What audio system do you have, or plan on getting?

[drogulus]

The more expensive one though has better hardware for audio though (same build quality though)!

btw didn't you find some kind of Chinese clone of the Oppo?

    Yes, I have a "Chinoppo" with no disc player.

   

[DavidW]

Gotta find where my black mascara and lipstick are to get in the mood for this when the box comes out. Knowing just how good some of these sound via streaming with BIS' incredible recording quality, it's going to be even better cranking this up.

The sound is so layered and detailed.  There are definitely elements of these symphonies that I couldn't hear in other recordings.

[Bachtoven]

I recently sold my aging Esoteric CD/SACD player and bought a Mark Levinson No.5101--wow! It sounds at least as good if not better, and loads discs, especially SACDs, much faster.


(The device sitting on top is my Chord DAC. I still use it for streaming and downloaded files.)

[Harry]

I recently sold my aging Esoteric CD/SACD player and bought a Mark Levinson No.5101--wow! It sounds at least as good if not better, and loads discs, especially SACDs, much faster.


(The device sitting on top is my Chord DAC. I still use it for streaming and downloaded files.)

A fine SACD player. Heard it recently and was amazed, but it does not not top my Esoteric Grandiose. Still a very good high end player. Congrats.

[Bachtoven]

A fine SACD player. Heard it recently and was amazed, but it does not not top my Esoteric Grandiose. Still a very good high end player. Congrats.

Probably not, but at a fraction of the cost, it's a great bargain. I loosely considered an Esoteric K-03XD, but it was still too expensive, especially since I bought a gently used dealer demo ML and saved an additional $2600! We've had massive vet bills (around $10,000), had to have a new garage door installed ($4800), and the electrical panel replaced ($5200), so I couldn't justify spending any more money than I did.