Audiophile Heaven AntwerpI am glad you and family and the gear made it back to Europe safe and sound. Where in Belgium are you located? We have a large customer site in Mechelen which I visit frequently. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Vsfang, have you gotten your system repaired? Is it still making a loud noise when spinning? Mine definitely makes noise as well but I can only hear it from about 12" away. I am not sure about... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)I finally got around to running my Sonos digital music system through the Esoteric D-05 DAC. I am completely amazed! I knew the DAC in the Sonos was probably low quality but I did not realize how m... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Hi Hic. There are several reasons why I chose the combo I did. I picked the P-03 over the P-05 because it has a better transport. In my opinion, the transport is critical in terms of being able to ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
System to dateWhile I do not disagree with many of the things Lightminer said, I will say that the importance of the transport cannot be ignored. I will also say that I got a separate DAC for the exact reason Li... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Both the P-03 transport and D-05 DAC have upsampling capabilities, up to 176. I played around with upsampling only in the P-03, only in the D-05, and upsampling in both (for example upsampling to 8... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)thanks for the kind words glenhifi posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Salvatore CirioloIs your friend going to try and sell his cables in the USA? I would be interested in trying them out in my system. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
System to dateThe weather is indeed great, when the whole stae is not on fire!For separates, I would recommend the P5D5 combo or the combo I have P3D5. The P3 has a better transport which in my opinion i... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Salvatore CirioloThank you for the kind words. By the way, the Esoteric reacts well to aftermarket power cords. I am using a Fusion Audio power cord on my Esoteric with great results. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
System to dateWow! It would be my dream to have dedicated listening room. But alas with real estate prices here in SoCal, getting a large home is tough. I would never leave if I had a room like yours!In ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Salvatore CirioloCiriolo:I love your music room! You eclectic tastes in music is obvious!I am curious what you thought of the EMM? I am big fan of the Esoteric. I used to have the X-03se and thought... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
High Definition 2-Channel Hi-Fi SystemI am sorry, I mean the speakers look like the BW 805S. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
High Definition 2-Channel Hi-Fi SystemHi, just out of curiosity those cables look remarkably similar to the BW 805S speakers. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Henry, I would not say the D-05 is more up to date. It does use the latest AKM 32 bit DAC and has upsampling capability. The D-03 does not. Strangely, the P-03 can upsample. I found it odd that the... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Apo, sounds like a great time! Where exactly do you live in Calif? I have lived here my entire life and do not recall being familiar with where you live. As for my personal favorite libations, I te... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Apo, I forgot to answer your question about the Esoteric VRDS transport. To me, the most important part of a cdp is the transport. As you can see by the picture in my setup, the VRDS is a massive c... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Hi Apo! Thank you very much for the kind words. I really appreciate it. The Pass XA amps are very good sounding and suits my musical tastes. I listen to a lot of female vocals (jass/pop/fol... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Hi Dev! Thanks for stopping by. I am definitely looking at adding the clock, the G03x to be exact which is supposed to be accurate to 0.01ppm. I thought about getting the rhobidium one but I cant j... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)My P-03/D-05 combo has over 100 hours breakin now and I am happy to report my ears do not hurt anymore! I am not quite sure what changed during the breakin because I always thought the units sounde... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Ear Candy & Occasional Eye Candy Tooaudiofankj...you are my hero!! As soon as I get the cotton out of my ears I would love to hear that AMR! Congrats and I am sure we will be talking soon. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Rich, yes I did get more info. I am considering it.I also got the Isotek though I have not used it yet. I will let you know after I run it.BTW, I am amazed you have kept your pre an... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
The Wave-Motion EngineHi aporigine, I noticed in your post that you want to put together a system "to extract as much info from the *recording* as is possible without introducing artifacts or systematic error"... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)audphile, you are my hero!!! I love going to live shows!!!! But kids and work and wifey makes it hard for me to go as much as I would like! We also like to go the theater a lot too but its gets so ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)Thanks Peter. I also find that hearing all the detail, (i.e imperfections of a singer's voice and the other instruments) also adds greatly to my sense of realism and organicness (is that a word?). ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment |