Differences Between Esoteric SACD Players

Hey Teeshot,
Check out a Modwright 9100 or 5400 Sony with the separate tube power supply, listen, smile and pocket the extra change to later buy more music. I'll bet you the sound is every bit as good or better for a whole lot less money. Dan Wright's stuff is drop dead gorgeous to listen to in cd or sacd.

The Esoterics are wonderful sacd/cd players. I have enjoyed the entry level SA-10 very much. I have also heard in my system an X03SE and a P05/D05. As you move up through the range the sound gets even better. By better I mean the weight and impact as the sound goes from fantastic to even better still. The seperation of instruments and listening pleasure just gets better.You have to here the better units to see what you are missing from the still very good lesser ones.
The transport makes a huge difference in the sound of any cd player,so I can't imagine the SA-50 with its VOSP transport sounding as good as the X-05 with its VRDS-Neo but perhaps others have first hand experience.
This may be of interest to you.
http://www.high-endaudio.com/RECENT.html#Jan

Regards,

If you go to the 'high-endaudio' link you will find a $90K configuration, including a separate clock box. I wonder what $90K sound is like. I will be checking a NYC dealer on this.