Esoteric DV-60

Frank, how was the UX-3 SE on video and audio compared to the others?

I didn´t spent to much time comparing the video capabilities. In short: DV-60 is def. better than DV-50 S on video. DVD-A was better with UX-3 SE - although I just compared two DVD-A´s (Kraftwerk and Michael Jackson).

What exactly is "wrong polarity" and how did you figure out this was a problem. You have done a total 180 in your comparisons? I am a little confused, please elaborate?

I had a Sansui 9090db reciever that was purchased in 1975 and I estimated that it has close to 20,000 hours on it and a lot of those hours were run hard at parties with basic cables. My brother bought it first then I bought it from him and then gave it back to him. I think my 2 year old son will end up with it someday. The unit works great today. A well built cdp will last a long long time. I would not worry about wearing it out or anything else in a system that has descent build quality. Speakers on the other hand can take more of a beating and drivers will need to be replaced probably more quickly than a good player will need to be replaced. Putting 500 hours on a system to break it in is just puppies piss.

Polarity is something electrical.. My Esoteric dealer found it out when joining one of the listening sessions as he was confused that I still preferred the DV-50 S to the DV-60.
To be honest - a modded DV-50 S is stillmuch better than a stock DV-60 ;)