Esoteric Product Reviews

November, 2009SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: SA-50  32 bit D/A converter / Digital pre-amp / CD-SACD player / Re-clocker (2nd PLL),   SA-50  32 bit D/A converter / Digital pre-amp / CD-SACD player / Re-clocker (2nd PLL)

October, 2009AVGuide.com - Timing Is Everything

Products reviewed: G-0Rb  Master Clock Generator

August, 2009Enjoy the Music.com

Products reviewed: Dvorak - From The New World  SACD / CD Hybrid Remaster

August, 2009Enjoy the Music.com

Products reviewed: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20  Esoteric SACD / CD Re-Master

August, 2009www.6moons.com - Audio Review

Products reviewed: SA-50  32 bit D/A converter / Digital pre-amp / CD-SACD player / Re-clocker (2nd PLL),   SA-50  32 bit D/A converter / Digital pre-amp / CD-SACD player / Re-clocker (2nd PLL)

June, 2009Sound Stage Networks - Reviewer's Choice, June 2009

Products reviewed: X-01D2  Flagship integrated CD/SACD player

May, 2009The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: A-100  3-Stage Tube Amplifier / Integrated Tube Amplifier

..."I submit to you that the A-100 represents the state of the art in medium-power tube amplification. It's as good as it gets" ...Dick Olsher.

May, 2009www.6moons.com - 2009 Blue Moon Award winner

Products reviewed: C-03  Linestage Preamplifier

May, 2009www.6moons.com - review sidebar by owner Srajan Ebaen

Products reviewed: C-03  Linestage Preamplifier

March, 2009Hi-Rez Highway

Products reviewed: X-05  Audiophile Disc Player

March, 2009www.6moons.com

Products reviewed: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20  Esoteric SACD / CD Re-Master

March, 2009www.6moons.com

Products reviewed: 7N-DA2100  Audio Interconnect Cable for Balanced Connections

March, 2009www.6moons.com

Products reviewed: Beethoven - Overtures  Esoteric Exclusive SACD / CD Re-Master

February, 2009The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: X-05  Audiophile Disc Player

..."The Esoteric X-05 is a CD/SACD player that makes you want to gather very compact disc in your collection and give it another spin. And all the more so if you're still listening to vinyl. Its that good"............... ...Neil Gader.

January, 2009Audiophile Audition

Products reviewed: Beethoven - Overtures  Esoteric Exclusive SACD / CD Re-Master

January, 2009Dagogo on-line

Products reviewed: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20  Esoteric SACD / CD Re-Master

December, 2008SoundStage Networks - Reviewers Choice Award...Dec. 2008

Products reviewed: C-03  Linestage Preamplifier

November, 2008Tech Radar UK and Hi Fi Choice UK

Products reviewed: X-05  Audiophile Disc Player

November, 2008Dagogo

Products reviewed: AI-10  Integrated Digital Amplifier / Master Clock Generator

November, 2008www.6moons.com

Products reviewed: X-05  Audiophile Disc Player

October, 2008Positive Feedback on line

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

October, 2008Home Theater Review

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

August, 2008Stereophile - Class "A" rating - October 2008

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

July, 2008High Fidelity / France

Products reviewed: X-01D2  Flagship integrated CD/SACD player

July, 2008Positive Feedback on Line - DV-60 part 2 of 2

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

June, 2008The Absolute Sound - June/July 2008 Golden Ear Award and The Absolute Sound - Dec. 2007.. MG-20 loudspeakers original review

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

June, 2008SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: A-100  3-Stage Tube Amplifier / Integrated Tube Amplifier

June, 2008UltraAudio.com

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

May, 2008SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: MG-10  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

May, 2008HiFi+

Products reviewed: X-01D2  Flagship integrated CD/SACD player

May, 2008Jazz Times (Last 6 paragraphs).

Products reviewed: UZ-1  SACD/CD/DVD Universal Disc Player

May, 20086moons.com

Products reviewed: A-100  3-Stage Tube Amplifier / Integrated Tube Amplifier,   C-03  Linestage Preamplifier

March, 2008The Absolute Sound - Issue #180, page 124

Products reviewed: G-0Rb  Master Clock Generator

G-0Rb rubidium master clock generator (Download issue/Checkout required).

Comments by Robert Harley, Editor in Chief..."The Esoteric G-0Rb Master Clock Generator rendered a much bigger gain in musical realism that I would have thought possible... It had a liquidity, ease, and naturalness that I've never heard before from digital audio reproduction. The hardness in the midrange, the glassy shattering sound on leading-edge transients, and the dynamic constriction were all gone, replaced by a silky smooth yet powerful rendering... more vivid... involving... sounding more like the real thing and less like synthetic recreations." ....... Comments by Robert Harley at Enjoy The Music.com from an earlier editorial on the G-0Rb that appears below ..." I recently installed the Esoteric G-ORb rubidium clock in my digital front end, expecting perhaps a small-to-moderate step up from the already outstanding Esoteric P-03 transport and D-03 digital-to-analog converter. What I heard not only made my jaw drop at the stunning improvement, but showed that a significant limitation in digital sound quality is timing imprecision."

