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Is the Esoteric P03/D03 still relevant?

Don't mean to be asking a dumb question, but I have no actual experience in Esoteric.

Is the P03/D03 still a good source to buy today? Say if I wanted to use it as a cdp and as a dac for my network? Or am I better off buying some of the newer less pricey (when new) single box esoterics?

Thanks!
joey_v
sksos1
395 posts
 
I've owned several Esoteric players, great drive mechanisms but the sound to my ears was just to sterile YMMV.
bvdiman
491 posts
 
Perhaps what Joey_v is trying to get here is some feedback whether to buy P03/D03
combo or its newer one box brethren say K-01x or K-03x assuming similar price point -
used for former, and new unit the later. Also if the older combo's sound is comparatively
still relevant in current state of digital.
ptss
1,964 posts
 
Bvdiman, nicely clarified, sounds logical.
jmlm
42 posts
 
A friend owns a discontinued (x-3?) CD player which sounds great. Detailed yet non fatiguing as mentioned above. The analog circuitry remains superior even if the dac chip is old. Lack of a digital input limits flexibility in his unit. YMMV
joey_v OP
668 posts
 
Yes exactly... Say p3/D3 vs the newer k1?
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