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ESOTERIC K-07X VS Mcintosh MCD 550 Which is better ?


Im deciding on one of these  players  to purchase .

Which player is better ?
Thank You ..
zoraduntov123
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mattmiller
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 The MAC MCD 301 is not even close to the MCD 550! These units are completely different, the 550 has dacs from ESS and is a MUCH better sounding player. The McIntosh MCD201 and 301 are entry level players that sound pedestrian.


Matt M
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Esoteric over Mac every day of the week when it comes to digital.
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@mattmiller

I beg to differ with you. The MCD301 replaced an Esoteric DV50 and it blows it away. It isn’t nearly as good as my Esoteric UX-3 but the UX-3 was 8500.00 The MCD301 was the second model up in the line with the 201 being the entry level. To be honest with you, I do not like ESS dacs, they are certainly not the end all. I had one in my Wyred4Sound dac2 dsd se with Femto clock. It is a forward sounding dac just like the Wyred dac 1 I used before it. That was the main reason I went with the MCD301 because of not having the ESS chips.

zoraduntov123 OP
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I went with the Esoteric K-07X new .

I had two Mcintosh players Mcd 7000 ( first cd player Mcintosh made )
then I had a MVP 851.

Im trying something different this time .

ptss
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Wishing you great enjoyment. You may find something like an Equitech 2Q will provide great isolation to your non digital components and significantly enhance the benefits of the K-07X. 
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