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| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Dear Deshapiro,be glad about your noiseless X-01 limited.If my former P-01 were noiseless I would have been a happy Esoteric fan. But the Japanese Esoteric Technical Support Manager told me: Yes we have problems (at the customers) with the ball be... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Guidocorona,I know what you mean, but noisy ballbearings are ones from the first day to their dead in 20 or 40 or whatelse years. The noise will be generated by their ball rattling into their steel houses. Believe me I loved the sound of the P-01.... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Guidocorona,there is only one possibility to kill the noise, hearable at our listening chairs:The Esoteric people have to isolate !! the drive mechanism from the housing. Until now they do the opposite thing: They screw all metallic parts together... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Guidocorona,the noise is caused by the two ball bearings. Meanwhile i am specialist in ball bearings :-)The history of the ball bearings based Esoteric drives is the following:After I had the P-01 transport at home, pressed the "on" knob I was nea... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Of course at the Munic HighEndShow the X-01 Limited was shown.Especially after upsampling from PCM to DSD music ! flows through the room. Remarkable is that the P03/D03´s sound without any clock was better than with one.Have had the P03/D03 for on... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 hello,could compare both at the Munich HighEnd this year.There is no doubt: P03/D03 is the much better choice. Why?The transport is much more quiet than the X-01´s one. I think you know whats the reason - if not, see the details under their websit... | |
| Wadia 861 VS Accuphase DP-77 have had a lot very expensive and famous digital stuff in 20 yrs of highend hobby. Since 6 months i have a DP77, which feeds my active monitors without any pre between. DP77´s quality of CD´s and SACD´s is very very close. It fullfills my requirem... |