JB,
Would you mind terribly if I just copied and pasted your review and put my name to it :)
Your review pretty much hits the nail on the head with my thoughts and feelings as well, especially this:
"I really hesitated before going for such a "reasonably" priced amplifier, and such a small one at that. How could it rival bigger, much more expensive machines? What would be the trade-off? Well the proof is in the listening, and I can happily and honestly report that there's no trade-off. The Filarmonia made me a happy audiophile, which probably means I'm not an audiophile anymore. Thank you Ricardo @ Ars Sonum (and Bobby @ Merlin for insisting I wait!)."
Oh, hold on now... with respect to that "audiophile" comment, didn't you just purchase that Esoteric? :)
Here, the pot is calling the kettle black. I figured that with this reasonably priced integrated, this freed up some money so I bought a VPI turntable (the HR-X).
What did you have previous to the X-03 SE? I really like that SACD player as well.
Regards,
David
Would you mind terribly if I just copied and pasted your review and put my name to it :)
Your review pretty much hits the nail on the head with my thoughts and feelings as well, especially this:
"I really hesitated before going for such a "reasonably" priced amplifier, and such a small one at that. How could it rival bigger, much more expensive machines? What would be the trade-off? Well the proof is in the listening, and I can happily and honestly report that there's no trade-off. The Filarmonia made me a happy audiophile, which probably means I'm not an audiophile anymore. Thank you Ricardo @ Ars Sonum (and Bobby @ Merlin for insisting I wait!)."
Oh, hold on now... with respect to that "audiophile" comment, didn't you just purchase that Esoteric? :)
Here, the pot is calling the kettle black. I figured that with this reasonably priced integrated, this freed up some money so I bought a VPI turntable (the HR-X).
What did you have previous to the X-03 SE? I really like that SACD player as well.
Regards,
David