EsotericK01xusedEsoteric K01x SACD Player/DacThis unit is in perfect condition with very light use and comes with the full warranty. and has been in a climate controlled listening room free of smoke and pets. The Absolute Sound by Alan Taffel...14500.00

Esoteric K01x SACD Player/Dac

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Condition
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Ships fromBoynton Beach, FL, 33437
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions36.0" × 36.0" × 18.0" (110.0 lbs.)
Shipping carriersUPS or FedEx
Shipping costFree
Original accessoriesRemote Control, Box, Manual
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This unit is in perfect condition with very light use and comes with the full warranty. and has been in a climate controlled listening room free of smoke and pets. The Absolute Sound by Alan Taffel stated the original K01 to be the best SACD player he has ever heard.
Dagogo magazine review of the K01x stated:
The K-01X has all the inputs and outputs necessary to hold
the court in any sophisticated system. According to the Esoteric website, “The
USB input supports asynchronous transmission and rates up to 2.8/5.6 MHz DSD
and 384 kHz/32-bit PCM. Esoteric’s original PC driver software provides
playback of even studio-master-quality source files. DoP and ASIO 2.1 are also
supported. The culmination of Esoteric’s most advanced mechatronics know-how,
the VRDS system radically improves the reading precision of Super Audio CD/CD
discs by mechanically correcting for surface run-out. The K-01X’s VRDS -NEO
VMK-3.5-20S drive also features two sets of specially selected ball bearings
supporting a duralumin turntable constructed to micron-level accuracy, and a
20mm-thick steel turntable bridge. The combined mechanical structure weighs an
impressive 5.2kg (12kg including the rigid base).

The drive employs proven Esoteric technologies, including a
high-flux-density magnet-driven coreless three-phase brushless spindle motor, a
thread feed control derived from the thinking behind the P-0, and a
shaft-sliding pickup which consistently illuminates the disk with a precisely
perpendicular beam of laser light. Additionally, the disc tray features a
silent shutter mechanism that further ensures the ultimate in operating
precision.”

“The D/A converter uses the same design philosophy as our
Grandioso D1. Incorporating Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation’ s 32-bit
AK4495S DAC IC and MUSES 02 operational amplifier, this exceptional DAC uses 8
parallel/differential circuits with 16 outputs driving each channel to achieve
outstanding linearity and low distortion.

Like the Grandioso D1, this D/A converter also features
fully independent power transformers and power supply circuits for each channel
to create a true dual mono configuration. The generous power supply capacity and
total channel separation enabled by this arrangement provides excellent
dynamics, with realistic stereo imaging and exceptional resolution of fine
detail.”

All of this adds up to an advanced level of resolution
accorded the CD via the K-01X, truly state-of-the-art sound has been achieved.
There is no “serious” listening necessary for recognizing the superiority of
the K-01X. The most familiar music takes on a new sense of scale, and dare I
say grandiosity, that is at once jarring and compelling. One of the first
characteristics to strike me as revolutionary is the ability of the K-01X to
sort out and render instrumental lines awhile creating a soundstage of immense proportions.
Even on discs that I have been listening to for twenty years are transformed.

The opening of Extremes’ “Warheads” from Three Sides To
Every Story has a heart beat outside the right speaker. Through the K-01X, the
image of the heart beat moves from 20 feet outside to at least 40 feet to the
right and is locked in space. I have no side-walls to deal with so the image
has a ton of room to breath. A jet then flies from left to right and goes all
the way down the hall and rendered in stark relief. We are talking 60-70 feet
outside the speaker. I know these are sound effects, not music, but holly cow,
you cannot dismiss the wow factor. Disc after disc was unraveled yielding a
wealth of space between densely rendered images. Musical lines ebbed and flowed
above a supple dynamic.

Listening to Steely Dan “Babylon Sisters,” I am
struck by how full-sounding it is. Not overly smooth or creamy per se but rich
for sure. There is just more music coming out of the K-01X than I have heard
before. If you like a leaner presentation, the K-01X is not for you. There is
real meat on the bones sounding more life like in tonal density. The lead vocal from “Babylon Sisters” is so
expressive with the focus provided by the K-01X yielding the ability to track
subtle inflections and phrasing with great ease. On “Hey Nineteen,” the sound
is just so sophisticated and suave. Timing cues provided by the guitar picking
and tight bass line hooked to the bass drum keeps the sway of the music moving
right along. Ease and sophistication goes a long way in describing the sound of
the K-01X

Contact Steve at 516 695-1798.

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