mgottlieb
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| Esoteric E-03 Phono Stage I have had this phono amp for months. It replaced the Lamm, a tube unit. I have detected absolutely no difference between the two as to how audible record defects are. (My cartridge is a Koetsu and arm and turntable are SME.) | |
| Esoteric P-05 - D-05 - anbody use the word sync ?? Hi. Its Manny. The D-60 was about $150, and that probably was too much in the bang for bucks standard, but I just wanted to play safe. The Illuminati cables were very reasonable value when I used them, years ago, as digital audio cables, although ... | |
| Esoteric P-05 - D-05 - anbody use the word sync ?? I used the P-03/D-03 combo first just with a BNC connector (Kimber D-60?) and then with two Kimbers and a G-ORb. Your question doesn't ask about the G-ORb, so I won't bother addressing the substantial improvement added by that. To operate separate... | |
| Aerial 20T / Eggleston Savoy I have a 22' x 13' x 9' listening room, and the Andra IIs produce thunderous bass in it. One look at the Savoys and I knew better than to try--open them up to high volume and the bass reflections would probably cancel each other out, leaving eithe... | |
| Esoteric E-03 Phono Stage Superb phono amp, replaced a Lamm LP2 because it is a better match with the Esoteric C-03 preamp. Extraordinary detail, no sense of etched quality although it isn't a particularly warm sound. In tonal balance, the phono sound is really quite simil... | |
| How is LAMM LP2 compares to the more recent phono I have used both Koetsu Rosewood Signature and Onyx Platinum cartridges with the Lamm. Both were excellent matches, especially the Onyx. There was certainly no gain problem. Although the LP input level into my preamps was lower than the CD/SACD, m... | |
| How is LAMM LP2 compares to the more recent phono Loading is 40, not 400, according to the reviews and literature. Works superbly with Koetsus. | |
| Opinions on Esoteric clocks ...... Technically, this is all pretty much over my head. All I can comment on is what I hear. So I have to take issue with the comment above that "if there was a clock output from your P05 so you can feed D05 with it, you wouldn't need external clock be... | |
| Opinions on Esoteric clocks ...... I have added the GOR-b between the P-03 and D-03 after more than a year using the two alone. It is really hard to say what, specifically, it does, except that when you remove it the naturalness of the sound is diminished, and even superb CDs and S... | |
| Esoteric P03 - D03 I've heard people comment here on noisy Esoteric transports but have never experienced it. I can hear a quiet whirring noise when the system is dead silent and I get to within a foot of the P-03, but never from my listening chair and never when an... | |
| Esoteric P03 - D03 Thought I would chime in. I've used the Acrolink (the manufacturer of the Esoteric-named Mexcel cables) DN-6000 analog cables between phono and preamp and found them extraordinary. Between the P-03 and D-03 I use Stealth Varidig Sextet digital cab... | |
| Esoteric P03 - D03 Yes, everything about the P-03/D-03 was better than anything else I've heard in either redbook or SACD, but I haven't heard either the P-01/D-01 or the Scarlatti stack. | |
| Esoteric P03 - D03 Read this thread with interest. I upgraded from the X-01 Limited to P-03/D-03, added the G-ORB clock more than a year later. I've never heard the D-2 version of the X-01, so don't know how much better the D-2 is than the Limited, although the upgr... | |
| My Esoteric P-05 '' eat '' my new Beatles disc This happened to me years ago with an Esoteric X-01 Limited. I disconnected the player, unscrewed the top, and lifted out the disc. No big deal. The disc was, in fact, slightly warped on visual inspection, and it had gotten scratched when it was s... | |
| dcs wordclock I recently added the Esoteric G-ORb to the P-03/D-03 which I have had for several years. The difference is subtle but important: smoother, more realistic, less etching, less forward. Yes, less "digital", although that seems to mean something diffe... |