Esoteric K-01 Reference SACD Delivers a stress-free musical experience might consider selling indivdually

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flagship model of our all-in-one advanced D/A converter and Super
Audio CD/CD player series, capitalizing on ESOTERIC's state-of-the-art
technology and derived from our award winning P-01/D-01 series
separates. It has been seven years since the debut of the original X-01,
with its high-precision and high-rigidity VRDS-NEO SACD/CD transport
mechanism. The X-01/X-03 series, which have stayed at the top of
ESOTERIC's all-in-one SACD/CD player lineup, have been completely
updated and make their debut as the all-new "K" series in November 2010.
The design concept of the K series is extremely clear and simple -- a
2-channel D/A converter and stereo player that gives a stress-free
musical experience, without adding or removing anything from the
original source material. All aspects of the design and engineering
process for the K series had extremely tough requirements to further
advance ESOTERIC's top technology. Design and engineering was completed
applying all of ESOTERIC's know-how in mechatronics technology,
state-of-the-art audio technology, and evolutionary materials including
DAC implementation, for which cost was not a consideration. The K series
is committed to advancing the "state of the art" for the 2 channel
audio purist, for both high resolution audio files and disc based audio
playback applications.

The K-01 is equipped with our new VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-20S" mechanism,
which has advanced substantially beyond existing VRDS models. The K-01
follows the philosophy of the D-01, and has two 32-bit monaural D/A
converters with eight parallel/differential DAC circuits used per
channel, as well as separate L/R power supplies. The on-board,
high-precision clocking circuit has also been advanced. The power supply
for each circuit block has been optimized by using four on-board power
transformers. Three sets of 192 kHz/24-bit digital inputs, supporting
the most advanced high-sampling-rate digital sources are also built-in.
USB driver software supports 192 kHz/24-bit asynchronous transmission
for connecting with a PC. The K-01 responds to the stringent demands of
music lovers and audio purists, for a top-of-the-line digital source,
2-channel playback device.