Keep in mind on the new ‘s’ version the filter appears to be either on or off ... no other choices. No idea what filter Esoteric chose. I will make sure I break in both filter modes so I can decide what I like best post break in.
Still way too early to draw many conclusions other than Redbook cd’s have never sounded this darn good. Playing a cd through the transport seems significantly better than ripped and played from the Aurender but since I only have the N100H that could be a function of the internal connection being better than usb? Just a guess on my part. Redbook evidently was better than I thought!
George