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Old 08-03-2014, 07:00 PM
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Looseleaf, I also have a K-03. It is a great sounding CDP to me but I still prefer listening to music on my TT. I do agree that you must be very careful playing records since it is so easy to do expensive damage.
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Old 08-03-2014, 09:34 PM
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LooseLeaf...I am the proud owner of a pretty high end DAC that is talked about on this forum a lot.
The AMR DP-777.
I also have a pretty high end music server called the Aurender S-10.
Last but not least I sold my McIntosh MCD1100 to buy an Esoteric K-03.
All this being said, and as good as a music server sounds through the AMR DAC or the DAC in the esoteric, it does not compare to the sound of the Esoteric K-03 spinning a disc.
If I want to impress someone auditioning my system, I ALWAYS pop in a cd.
It doesn't even have to be a SACD.
It's that good.
I have sometimes regretted purchasing decisions in the past.
The K-03 I will never regret.
This good information. I wondered about the Aurender. I had a sooloos C15 and came to the same conclusion when I had a K-03. An outstanding player.
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Old 08-03-2014, 11:12 PM
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Thanks guys for the comments, I never really followed progressions of digital audio over the decades though I do clearly remember at one point that vinyl was going to disappear and with it everything connected to it, well what happened to the revolution. Anyway I believe vinyl will continue to be the standard for a very long time yet.
One thing about the Esoteric line, the Japanese cover all the bases when it comes to engineered built quality inside and out. They did this long ago too for their own market and parts of Europe . We in North America only saw the flood of mass market receivers and speakers which anyone could afford knowing little about their high end lines and I see they are popular now like Micr Seiki ect.
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Old 08-05-2014, 06:13 AM
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Thanks guys for the comments, I never really followed progressions of digital audio over the decades though I do clearly remember at one point that vinyl was going to disappear and with it everything connected to it, well what happened to the revolution. Anyway I believe vinyl will continue to be the standard for a very long time yet.
One thing about the Esoteric line, the Japanese cover all the bases when it comes to engineered built quality inside and out. They did this long ago too for their own market and parts of Europe . We in North America only saw the flood of mass market receivers and speakers which anyone could afford knowing little about their high end lines and I see they are popular now like Micr Seiki ect.
Hey Looseleaf, Very interesting issue. Would you be totally abandoning your analog playback? If so, streaming might be an excellent way to get exposure to your favorite music, then you can access your music with an i-pad and all you would need is a DAC. Are you thinking of recollecting all your music on CDs? A CD player will only benifit someone with CDs. There a lot of great DAcs out there and a DAC/Streamer combo can be had for short money to give it a try. Sorry to read your having trouble with music listening as you love it most, that would be a tough thing for me too! Tom
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Old 08-05-2014, 11:07 PM
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Thanks Tom for the kind words, I guess my rough and tumble life style of the past had caught up to me, I just hope I don't start to loose my memories.
I'm not ready to depart with my analog I just bought a Kodo Beat table a couple of years ago well a used one and it's pretty good.
I think this technology of today is something to be amazed at, well some of it anyway.
However accessing a library of music with an IPad really takes the cake. Soon I will listen and see this very thing in action. I don't rightly know at the moment what the combinations of the components are but I was told it's pretty good.
Tone is important to me among other things ,it has to be realistic and if it does it well I'll be content.
My collection of CDs is laughable the amount that I have so I think I'm in a good spot for going in either direction with digital, that is not having a huge collection of CDs to sell off for a penny a pound . Well I shouldn't be that hard nose about them.
Though on the other side of the digital coin I sure like what I have read about and the looks of the Esoteric players.
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Old 08-13-2014, 06:16 AM
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Thanks Tom for the kind words, I guess my rough and tumble life style of the past had caught up to me, I just hope I don't start to loose my memories.
I'm not ready to depart with my analog I just bought a Kodo Beat table a couple of years ago well a used one and it's pretty good.
I think this technology of today is something to be amazed at, well some of it anyway.
However accessing a library of music with an IPad really takes the cake. Soon I will listen and see this very thing in action. I don't rightly know at the moment what the combinations of the components are but I was told it's pretty good.
Tone is important to me among other things ,it has to be realistic and if it does it well I'll be content.
My collection of CDs is laughable the amount that I have so I think I'm in a good spot for going in either direction with digital, that is not having a huge collection of CDs to sell off for a penny a pound . Well I shouldn't be that hard nose about them.
Though on the other side of the digital coin I sure like what I have read about and the looks of the Esoteric players.
Hey Looseleaf, How is everything going? Hope all is well and the tunes are flowing. P
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Old 09-03-2014, 11:56 AM
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how much better is the k01 than the k03.
the price difference is pretty substantial.
is it worth it?
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:47 PM
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Only you can say.

The price difference is significant. If you can afford the difference, it would be worth traveling or even a plane flight (if you need one) to find out.
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Old 09-03-2014, 01:51 PM
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I own them both; the difference is quite noticeable IMO.
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Old 09-03-2014, 10:38 PM
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is it a $7k difference though?
i play mainly cd's intertwined with a tad of usb.
i am sorta on a budget, but want it to be a keeper, so don't want to have any regrets
or what-if's later on.
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