Esoteric P5/D5 Opinions please

Of course. Looks like you can have the Dual AES/EBU + BNC Clock and then SPDIF and TOSlink sources.

cmk, congrats on the P5D5. I agree with a lot of your sentiments regarding its dynamics, separation, and air. Question about using PLL2. Arent you slaving your P5 to the D5's clock? If so I would suggest you try this.

arbuckle, you can have multiple digital sources hooked up to the D5, just as long as they have different cable types. There is only 1 set of each type on the D5.

bar81, I personally think the P3D5 is the best combination since you get the better transport of the P3 with the new 32 bit dac of the D5. But as you said, if the P5D5 is close to the P3D3, then perhaps it is a great deal.

Tboooe,

Did you actually try the P-05/D-05 and P-05/D-03 combinations before choosing? You also mentioned that you picked the D-05 not based upon price but you didn't mention the most important aspect of an audio component, performance. Did you feel that the D-05 was superior to the D-05?

Obviously, I meant superior to the D-03.