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Esoteric X-05 CD/SACD player review

Enter Esoteric's most affordable player sporting the celebrated VM5-K transport

Our Score 5

Last reviewed: 2008-11-05November 5th 2008

Price at launch £3,495.00
Description CD/SACD Player
Dimensions 442 x 153 x 353
Weight (kg) 17
Analogue Outputs XLR jacks (2 channel) x 1 / RCA jacks (2 channel) x 1
Converters Cirrus Logic 24-bit / 192 kHz
Customized Components Yes
Digital Outputs Optical digital x 1 / Coaxial digital x 1
Disc Capacity 1
Dynamic Range 107
Gold Terminals Yes
Material(s) Aluminium
Max Frequency Response 80
Min Frequency Response 5
Remote Control Yes
SACD Yes
Signal-To-Noise Ratio 130
Supported Media CD, CD-R, CD-RW, SACD
Total Harmonic Distortion Details 0.001%

Product Summary

X-05

Esoteric

Price at launch

£3,495.00

For

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Superb build quality

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Extremely slick operation

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Very high resolution

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Can do pace and attack in the context of a natural presentation

Against

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The remote is system oriented which means a lot of buttons

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Player slightly prefers the midband to the frequency extremes

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