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Esoteric owners - SA-50 to ?

I'm curious as to what other previous SA-50 owners went to in upgrading their player. I'm a current owner of a SA-50 and have been looking to upgrade. Is the K-05 worth the move up or is another player in line all together? Thank you in advance for your input and recommendations.
zenieth
audiooracle
387 posts
 
as an Esoteric dealer and a dealer for a zillion other lines,

the SA 50 was a good player loved by critics but liked by dealers, I thought it was a good sounding player but was not particularly lush or musically engaging.

The newer Esoteric players sound way better, they are much more musical and way more involving.
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stereo5
6,250 posts
 
"The newer Esoteric players sound way better, they are much more musical and way more involving."

I don't know what to say about that. I just bought an Esoteric UX-3 (ehibitor unit) player and I truly love it. It's the best digital in my home. I like it much more than my Wyred dac which uses the ESS dac. The player sounds very musical and effortless sounding, especially on the many rock cd's I own.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Esoteric players have always sounded great.

Unless of course you're using to forums to push the latest models.

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