Esoteric SA-50???

Kopelman,

How does the SA-50 sound?

I checked out their line-up and agree that it is confusing. There's different units at the same price point. What's the SA-60?

Confusing,for sure,but every Esoteric (SA-60,X-05,X03SE,P05/D05,P03/D03) that I've heard sound amazing. And as you move up,they sonically sound better.

Is the older DV-50 worth buying?

Hi Alpha,
From what I have learned, the video ability of the SV-50 affects the quality of the audio. The transports VSOP or VRDS-neo also play an important role with the later being superior.The new SA-50 has the cheaper transport but has perhaps a better dac?,and imputs.I've been listening to as many Esoterics as possible and starting to hear the differences between what I been able to hear.Most, but not all has been on the same system,one I'm familiar with.