March, 20086moons.com

Products reviewed: P-05  CD/SACD transport,   D-05  Dual mono 32 bit D/A converter

March, 2008Stereophile

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

March, 2008La revue Du Son - 5 star review (French)

Products reviewed: X-05  Audiophile Disc Player

February, 2008The Absolute Sound - Editorial at Enjoy The Music.com - Comments on the G-0RB master clock sync generator

Products reviewed: G-0Rb  Master Clock Generator

February, 2008Jazz Times - Rocky Mountain AudioFest 2007

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

February, 2008La revue Du Son - 5 star review (French)

Products reviewed: P-05  CD/SACD transport,   D-05  Dual mono 32 bit D/A converter

January, 20086moons.com

Products reviewed: SA-10  SACD / CD Player,   AI-10  Integrated Digital Amplifier / Master Clock Generator

January, 2008Dagogo on-line - Editor's Top Reference Disc

Products reviewed: Beethoven - Overtures  Esoteric Exclusive SACD / CD Re-Master

December, 2007The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

December, 20076moons.com

Products reviewed: SA-60  CD/SACD/DVD-A/CD-R/CD-RW multi-channel audio player

December, 2007Enjoy the Music.com

Products reviewed: P-05  CD/SACD transport

November, 2007Positive Feedback on Line - DV-60 universal (Part 1).

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

November, 2007Innovations 2008 - CES Design and Engineering Award Honoree

Products reviewed: MG-10  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

October, 2007The Absolute Sound - 2007 Editor's Choice Award - Issue #175

Products reviewed: X-03SE  SACD / CD audio player,   P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   P-03 Universal  SACD/CD/DVD audio/DVD video transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter

October, 2007 The Absolute Sound 2007 Editors' Choice Award - Issue #175

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter

October, 2007 The Absolute Sound 2007 Editors' Choice Award - Issue #175

Products reviewed: P-03 Universal  SACD/CD/DVD audio/DVD video transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter

October, 2007Rocky Mountain AudioFest. Stereophile

Products reviewed: MG-20  Magnesium Compound Loudpeakers

October, 2007Stereophile

Products reviewed: SA-60  CD/SACD/DVD-A/CD-R/CD-RW multi-channel audio player

October, 2007Dagogo on-line

Products reviewed: Beethoven - Overtures  Esoteric Exclusive SACD / CD Re-Master

September, 2007SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: SA-10  SACD / CD Player

June, 2007Enjoy the Music.com

Products reviewed: SA-60  CD/SACD/DVD-A/CD-R/CD-RW multi-channel audio player

May, 2007HomeTheaterSound.com

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

May, 2007The Absolute Sound (TAS)

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   P-03 Universal  SACD/CD/DVD audio/DVD video transport

April, 2007The Absolute Sound (TAS)

Products reviewed: D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter

April, 2007Softpedia on line - SA-10 with user comments

Products reviewed: SA-10  SACD / CD Player

March, 2007The Audiophile Voice - Volume 12, Issue 2. (Subscription requested).

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter,   G-0s  Master Clock Generator

March, 2007Dagogo on-line

Products reviewed: X-01D2  Flagship integrated CD/SACD player

February, 2007The Stereo Times

Products reviewed: SZ-1  SACD / CD player

January, 2007The Stereo Times 2006 Hall of Fame / Most Wanted

Products reviewed: G-25U  master clock generator and PCM digital audio up-converter,   UX-3  SACD/CD/DVD AUDIO/ DVD Video Player

December, 2006UltraAudio.com

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter,   G-0s  Master Clock Generator

November, 20066moons.com

Products reviewed: AZ-1  Integrated Digital Amplifier / Master Clock Generator

October, 2006UltraAudio.com

Products reviewed: DV-60  SACD/CD/DVD-Audio and DVD-Video multi-channel disc player

October, 2006The Perfect Vision

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   P-03 Universal  SACD/CD/DVD audio/DVD video transport

August, 20066moons.com

Products reviewed: X-03  SACD / CD Player

June, 2006SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: P-03  Super Audio CD / CD disc transport,   D-03  Stereo digital to analog converter

May, 2006The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: X-03  SACD / CD Player

March, 2006Soundstage Networks

Products reviewed: X-01  SACD / CD Player,   X-01 Limited  SACD / CD Audio Player

March, 2006The Stereo Times

Products reviewed: UX-3  SACD/CD/DVD AUDIO/ DVD Video Player

February, 2006Soundstage Networks

Products reviewed: UX-3  SACD/CD/DVD AUDIO/ DVD Video Player

December, 20056moons.com

Products reviewed: X-03  SACD / CD Player

April, 2005HomeTheaterSound.com

Products reviewed: DV-50s  SACD/CD/DVD AUDIO/ DVD Video Player

April, 2005Ultra Audio - Select Components and World's best

Products reviewed: P-01  SACD / CD transport with external power supply and optional upgraded version model: *P-01 VU,   D-01  Mono D/A Converter - Model: D-01 and optional model: D01VU*,   G-0s  Master Clock Generator

February, 2005The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: UX-1  SACD/CD/DVD AUDIO/ DVD Video Player

February, 2005The Absolute Sound

Products reviewed: X-01  SACD / CD Player

July, 2004SoundStage Networks

Products reviewed: X-01  SACD / CD Player