iamhifi
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Jeff,
Forget about the remorse you hear and be patient. The K-03 is a bad ass player, better than many High End players out there. I tell you a real fact I encounter and maybe because I was one of the first that got it and probably got an old batch or something, as more than 40 sold after me. My first K-03 reached 500 hours by playing the unit nonstop with the burn in disc they supply. After connecting to the audio system I notice the player had a noisy transport, so I contact Esoteric and got a replacement. This showed me that there was something wrong with the first player, the 2nd new sealed K-03 is quiet and I hear more detail out of the box with only 40-50 hours of use and no break in disc. The techs at Esoteric said that maybe it was the bearing but the unit audio checked fine. About 3 weeks ago I wanted the K0-1 only because I was thinking the Red Book will be the ultimate and so will be the SACD. Only now to understand that with great cables, speakers and amplification is hard to say that you will want something better. Funny with not even 50 hours I want to part again with the K-03 and this is because the analog in me with 3000 records or so say sell it in the for sell section to finance my dream analog rotation device. So pay no attention of being an inferior player, because the truth is that if far from that.
Enjoy it,
Angel
Forget about the remorse you hear and be patient. The K-03 is a bad ass player, better than many High End players out there. I tell you a real fact I encounter and maybe because I was one of the first that got it and probably got an old batch or something, as more than 40 sold after me. My first K-03 reached 500 hours by playing the unit nonstop with the burn in disc they supply. After connecting to the audio system I notice the player had a noisy transport, so I contact Esoteric and got a replacement. This showed me that there was something wrong with the first player, the 2nd new sealed K-03 is quiet and I hear more detail out of the box with only 40-50 hours of use and no break in disc. The techs at Esoteric said that maybe it was the bearing but the unit audio checked fine. About 3 weeks ago I wanted the K0-1 only because I was thinking the Red Book will be the ultimate and so will be the SACD. Only now to understand that with great cables, speakers and amplification is hard to say that you will want something better. Funny with not even 50 hours I want to part again with the K-03 and this is because the analog in me with 3000 records or so say sell it in the for sell section to finance my dream analog rotation device. So pay no attention of being an inferior player, because the truth is that if far from that.
Enjoy it,
Angel