IMO the K-01X makes redbook cds sound like SACD. Not all SACDs are equal as I've heard some that are worse than the redbook version. I feel like I have a great disc spinner when its hard to tell the difference...it all sounds so good. Previous players I had meshed everything together. The K01-X separates all the instruments from front to back and side to side. Depending on the other equipment involved and power supply, the K01-X made me feel like I was hearing familiar music for the first time from a jet black noise floor
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