Esoteric DV-60

I saw the light. After working with the DV-50s, I now use an Oppo 971H for video and SPDIF into a PS Audio DL III. Nirvana. The sound has more authority, spaciousness and smoothness. And the video quality is FAR SUPERIOUR to the DV50s in EVERY WAY.

best,
-greg

I own this player for over than one year.
It needs a lot of beakin time (1000 hours or more).
It sounds better if you disconnect (from inside or outside) the earth wire. :)
Someone can try to set digital filter to narrow than wide.
CD direct option sould be enabled and video circuits set to off. A large diameter power cord will help too.

A little off point, but still relevant for those with a UX-1 or looking for better audio/video out of an Esoteric piece
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I acquired a UX-1 several months ago intending for it to be modified into an APL-3.0 by Alex Peychev. Although I believe the UX-1 has the best transport made anywhere, my APL-3910 sounded better in my system than the stock UX-1. AFter long discussions with Esoteric and my banker, I decided to double upgrade the UX-1 by Esoteric - sonics to UX-1 Ltd+ level and Video to UX-1p1 level, including HDMI out. I also acquired an Esoteric Rubidium clock here on Agon. The UX-1 should be back to me in about a week.

Esoteric tells me that my setup should produce incredible sound. I'll report back if anyone is interested. I am also looking at adding APL's new DAC when its out in a few months - at that point, I will be finished. Although I will have invested a decent amount of money in my new front end, hopefully the result will be great sound (and video). I will also have the flexibility of separate transport, clock and DAC which should be more useful than a single box solution going forward into the digital/computer age of audio.

Excellent info in this thread guys. Happy Listening!

I listened to a DV60 today, compared it to a Marantz Sa11S1 and an older DV50. The DV60 was superior in all areas to both of the other players...and by a very wide margin! Here’s the thing of it, it clearly states in the instructions to turn off the multi channel output of the DV60 in order to gain maximum sound. I noticed that when one failed to do this, the DV60 was not as resolving and clearly less powerful in the bass and the upper most highs. Turned off, the SQ was stunning and easily some of the best sound I have heard from DSD and Redbook.