New Esoteric P02 D02

Hi,
I am not familiar with Legacy speakers. I read the review in Absolute Sound. It is a lot speaker for 9k. I recommend some other speakers to audition. From Focal 1038be (it is also a lot of speaker for 9k), From Magico S5, From Dali Epicon 8(another fine ex. of speaker with ribbon tweeter) and From Sonus Faber Amati Futura ( its sweeter, warmer and rounded balance matches Esoteric's slightly forward and dry balance).

At last I compared transports as well. I did the test without upsampling by using d02 dac and with short delay filter 1, clock was G0rb.
P02 sounded more open, vocals breathed outside the speakers more and overall there was slightly more detail with cds compared to p01 vu. P01 vu was a bit darker. On the other hand p02 sounded a bit leaner with less body and it was slightly forward overall. This forward presentation projected vocals more in to the room. P02 was revealing a bit more in the upper mid and treble.
The new transport during loud passages was able to separate voices a bit more than the p01 vu. As for the sacds the difference was smaller.
Also p02 has the advantage to upsample to DXD (354khz or 8x)or 48bit which I didnt test.

Thank you very much for this.....I still have the P02/D02 on my wish list for the future!

Hey Pharma007, what is your experience using the Grb clock with the D-02/ P-02? I have a great deal on the G-01 clock waiting for me to snap it up. I have found no info anywhere on the D-02/P-02 with the clock. Whats your take on the clock, is worth it ?

Yes it is. Big difference for the good in all aspects. Wrote about it back in the post.

Also, just noticed. There is a big difference in reproduced sound depending on how the xlr gain is configured in the D02 if you are using preamp. 0db which is factory default or +6db.