First, the Esoteric units can be converted from, say, 110 to 230 volt-operation, probably not only from Esoteric technicians, but from other ones, too. Another issue, however, is that Esoteric services only units which have been bought in the respective country. So bringing over a unit from the US or Asia to Europe carries a high risk of not being able to service or upgrade the unit later.
As far as the X-01 D2 in comparison to the P-05/D-05 combination is concerned: I have not compared the two, but called the German Esoteric-headquarters. They told me they had just done this comparison and found the D2 to sound slightly superior to the combo, offering better defined bass and a little better soundstaging.
Regards,
Florian Hassel
As far as the X-01 D2 in comparison to the P-05/D-05 combination is concerned: I have not compared the two, but called the German Esoteric-headquarters. They told me they had just done this comparison and found the D2 to sound slightly superior to the combo, offering better defined bass and a little better soundstaging.
Regards,
Florian Hassel