EMM DCC2/CDSD versus Esoteric X-01

Oneobgin, I am aware of the need of using balanced devices as balanced. But my fingers sometimes commit the sin of Brownian motion on the remote.

I understand now.

I have just posted a relatively detailed listening comparison of the Shunyata Anaconda Helix Alpha and Anaconda Helix VX on a thread entitled "A Tale Of Two. . . Anacondas (Helix)". You will find it at:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1146623467&openfrom&1&4#1
For the comparison Babybear and I connected the Anacondas to the X-01 Limited in his system.

Very, very strage what I red...Because I attended last year in New York when the sale manager of an local & important showroom made a comparison between the Esoteric X-01L and the Burmester 001 and the German cd player was sonicly much better in all parameters than Esoteric.
The sound of burmester 001 is rich, warm, detailed and lush side of absolute neutrality. Images are wonderfully solid and three-dimensional with the 001. In particular, the 001 excell at the depth and large dimensions, opening up the rear portion of the soundstage and tangibly portraying the back edges of images. With 001 the images are always correctly sized, and all of the soundstage's distances—between instruments, between the listener and the soundstage, and the size of the stage itself—added up to a coherent, realistic perspective. In my very honest opinion the 001 is a gorgeous-sounding player—a bit too gorgeous-sounding. For sure for what I listened in my audio system the Burmester 001 is one of the best digital front-end I've ever heard. As expensive as it is, I've heard digital setups that cost several times as much and didn't match the Burmester's magic.

Apologies, I have never heard of an Esoteric product variant called X-01L. Tell us more. G.