Esoteric I-03 espirins +&-

[Alex3819]

Hello everyone! Please respond regarding the integrated amplifier class D Esoteric I-03. There is no clear review or information on the Internet about how it sounds. If anyone has experience, please respond. Thanks in advance.

 

[Integralista]

Hi, here is serious review of Esoteric I-03 integrated amp: https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/214-esoteric-i-03-integrated-amplifier

 

[Alex3819]

Hi, here is serious review of Esoteric I-03 integrated amp: https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/214-esoteric-i-03-integrated-amplifier

Thank you. This review does not quite reveal the sound picture to me. I hope that those who managed to listen to it personally will respond.

 

[Al ears]

Thank you. This review does not quite reveal the sound picture to me. I hope that those who managed to listen to it personally will respond.

That would be totally meaningless unfortunately because of their ears and the equipment they used it with.....
You really need to audition yourself with your speakers

 

[davidf]

How it sounds to you will be different to how it sounds to someone else, due to a great number of factors. You're asking someone to interpret its sound in their own way, then choose their own words and phrases to describe what they heard, then you're going to interpret what they've described in your own way, making it fairly pointless really.

 

[Alex3819]

Not exactly. There is a general concept of sound, light, dark, detailed, sandy, what kind of scene it has - flat, deep, large, small or 3D. This is a general feeling from the device. It is clear that everyone has their own perception plus the system and the room where it plays and with what.

 

[Al ears]

Not exactly. There is a general concept of sound, light, dark, detailed, sandy, what kind of scene it has - flat, deep, large, small or 3D. This is a general feeling from the device. It is clear that everyone has their own perception plus the system and the room where it plays and with what.

Unfortunately it is very difficult to describe the sound of an amplifier without attaching speakers......

 

[Alex3819]

Unfortunately it is very difficult to describe the sound of an amplifier without attaching speakers......

That's why I'm asking, who listened to it, if they can describe the sound and the system in a few words?

 

[Integralista]

Thank you. This review does not quite reveal the sound picture to me. I hope that those who managed to listen to it personally will respond.

Hi Alex, I have personaly not heard this amp. It is around 13 years since introduction and D class high power. It will be sensitive for a combination of speakers and also speaker cables. I think a bit like previous generation of Devialet amps. So this has really to be heared as combo amp-cable-speakers. Results can be quite different. One more tip for more detailed review also with some sound description.: https://www.audiodrom.net/en/integrated-amplifiers/detail/31-integrated-amplifiers/359-esoteric-i-03. You will find there more datails regarding system and speakers used for testing. Esoteric is not so popular in EU. They are very popular in Asia and Japan, less in USA. If it is my money, I will look for some classic AB class integrated, not D class. If it must be D class, than BelCanto or JeffRowland are my tips. Or new Devialet (but the price...) They have a lot of know how and experience with the technology. For Esoteric, this amp is a bit like "research project". Best Regards.

 

[Alex3819]

Thanks

 

[Alex3819]

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