New Esoteric K-03 in the studio rack
 

Never mind this crick in my neck and shoulders from moving two of these K-03 monsters in and out of my rack today, unpacking one and packing the other. It's all good after a little Bailey's Irish Cream. :whistle:

My new Esoteric K-03 arrived today and she is an absolute beauty. This player was Ivan's at the Cape, you know the one he just bought and put 500 hours of break-in time on, then promptly turned around and ordered the new K-01. Yep! So this brand new K-03 is now my K-03 and is warm and comfy sitting in my studio rack. The best part about it, I don't have to break it in 'cause she's ready to rock with 503 hours on it.

I decided to keep the K-03 on the bottom shelf in the rack so that I could keep all the McIntosh gear stacked together, plus it allowed me room to place my Magnum Dynalab MD205 Signal Sleuth on top of the K-03, protected of course. My McIntosh MR88 tuner is back in the rack and looking good, too.

This K-03 sounds exactly like the demo unit, no difference whatsoever. In other words it is knocking my socks off. It has been a while since I have been this excited about a new component in one of my sound systems and it feels fantastic. Music has taken on a brand new level of realism and excitement that is keeping me drawn to the studio system like a moth to a flame. The Esoteric K-03 is out of this world good.


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Here's a photo of the new K-03 in the rack and the demo K-03 on the floor before I wrestled that monster back into its three boxes and got it back on its pallet. One unpack and one repack. I feel like I've been in the ring with the Hulk. Time for another Baileys and some more music. :applause:


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Congrats Dan! What a beautiful setup and your new K-03 looks right at home!

Mike.......Thank you. Man, oh man, the sound of this player in nearly unbelievable. It suspends voices and instruments in three dimensional space like a hologram floating in the room. The K-03 is one fabulous digital source component. I'm guessing the new shipment of K-03's that arrived in California won't be there very long.

Congrad's again Dan... Mission Accomplished! :wine:

It is a heavy beast

Cool, enjoy!

So nice, congrats Dan very excited for you and I know you will enjoy that fine machine! :)

I have been holding off on the 1100 for so long, and now I think I want to go the direction you have gone, only thing is i would like a multi player or at least support for 5.1 ch sound if they have a model in this high end market. I know little about the Esoteric except from the recent post you all have provided.

The reviews are most impressive to say the least..

Hehehe, Dan you have done it!

So cool to see you with your very own, I knew you would luv it as much as I have luvved mine...crank it up! :thumbsup:

P.S. Great job Ivan for helping to make this happen!

Mike.......Thanks. It's great to be part of the Esoteric club. :yes:

Who knows where this may lead. :scratch2: