Esoteric

Esoteric, a division of Teac of America, is 100% devoted to building the most musical instruments. They are making CD/SACD Players, Amplifiers, Pre Amplifiers and Speakers, along with DAC's and Transports.

Their revolutionary high-precision and high-rigidity VRDS-NEO SACD/CD transport mechanism is used in a number of very high end players.

What's new with Esoteric

The new K-01 and K-03. CD/SACD Players. Stunning. The VRD-S transport has been highly refined and is being used by other top manufactures. The X-01/X-03 series, which have stayed at the top of ESOTERIC's all-in-one SACD/CD player lineup, have been completely updated and make their debut as the all-new "K" series. The design concept of the K series is extremely clear and simple -- a 2-channel D/A converter and stereo player that gives a stress-free musical experience, without adding or removing anything from the original source material.

The K-01 is equipped with our new VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-20S" mechanism, which has advanced substantially beyond existing VRDS models. The K-01 follows the philosophy of the D-01, and has two 32-bit monaural D/A converters with eight parallel/differential DAC circuits used per channel, as well as separate L/R power supplies. The on-board, high-precision clocking circuit has also been advanced. The power supply for each circuit block has been optimized by using four on-board power transformers. Three sets of 192 kHz/24-bit digital inputs, supporting the most advanced high-sampling-rate digital sources are also built-in. USB driver software supports 192 kHz/24-bit asynchronous transmission for connecting with a PC

The K-03 is equipped with our new VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-10" mechanism, which has further advanced substantially beyond existing VRDS models, and a dual mono configuration of 32-bit monaural D/A converters with four parallel/differential DAC circuits per channel. The analog audio circuit has a separate power transformer. The on-board high-precision clocking circuit has also been advanced. Three sets of 192 kHz/24-bit digital inputs supporting the most advanced high-sampling digital sources are also built-in. USB driver software supports 192 kHz/24-bit asynchronous transmission for connecting with a PC.

Their revolutionary transport is used on many top name players.