Something new from Esoteric?

Mike

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Esoteric Japan had this sneak peek on their FB page.

Definitely can see the headphone input. Perhaps a headphone amp? Maybe a DAC/Streamer with a headphone amp?

I’m just guessing....mums the word at Esoteric! :)

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Perhaps the successor to the N-05? The N-05XD?

If so, would be interesting to compare to the Meitner MA-3
 
mdp632 said:
Perhaps the successor to the N-05? The N-05XD?

If so, would be interesting to compare to the Meitner MA-3
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I thought exactly the same thing - with headphone amp.


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Likely a N-01XD with headphone amp built in. Similar to dCS Bartok which comes in two versions: with or without headphones amp built in
 
Nope. Waiting like everyone else.


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I’ll be in the market for a good Dac/headphone amp this spring and been considering Bartok and Chord Dave. Would be nice to have a similar option from Esoteric.

George
 
The new N-05XD looks great! anyone knows the MSRP for US?

Perhaps below N-01XD in quality of parts and design, but having headphone amp built in, and most importantly, preamp capabilities with a real volume control, is likely very enticing for many people
 
That would mean their entry level offering has increased 60% in price... I don't think so. At that point buy a Lumin X1 all day long, although based on my time with the N01XD its a different sound entirely.
 
Ballpark is $10k, but “TBD”


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Very nice! I like simplicity, DAC directly to Amp/Integrated.

Wish that Luxman would have something like this.
 
looking at the specs, i see it also supports analog input w/ one each of XLR and RCA ... this makes the n-05xd particularly interesting.

just thinking out loud here but any thought / comments on hooking up an analog source (phono-pre) via the analog inputs?
 
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