LINN AKURATE CD vs ESOTERIC X-05

I have listened to the Linn and I can tell you detail is there. Most information I can recall hearing. Not sure on the warmth, I have an Ayre C5xeMp and that seems to be the warmest I have heard for a while but less money and no surround. I have never heard the X-05 but have never heard and Esoteric I didn't like. They are built like a tank, not sure about the Linn I know that the Unidisk 1.1 had some issues and it basically the same engine.

Hello,

Thanks for the info, Ive heard good thing about the
Ayre C5xe also.Im hoping this will be my last player
for a long time.Im leaning towards the Esoteric X-05
but the Linn Akurate looks very interesting.Im trying
to have my Cake and eat it too!

I like the Esoteric. It is amazing in it's detail. Plays SACD's and redbook as good as, or better, then anything I've heard in it's price range.The warmth you may be looking for will have to come from the rest of your rig but everything you say your looking for is there.The Esoteric that intrigues me at the same price,is the soon to be released SA-50 with a 32 bit dac.

>>The Esoteric that intrigues me at the same price,is the soon to be released SA-50<<

They are not the same price.

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