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Bespoke components of the highest quality are the key to the Esoteric’s success

■ Esoteric K-05XD (CD player) £11,650 This far into the age of hi-res music streaming, it would be easy to write off any new stereo disc player as anachronistic. That isn’t how we see things. We know many of our readers still have huge CD collections and want to get the best from them. Right now, we can’t think of a better way to do that than on Esoteric’s magnificent K-05XD SACD/CD player, which was launched earlier this year. At £11,650 it comes in at the top-end of the market, but such quality always costs. And in this case we think it is more than worth it. Rather than simply buy-in the mechanisms from OEM suppliers, as most other companies do, Esoteric has gone down the bespoke route with its…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, Awards 2024

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