mgottlieb
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| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Avguru and Jayctoy: If you go back and look at everything I've said, I have never claimed that anything I have or have heard is the best there is or can be. Usually what draws a comment from me is someone else's suggestion that something is "the b... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? I hate to keep harping on these little points, but personal playback taste and accuracy are NOT synonymous. Jayctoy: you said "what you are hearing on the Sony Mod, is exactly whats in the CD, I am very familiar with this PLAYER." Maybe, but how d... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Aplhifi: "It will turn out very expensive"? Read this thread--you did notice that we are not sane people you're talking to, didn't you? Build it and they will come, as someone said in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? I really have to take issue with Aplhifi's statement that "the actual transport is not that important. Meitner used (and still uses in their new $7K transport) a flimsy $100 or less Philips digital transport...." Right, and it sounds it. When I he... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guidocorona: No external clocks; too much money, not enough space in my system. Avguru: well, I listen based on what I hear live, and because I go to so many concerts, I have never found any two channel system to sound anything like what I hear in... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Avguru: Boy, you ask hard questions, which I can't answer with a simple direct comparison. I didn't listen to the Omega in redbook much, and don't listen to the X-01 in redbook much now. They both (for CD listening) functioned and function mainly ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? I thought I'd inject a bit of a reminder about one thing before your OK Corral shoot-out: personal preference doesn't necessarily equate to qualitative difference. Components are voiced differently by manufacturers to do different things. The X-01... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Jmpwme--no, sorry. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guidocorona: Hard question. I found the Verdi amazingly clean with the Purcell and Elgar Plus, but just a bit too bright and forward for my taste. I had the same reaction when I heard the EMM separates in someone else's system. Apparently making a... | |
| Eggleston Andra to Andra II Upgrade? Actually, Gary, Eggleston gives you your choice when you upgrade for no extra charge. I asked for bi-wire terminals and got them. | |
| Eggleston Andra to Andra II Upgrade? Gandrier: Yes, I upgraded to the II's. II's need much less power than I's, but I have McIntosh MC-501's, which will drive anything within reason. Preamp is a Rowland Synergy IIi. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guidocorona: I use the X-01 as a transport with the dCS units (with a Kharma Enigma cable) and, of course, by itself in SACD (and the DV-50 for DVD-A). Yes, the combination beats the X-01 by itself by a small margin--a bit more life and sparkle in... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? On the subject of the DV-50 as a transport, it's pretty good. At the same time, I use my other player (first a Classe Omega and then an Esoteric X-01) as the main transport (with a dCS Purcell DSD and Elgar Plus) and they are definitely better, bu... | |
| EMM DCC2/CDSD versus Esoteric X-01 Sounds like you had a good listening session, and I obviously agree with your conclusions. But if you think changing power cords makes a difference, try cable changes on the X-01. Especially, try my favorite, Purist Dominus (I use Revision B, but ... | |
| Monoblock Suggestion? There may be a dynamic speaker that doesn't sound wonderful with the new McIntosh MC-501's, but no one I know has found one. I know the Dalis--wonderful speakers--and I would bet they would be a great combination. I use the 501's with Eggleston An... |