Esoteric X-01 versus Oppo 105 Darbee for CD audio?

Yes I would of loved to gotten the esoteric myself...me being a audio cheapskate wouldn't let myself buy another thousands of dollar player...

Saying that the oppo I just got done running in is really quite impressive sounding...even if it is what it is...Is it perfection from a purist standalone....there are trade off's with everything.

There are things coming out of that thing I never heard with my sim I 5.3...technology improvements?

I am becoming a believer in this unit...even if I don't need all the bell's and whistle's.

Colekat....your right and I’m wrong. Lets all buy Bose! In my opinion its the best “value” and I could have saved $150,000 on my system!

No your right, and I could have saved $200,000.00, but I did pick up a couple good deals along the way, shame on me for looking around. Does paying below retail count, or are we adding up what we could have paid... That would put me near $300.000.00! Wow, and that's $75,000.00 just in cables!!
Although I met my dealer at his house, and he clearly could use the money more than me!
Come-on, don't be hurtin' on Bose, we have a Bose in the SUV, and it sounds pretty damn good.
As for the Oppo and Esoteric X-01. I have the Oppo and had the X-01, and
when you put them side by side for listening, they both have strengths. But the Esoteric is clearly a better sounding CD player for my taste. But, the Oppo has far more flexibility, espiecally if you want connectivity to stored music and Hi Rez. There is no USB available for the X-01, they both play multi channel, but only SACD on the Esoteric, plus, Opps! , nevermind!

"There is no USB available for the X-01” Do you actually own the K-01? I’ve been enjoying my Mac mini server using the K-01 as the DAC through its USB input for years.

If we measure the quality of a component by its feature set then I’d go with a Pioneer VSX-824.....man does it do everything!

Skinzy, the X-01 had no USB input, the K-01 has. I owned the K-01 for a year or so, and enjoyed it very much. I had the X-01 before that and the K-01 was clearly a step in the right direction for Esoteric. I did like multi channel SACD with the X-01, but I get that with my Oppo. Sounds like I'm repeating myself... And drifting off topic, sorry about that Ptss.