stan5468
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| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax With all the techno babble being pushed to and fro regarding MQA, the bottom line is that MQA uses a lossy compression system and once lost ...... 'it ain't coming back'! Think about it! Look what MP3 has done to sound quality. Unless you can pro... | |
| Oppo Vs Esoteric Has anybody compared any of the three players I've mentioned? ..... plus the Oppo 205? (directly or indirectly)! | |
| Oppo Vs Esoteric I've had both a 95 and 105 and both were heavily modified. In standard form both were clean and open sounding but 'cool' in presentation, ultimately lacking in musicality. I preferred the 95 modified (for musicality) but was not as 'transparent' a... | |
| Esoteric F-05 Integrated - any opinions? Hi greginnh,Your overall summation basically describes the 'road' I wish to take my system to. Since I last posted, I decided to part company with my Evolution Acoustics MicroOne speakers and have gone back to ProAc (D2) (still a couple of weeks a... | |
| Esoteric F-05 Integrated - any opinions? Hello greginnh,Just to ask further on why you got the Esoteric F-05.....You said you purchased the F-05 to replace the Accuphase E-470 and I was wondering what made you change? Did you do a direct comparison between the two? You also mentioned in ... | |
| Esoteric F-05 Integrated - any opinions? Hi greginnh,Nice to hear that the Esoteric is settling in and meeting your expectations of 'sound quality'. I was going to give the E470 a listen (having bought the Tuner) but the local sales dealer for Accuphase, on a normal basis does not keep i... | |
| Esoteric F-05 Integrated - any opinions? Hi donjr,Thanks for the offer but I'm not in the US. I've also considered the E600 as part of the mix (for ultimate sound out of an 'Integrated'), but the thought of heat (when I sold my CAT I managed to borrow a friend's BAT 52 preamp... and I al... | |
| Esoteric F-05 Integrated - any opinions? Hello Greginnh,How is the Esoteric fairing now (with another week under it's belt)?I've been considering going 'intergrated' (currently no genuine preamp just a two line passive switching devise .. which I had bought to fill in for a time having s... |