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| Best ICE-powered amps ? Thanks for the comments. Unfortunately H2O is not a common brand in Germany as well as NuForce. Try to get a pair of 501´s and BelCanto Ref. 1000´s for an audition. The 302 is too big for my rack - unfortunately as I like the looks and the build q... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 I didn´t spent to much time comparing the video capabilities. In short: DV-60 is def. better than DV-50 S on video. DVD-A was better with UX-3 SE - although I just compared two DVD-A´s (Kraftwerk and Michael Jackson). | |
| Esoteric DV-60 Sorry guys I have to apologize. DV-60 was used on wrong polarity. Problem is fixed and DV-60 is now as good as DV-50 S on CD/SACD and better on DVD. | |
| The Perfect Speakers for Jeff Rowland Concerto Int Neilgundel: could you please specify in which aspects the JRDG Concerto was better than the Ayre K-5xe & V-5xe ?Thanks. | |
| Esoteric DV-60 DV-60 vs. DV-50 S vs. UX-3 SE update. After now roughly 450hrs. of playing time the DV-60 S is still inferior to the DV-50 S playing CD and SACD and still far away from a UX-3 SE performance. Regarding DVD-video DV-60 is quite a bit better than DV... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object I currently have a Boulder 1010 on loan (normally I use Nagra PL-L which I like a lot) and I must say in my system it is by far the best pre-amp I´ve ever heard (resolution, speed, detail, imaging, soundstage, neutrality, ..) are at the very top. ... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 Tvad: you´re a luky man. With my working hours I´m happy if I find an hour time per day for intense listening - as many friends of mine. So one hour per day times 400 is ... ;) Guidocorona: I hope nobody follows my "radical advice" - but which man... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 Tvad: I´ll double check the units again this weekend together with a friend who intends buying either used DV-50 S or new DV-60.In the meantime the dealer promised to me that the unit will have at least another 150+ hours of spinning break-in CD´s... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 the units were both spinning for 4 days 24 hours the Ayre Acoustics break in CD and a Burmester Test CD. Listening was for about four more days. So the DV-60 had about 200 hours of constant use on it. ANY item I know reaches full potential after 2... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 Audiofeil / Guidocorona: as an Esoteric owner I would say an Esoteric product needs at least 2 years to break in - just kidding. Both units were fully broken in - don´t worry ;) | |
| Esoteric DV-60 The price difference between DV-50 S and DV-60 is US $ 0,00 (US $ 6.000,00 vs. US $ 6.000,00). The UX-3 SE I use is US $ 8.950,00 and is worth every penny. Mine will get the US $ 2.790,00 RAM modification by the end of the year. Esoteric gear is g... | |
| Avalon Opus Ceramique versus Kharma 3.2 I´ve compared Avalon Opus Ceramique to Ayon Falcon S at home for rughly a week. You should STRONGLY consider the Falcon S. It is US $ 15.000,00 or 12.990,- and simply blows the Avalon of the shelve. Can´t comment on the Kharma as my local dealer... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 Hi. I just had an DV-60 on trial vs. a dealers DV-50 S as I´ve just upgraded from DV-50 S to UX-3 SE. On SACD and CD I clearly prefer the stock DV-50 S over the DV-60 - which is - according to the dealer designed for optimized DVD playback. On DVD... | |
| Esoteric DV-50S vs. UX-3SE Audio/Video quality Having used a stock and a modded DV-50 S for a while the upgrade from the stock DV-50 S to the UX-3 SE is quite significant. Modded DV-50 S betters stock UX-3 SE by quite a big margin BUT does not provide 1080i video processing - that´s why I choo... | |
| Best Amp + PreAmp for Esoteric X-03 As I use UX-3 SE I´d highly recommend looking at Ayre or Nagra gear as synergy is very good. Depending on your personal taste you can fine tune its sound by using either Shunyata, Electraglide or Virtual Dynamics power cords.My speakers are Ayon F... |