And right now, we can’t think of a better way to do it than on Esoteric’s magnificent new K-05XD SACD/CD player. At £11,650 / $12,000 / AU$15,000, it comes in at the top-end of the market ...

A couple of years ago I purchased an Esoteric SA-50 CD/SACD player/DAC; the plan was to use both CDs/SACDs and computer audio. Well, in short, the major shortcoming of the SA-50 is the USB input. In ...