Esoteric P5/D5 Opinions please

nolitan, i use the D5 with both the Esoteric P3 and a Sonos digital music source. My personal feeling is that the transport makes more of difference than the dac (assuming you are comparing decent quality dacs). That being said, I would get the x-03se rather than a cheap transport and the d5.

Tbooe,

Tks for reply. I'm thinking that myself.
Other thing about the D5/P5 is that one need to use two sets of balanced xlr digital cable which can be quite costly + two sets of power cables.

I think the x03se would be a better choice in the end rather than the separates.

If to get with x01 d2 i would probably just opt for the accuphase dp78 which is very nice as well.

Whatever. The point was why would you settle for an X-03se when you can afford better units.