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| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth,yes I did, and to me it is about 80-90% of K-01, I think K-03 is currently represent a sweet spot in esoteric line. You will happy with it and yes the digital volume control on K-03 has the same implementation as on K-01, it is just... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? AudiolabyrinthFirst of all esoteric k-01 as well as K-03 uses katest AKM 4399 32 bit DACs - more advanced than burr-brown 1792 . K-01 uses 8 dacs per side and K-03 4 dacs per side. Comparing K-01 with ayon cd5s, I heard taller and deeper sounstage... | |
| Optimizing Digital Volume Control This seem to be a popular topic nowadays since quality of DACs keeps getting better.I can agree with Edorr and I can agree with Oferi. In my case and in my system where I run esoteric K-01 direct to Krell 302E, the use of ARC 5se did not bring the... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Hi Audiolabyrinth,Yes I did own ayon 5s with upgraded tubes and did run it direct to krell. The overall sound threw huge soundstage but has been missing some focus and refinement and also had some noise because of its high gain on the output.I hat... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth, I use Esoterick K-01 dirct to my krell 302e. Great sound. I tried ARC REF 5 and esoteric own c-03 and preffered esoteric k-01 direct for its more intimate and more refined (purer) sound. The key is amplifier input impendance needs ... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Guido, do you know when Rowland will start shipping Continuum S2 integrated, how do you think it will differ from 500 model?Thank you. | |
| KCI Pure Gold and the benefits Just want to provide with some update. KCI now manufacturing speaker cables that are great sounding cables (bested Gabriel Gold reflections, Hidiamond 8, Stealth Hybrid MLT and some others in my system for less price). If anybody need more details... | |
| Esoteric K01: What are the best settings for CD? Matjet, I have K-01 and still go thru the same choices. For a while I settled with well burned-in 4x and S_DLY1 combo. The 2x is also good (sometimes sound more natural than 4x) but 4x is more dynamic and results in bigger soundstage. But recently... | |
| Accuphase or Esoteric? Never heard Accuphase, but esoteric k-01 is great player. Besides having great red book and SACD playback, its a great DAC and very good pre-amplifier. It is about 15% better than K-03 in sound. But one need great speakers and amplifier to really ... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Fplanner2000,How do you think hidimaond D3 XLR ICs stand in compare with High Fidelity CT-1E or Ultimate? Thank you. | |
| How much better is Esoteric K-03 vs K-05? Tboooe, yes K-01 have digital volume control, but because of its 8 dacs per side and 32 bits the impact of the loosing bits is not audibel at all (for me). Two important factor to consider when driving direct, 1.Input impedance of the amplifier. I... | |
| How much better is Esoteric K-03 vs K-05? OK JeffkadTo make you feel better I had k-05 for 3 weeks. Natural sounding player with good amount of details and when properly burned in does not exibit digital glare. After that I decided to listen k-03 and k-01 (my dealer had a demos). K-03 is ... | |
| KCI Pure Gold and the benefits Audiolabyrinth, thank you and yes cables do make a big difference, in some cases on a level of the component. | |
| KCI Pure Gold and the benefits Just to add to this forum, I auditioned the KCI silkworm + in my system between cd player that drives the amplifier directly. After 30 min of playing I heard what I was looking for in the ICs - open, musical but with great transparency, great timb... | |
| Any experience with Esoteric K-05? Kiwi, in my system I differ between those two combos 4x overslampling and SDLy_1 filter or 2x overslampling and FIR1 - I'm still braking this one and starting to like this one more and more.Please remember that each of the combinations need to be... |