I listened to classical and rock -- Gilbert and Sullivan and Frank Zappa -- on a DV-50 in the local dealer's high-end room. The Esoteric was feeding BAT compoents and Joseph Audio speakers.
The sound of the system was extraordinary: pure, deep, detailed, melodic, completely engrossing. I've never heard such depth of soundstage, such purity of tone, such pace and rhythm from my Telarc recording of GandS's Yeoman of the Guard ("private buffoon...") (Telarc CD-80431).
Because I made no changes to the system (no ANOVA), I don't know and can't say how the DV-50 sounded. But if there's any truth to the audiophile truism that a system can sound only as good as its weakest link, then even if the DV-50 was the weakest link in that Esoteric/BAT/JA system it's an outstanding player.
It will be my next source component.
The sound of the system was extraordinary: pure, deep, detailed, melodic, completely engrossing. I've never heard such depth of soundstage, such purity of tone, such pace and rhythm from my Telarc recording of GandS's Yeoman of the Guard ("private buffoon...") (Telarc CD-80431).
Because I made no changes to the system (no ANOVA), I don't know and can't say how the DV-50 sounded. But if there's any truth to the audiophile truism that a system can sound only as good as its weakest link, then even if the DV-50 was the weakest link in that Esoteric/BAT/JA system it's an outstanding player.
It will be my next source component.