Esoteric P5/D5 Opinions please

Tboooe, I haven't got a BNC cable yet, so that's the next thing on my to do list. I've been trying to understand all the settings on each unit in between enjoying the music.

BTW I think its real cool to see the clamp on the P5.

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?

Bar, I chose the D5 for two reasons, the 32 bit dac and the fact that it can upsample which I wanted for my digital music. I did get a chance to compare the P3D5 and P3D3. As you said, they are so close. To be frank, at these performance levels, the differences are so small its hard for me to tell the difference. I ultimately chose the D5 because for some reason (imaginary or not) I thought it sounded more analog. The fact that the D5 could upsample made it an easy decision. Oh and of course the price always helps!

Thanks.