Esoteric

Of the Esoteric products, we can recommend the P-02 SACD/CD transport, and the D-02 DA Converter. We can not recommend the Grandioso series, as the reverse vaginal motif plainly says that Esoteric gives birth to them, however they may be appealing to Wymen.

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The 10 MHz and 22.5792 MHz word-synchronization frequencies are impressive.

Analogue users may appreciate the rubidium clock.

The dual-mono nature of the DAC is good, as is the 8 DAC's / channel, like Triangle.

We do not know what to make of the 35-bit processing, though a 35-bit DA performance would generate a S/N of 210.7 dB.

Like in photography, the extra bits may account for unspecified performance. THD is a low: 0.0008% (1 kHz).

Format handling is impressive (exactly as we like: PCM to 384.8 kHz, DSD) and sub-24 bit S/N may account for cumulative effect of 8 DA's [32-bit AK 4399] : 115dB.

DSD 2x may be added at a later revision, and is advantageously available in the Grandioso D1.

We reference the Grandioso components informally.

They are quite good yet remind us of the Sony ES CDP-R1 (1987) and DAS-R1 which used a twin-link, which was also proprietary to the Grandioso's selection and use (of HDMI). Compositionally, they have a Denon DP-S1 growing in them.

As we are talking about sex, we might as well bring up the Denon POA-S1 monoblock, which was notable to be displayed in store with an acrylic cover in place of an EMI shielding top-plate.

You will like Esoteric if you are a top-hi-fi affiliate.

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