Esoteric DV-60

Thanks Fly, that makes sense, with the bottom plate in particular would make a big difference.

Here are some weights (in LBS.) of other machines for kicks:

Esoteric DV-50 47#
Esoteric DV-60 31#
Esoteric UX-3SE 52#
Esoteric UX-1 55#

AYRE C-5XE 26# (No Video)
DENON 3910 21#
MARANTZ DV-9600 19#

Keep in mind that the Linn Unidisc weighs something like 20# or less...and most folks really like the way it sounds too. I gather several Esoteric units use very thick solid steel cases which is where the bulk of the weight comes from. Does this help with vibration control? Who knows...?

In the end, I feel the weight has little bearing on the actual CDP performance. Nevertheless you certainly do "feel" like you're getting your money's worth when it's heavy.

Anthony, After 850 hrs of playing time I thought the X-01 sound had stopped changing. However, with hindsight, I realize now that a subtle evolution still took place until the unit had approx 1200 hours of playing time on it.

How the heck do you keep track of the playing time?!!

Jeeze, after I break something in for a couple of days in the beginning, I loose track completely. I guess I just can't count past about 200. ;-)

Ah yes of course DBLD, no magic to it. . . up to 800 hrs the beast was on full time almost 24/7 for almost 6 weeks, with the rest of the system turned off unless I wanted to do some listening. After that point I slowed down a little.