth limited, so they are not going to benefit much from being transferred to SACD.

Esoteric's players decode DSD natively. However, for CDs the default Org non conversion setting, IMHO, does not sound as good as 2FS.

Unless you are using the K-03 as a USB DAC, the other upconversion settings are irrelevant.

I prefer the standard M1 filter setting but your mileage may vary - accessed under the PCMM heading in the menu.

A really good SACD player should also enhance plain vanilla red book CDs