Berkeley Alpha vs Weiss 202 vs Ayre QB9 vs ?

Suteeat,

So was the PB an upgrade from the Alpha in a big way?

Interesting I had the PB and thought that it did not have a very organic midrange. If it did I would have kept it because everything else about it was top notch. My modright modded Sony 5400ES is what I am using now and like it much better than the PB. Really the only units I would be curious to hear is the new Esoteric X-1 and the new Meitner 25,000 cd player. I hear both have an organic midrange that they never had before.

Jwm

Have you heard the Lampizator?

no never heard it

I meant to say the Esoteric K-01 not the x-1