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I will have a K-03 in the house for Easter. I will be comparing it in my system to my existing player, a Cary Audio 306 SACD Professional. The Esoteric K-03 is a dealer demo unit and well run in. I am not sure right now who the victor will be – but I am sure that all the filter and up-sampling options are a PITA in undertaking such comparisons…. The Cary Audio 306 SACD Pro really benefits from up-sampling. It is possible to up-sample standard 44.1KHz Redbook to 96/128/384/512 and 768KHz and it is really interesting to observe the various merits of these. Cary like Esoteric wisely keeps DSD native. Both run 8 DAC’s in balanced parallel. I have closely noted your comments and these settings will be first up on the batter’s box. Here’s hoping for a strike! |
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They are easy to change and you will find your prefered combination fast.
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Jim ________ Soulution 720/710, K-01, Kharma Mini Exquisite speakers, KS elation ICs, Tara Omega onyx speaker cables. |
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When I owned Cary there was no single answer as to what sounded best. For my most often played discs I used to keep a record of whether it sounded better at native, 96, 192, 384 etc.
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Been streaming all day with the Jriver app old familiar music and listening with the HD 700s. MX150 set to pure stereo. I think I have all of the settings dialed in on the K-03, PC and Jriver to my optimal preferences.
I added a wireless keyboard - mouse and hdmi from the laptop to the my 73" Mitsubishi so I can sit back surf AA, play music from my recliner and drive all the gear wireless with the big screen to monitor. wow I love it.. Only thing missing is the better USB cable that is on the way. (Hard to imagine it gets better) at 320+ hours on the machine now It is like I am hearing details, effects in most every song for the 1st time, and the sound stage is so 3d in nature, separation impressive, most delicate of details as good as I think it can get. I am so glad I purchased this machine. Thanks to all of you folks for the great reviews, these reviews not the specs helped my purchase decision. I trust all of you guys way more than any book, specs, or other reviews. The AA folks in my view are as honest and true, well educated etc .. may I can this a sport and a special thank you to Ivan for the great price and service Gilmour's guitar in Coming Back to Life on the Division Bell re-mastered is the most special spatial presentation I have heard. To sum it up. K-03 It is a Game Changer Last edited by djwhog; 03-29-2013 at 06:30 PM. |
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OK that was ridiculous! I did not think it was going to make that much of a difference, I swear I did an A - B 4 times to compare the Belkin to the Wire World Silver USB.
It is like I added a sub woofer, well it actually brought back the bass the player has when listening to a SACD or a CD. For some reason the low path signals were dropping on the 15' el -cheapo cable and now not only are they back but I can play 96k and 192k files with seamless switching and no drop outs. The imaging, separation, what can I say MAGNIFICO! OK I need to go to work, I am already over 1 hr late, I just can not stop listening to this thing. Well wife and daughter flew out to go to a LA Dodger game so it is just me and the rig for the next 2 days WHOOHOO Over 420 hours on the machine now and a quick update. it has a lot farther it seems over the past 100 hours than I would say it did on the 1st 100 hours. Last edited by djwhog; 04-03-2013 at 10:17 AM. |
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Dave... I told you to glue them on.
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Ivan FLORIDA MX136, MC1.2KW(10) MC2KW(2), MCD1100, MS750(2) MVP881, C1000C/P/T, MPC1500, HT-2 SUBS(2) HT3F(2) WS350(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) XCS350(2) JL GOTHAM v2 SUBS(2) SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U 4K PROJECTOR, STEWART 120" MOTORIZED SCREEN, CINEMA-TECH SEATING, WW PLATINUM CABLES Reference System: ACCUPHASE A300 AMPS, C3900 PRE-AMP, DP1000 CD/SACD TRANSPORT, DC1000 DIGITAL PROCESSOR, DG-68 DIGITAL EQUALIZER, T1200 FM STEREO TUNER, PS1230 POWER SUPPLY, HRS-SXR CUSTOM RACK w/ M3X SHELVES, TAD REFERENCE ONE MK2 LOUDSPEAKERS, WW PLATINUM CABLES CAPE COD MX150, MC501(2) MC1.2KW(10) MC2301(2) MR88, MVP881, MCD1100, MDA1000, C1000C/P/T, MPC1500, ESOTERIC K-01X 30th ANNIVERSARY (BLACK) SACD/CD PLAYER, G02-X CLOCK, HT3F(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) JL GOTHAM v2 SUBS(2) JL FATHOM F113v2 SUBS(4) SOUND ANCHOR STANDS(2) KALEIDESCAPE STRATO & TERRA SERVERS 80-TB, LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U 4K PROJECTOR, STEWART 120" SCREEN, SONUS FABER STRADIVARI, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, FORTRESS SEATING, WW PLATINUM CABLES Analog Rig: CLEARAUDIO INNOVATION WOOD, UNIVERSAL ARM w/ Da VINCI' CART, 2nd UNIVERSAL ARM w/ GOLDFINGER STATEMENT CART, HRS-MXR REFERENCE RACK-GLOSS BLACK w/ M3X SHELVES, AESTHETIX RHEA SIG PHONO-PRE, BRYSTON BHA-1 HEADPHONE AMP, WW PLATINUM CABLES Reference System: BURMESTER 911MK3 AMP(3), 088 PRE-AMP, 089 CD PLAYER, 100 PHONO PRE-AMP, 948 POWER CONDITIONER, ACCUPHASE DG-68 VOICING EQUALIZER, AVID ACUTUS REFERENCE SP TT, GRAHAM PHANTOM II SUPREME ARM, BENZ MICRO LP-S CART, GRANDIOSO P1X/D1X STACK, G1X RUBIDIUM MASTER CLOCK, N05 NETWORK PLAYER, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, HRS-SXR CUSTOM RACK w/ M3X SHELVES, SONUS FABER AIDA SPEAKERS, JL FATHOM F113v2 SUBS(2) SOUND ANCHOR STANDS(2) WW PLATINUM CABLES Library System: GRANDIOSO M1 MONOBLOCK AMPS, C1 LINESTAGE PRE-AMP, K1X CD/SACD PLAYER, G1 MASTER RUBIDIUM CLOCK, E02 PHONO-PRE, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, AERIAL ACOUSTICS 20T V2, AERIAL SW12 SUBS(2), CANTON REF K1’s, VPI HRX TT w/ SDS POWER SUPPLY, ORTOFON CADENZA BLACK CART, KLAUDIO RCM, SHUNYATA DENALI 6000/S v2, SHUNYATA OMEGA QR’s, WW PLATINUM CABLES Esoteric/Bryston System: ESOTERIC C02-X PRE-AMP, P-02X TRANSPORT, D02-X DAC, G02-X CLOCK, BRYSTON 28B3 CUBED MONOBLOCK AMPS(4), BRYSTON BHA-1 HEADPHONE AMP, SHUNYATA DENALI 6000/S v2(2) EVEREST 8000 POWER CONDITIONER(2) ALTAIRA CG & SG HUBS, AMR-DP777-SE DAC, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, TAD REFERENCE ONE MK2 LOUDSPEAKERS, QUADRASPIRE RACK, WW PLATINUM CABLES Accuphase/Canton System: ACCUPHASE E800 INTEGRATED, DP570 CD/SACD PLAYER, T1200 FM STEREO TUNER, DG-68 VOICING EQUALIZER, PS530 POWER SUPPLY, CANTON REF K3’s, CANTON REF K5’s, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, HRS MXR REFERENCE MAHOGHANY RACK w/ M3X2 SHELVES, WW GOLD CABLES |
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