Technological Fusion and the Goal of Esoteric Engineering: Simply stated: the result of fusing the best in design, technology, engineering, materials and manufacturing. As an early innovator in magnetic tape recording and data storage, the TEAC Corporation was founded in Japan in 1953. As a 24 year old member of the TEAC family, ESOTERIC Company's design, engineering and manufacturing improves upon the "state of the art," providing our customers a higher level of audio and video excellence! Our goal is simple, to provide new technology and innovation in categories where we know our engineering can improve our end-users listening and/or viewing experience. If we cannot achieve that goal for the category and price points that we target, we will not build the product. In Janaury 2011 we added M2TECH products of Italy to the TEAC America family. For information on this exciting new line of PC streaming media products please visit: www.m2tech.biz./index.html.

ESOTERIC SACD / CD players, our new K-01 and K-03 Digital Source Devices, and our 32/24 bit DACS, support CD/SACD audio discs and provide PCM up-conversion capability for CD audio and PC based streaming audio.  Proprietary algorithms are used for CD and PC audio playback offering a wide range of options including 32 bit D/A conversion and 24 bit, 32 times over-sampling. The new K-01, K-03, D-05 DAC, D-07 DAC, RZ-1 music system and SA-50 combo disc player/DAC all include 32 bit dual mono processing. The K-01, K-03, SA-10, X-05, RZ-1, SA-50 and X-01D2 provide exceptional audio performance in PCM and/or in DSD playback mode. The K-01, K-03, X-01D2, DV-60, SA-60, D-03 and D-05 DACs, allow signal conversion of PCM digital audio into the SACD direct stream digital ("DSD"), format.  The new K-01, our "top of the line," integrated digital source device uses 16, 32 bit DACs (8 per channel), for CD/SACD playback and for D/A conversion of all digital sources, including PC output via USB at 24bit/192kHz with fully asynchronous USB control (HS1 and HS2 proprietary Esoteric drivers are used).  All Esoteric disc playback mechanisms include proprietary disc transport and optical systems (VOSP or VRDS), providing highly precise data retrieval. No off axis error correction is ever required because no off axis data retrieval is allowed.

ESOTERIC CD/SACD/DVD audio/DVD video players include 14 bit video processing and the use of extended output stage video buffers (UX-3Pi, UX-1PI and P-03UNI). Our exclusive HDMI "Expanded," mode enhances black level detail and our video output stage provides high definition ("HD"), video resolution up to 1080p, using highly advanced scan conversion in the digital domain, from existing DVD's, without having to buy new software. (Blu-ray players do not provide these proprietary enhancements to provide 1080p from conventional DVDs).  Current title count on DVD is over 135,000. The 1080p/HDMI video output stage on the P-03UNI, UX-3Pi and UX-1Pi have been classified as "Reference Standard." See models DV-60, P-03 UNI, UX3Pi and UX-1Pi (Video resolution to 480p/720p/1080i/1080p). For more information on Esoteric and our position on Blu-ray disc players please see our technology section selectable from the top of this page. 

All ESOTERIC products are conceived, designed, and engineered in Japan. Manufacturing takes place in Japan for all electronics and in the U.K. for our magnesium compound loudspeakers. All M2TECH products are designed, engineered and manufactured in Italy.