Esoteric sa-10

someone in another forum reported that it performed quite well on both formats. but in truth if you are going to purchase an esoteric, you really should get a model that has the VRDS-NEO transport, which the SA10 does not.

i am listening to mine right now. just got though the break in process. i am really enjoying it. before this i owned a sonic frontiers processor 3 and a lambda transport. this player wins out hands down. great detail from top to bottom great sound stage cant beat it for the price. i mainly listen to redbook cds. it does not look as fancy as the sa-60 but for 2 channel playback the indsie is the same. it also has very good isolation feet.

it does not look as fancy as the sa-60 but for 2 channel playback the indsie is the same.

Not exactly!

1. SA-10 does not convert PCM (CD) to DSD like SA-60 does. I am not a big fan of this process/feature, but it might be helpful in some bright sounding systems and with irritating CD recordings.

2. Power supply is different, and SA-60 has the edge.

3. The analog output stage is different in favor of the SA-60 again.

I am talking Stereo only.

Regards,
Alex