New Esoteric P02 D02

Zephyr, I have been hearing my rig come together nicely! The more time on these pieces the better they sound. You are right on, as I pass 200 hours the treble has become more and more natural, espiecally on CDs. There was a brightness to the sound which sounds much smoother now!

I look forward to ever better sounds with these machines, they are definately very satisfying to me and better as I listen more. I believe with a little cable swapping I can really dial it in.

Great talking with all you guys, have a safe and Happy New Year!

Colekat:

What is your system ?

Hi Pharma, My front end is all Esoteric, D-02/P-02, C-02 Preamp and G-01 clock, Bryston 28Bsst2 mono blocks and Dynaudio Temptations, PS Audio PowerPlant 10 . All cabling for the front end is WireWorld Platinum Eclipse 7, with Shunyata ZiTron Power Cords and Snake River Audio Signature speaker cables.

Hi Colekat:

Very nice system. Some people are using d02 directly with power amp. Are you happy with Brystons and did you audition other power amps. ?
Happy New Year.

Hi Pharma, Yes, I am happy with the sound overall, although there's always something I want to change. The D-02 sounds very good directly feeding the amps, but the C-02 in the chain makes everything sound much better. The C-02 is an excellent Preamp, it warms up the whole presentation. Pharma, I like these amps, but would move on if a better sound at the right price could be had. I think the amps influence the overall sound the least at this level, and think I need to listen to more cables before I look at new amps!
Pharma, you said nothing comes close to the Esoterics for SACD, and you like the Solution for CDs, how about as a pure DAC, where do you rank the D-02. I have listened to a few Hi End DACs, and the D-02 just sounded better right out the box. It has suberb resolution and detail and deliniation of instruments.
Any amp suggestions?