Doe's anyone have a Esoteric XO-3 cd player?

Thank you very much Dodgealum,cerrot and Ras422 for your input. It seems a shame that there are still big egos in audio. You wonder why the "high end" gets a bad rap,just look at the response from Reb1208. Gee pal,if we were all as smart as you, you would not be so "special" would you. Why would you even bother to respond to me, guess you have no life. All that I want is some input on making a very big purchase. Where I live, there are not alot of good high end stores to listen to different cd players.
Beside the point,THANKS to all of you ready to help out another music lover. Remember,It's all about the MUSIC, not the equipment!

if you have any ???? feel free to email me --rich

Irishaudioboy, you gotta hear it. The 05 is sweet, but the 03SE is special, L o w level retrievel of the most minute details..., detail, depth, no edgyness or digititis... its a sweet rig. No fatigue-very fussy as it wants only great recordings as it is soo revealing and doesn't know forgiveness. I did need 1,000 hrs breakin. Great cables (PC/IC) bring it to a new level.

You gotta hear it.

Outside of the video board is the UX3pi same quality as XO3?

I've had an X-03se for about 6 months and can't speak highly enough about it. It replaced the much vaunted Meridian 508.24, which it smokes in every respect. Its redbook CD playback is outstanding, but the interesting thing is that the SACD playback is just on another level completely. To me it just reveals how limited redbook CD is by comparison - which is a matter that no-one in the audio industry appears too keen to publicise. It amazes me when I read reviews of SACD players where the reviews focus on their redbook playback and say virtually nothing about the SACD format. It's a joke really, and dishonest, in terms of promoting an inferior format and giving the impression that SACD is somehow a redundant technology. Since getting the Esoteric, I've not bought a single redbook CD and probably never will again. Anyway, the X-03se is a very fine player and an absolute bargain at the price you can get a used one for these days.