I mentioned in my mini-review that for I found the QX-5 Twenty to sound better than the Moon 780D and the Audio Research Reference CD9, both pricier pieces, but didn't quite have the width of soundstage and low end grunt of my Wadia S7i.
If I had my choice I'd love to compare it to even a few pieces of the dCS stack or the Spectral SDR-4000SV.
One piece that will be interesting is the forthcoming Oppo BDP-205 UHD Blu-ray player as it will use the exact same ESS SABRE ES9038PRO DAC chip as the QX-5 Twenty.
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