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| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Pscialli,The Marantz SA 11 was smoked on redbook by both the DV 50 and the X01. Wasn't even close. On SACD, it was 80% of the DV 50 and maybe 40% of the X01. It only took 1 minute to hear the differences and after about 5 minutes we cut off the SA... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? MGottlieb,Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. Its funny, you mention that the X01 was much more forward in its presentation than the Classe Omega. When I compared the DV 50 against the X01 I found the the DV 50 was much more forward... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Mgottlieb,Your comments about mfg voicing are dead on and accurate. I have heard many players that were overall clearly superior to another player not play a particular song as well as the lesser player. Some songs benefit from a sweeter, softer p... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Hey guys,Bad weather in Chicago forced the cancellation of this much anticipated showdown. It will resume this Saturday and A'gon member Jactoy will join us. Always good to have another set of ears!! 711 is under the impression that his modded Den... | |
| 5 Channel Amp with Meridian and B&W I strongly suggest you look at the Cary Cinema 5. The Absolute Sound's multi-channel amp of the year award. Cary is known for tubes and they carry that warm, analog sound into the Cinema 5 which is a solid state amp. However, the warmth does not o... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Jmpwme,I looked long and hard at the Goldmund universal 18D. Actually, I think there is a higher one called the Eidos or something like that. There are definitely two models..I don't know if you're looking at the mid-level one or thetop of the lin... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guido,That's an excellent idea and I will pose that question to 711. If the mountain won't come to you then sometimes you have to go to the mountain! In the meantime I have some very good news! I found another dealer in my area that has both a DV ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? 711,Friday would be a great day! However, the way most dealers work with home demo's is they like you to come on a Saturday evening (close to closing time) and then return it Teusday morning (most dealers are closed on Sunday's and Mondays). That ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guidocorona,That is the $1,000,000 question. Are the modded Denon's on par(or even surpass)the mighty X01? I'm not ready to answer that yet as I need to hear a head to head comparision. I won't make the mistake of under-estimating the modded Denon... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Well, fellow audiophiles..its been a rough day today. Rough because my trusty Esoteric DV-50 did not fare as well as I would have hoped against either modded Denon 3910...the Exemplar and the APL. Before I go into details about the test results...... | |
| Rivals for B&W 805 Signature in small rooms? Brian & Bluebell,First of all, the N802 and N804 have been eliminated in the new line up. By adding another bass driver to the 803, changing the crossover, reinforcing the cabinet and adding the new tweeter the new 803D will outperform the exi... | |
| Upcoming universal player releases any new info? Why spend money modding average players like the denon (and you're right, its video is much better than the audio)when you can just buy a high end player from the get go and not worry about mod's? Additionally, modded players are very difficult to... | |
| Rivals for B&W 805 Signature in small rooms? JM Lab Mini and Micro Utopia. Much better! | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Sinosin,You and I have talked and we both have a love for (and have aggressively defended) the playback of the DV-50. It is a tremendous player (especially in its price range) and I highly recomnmend it. However, this evening I had the pleasure of... | |
| B&W N803 vs AP Tempo IIIi vs VA Beethoven??? Hi,I sent you an e-mail regarding the 803's. Regarding Usher Audio speakers I have never heard them. Check for possible reviews at www.ecoustics.com or other discussion forums on this site. AVGURU |