One XX for all...?

[SeVeReD]

YEA for K
I'm very happy with the SQ for K.  Yes, I had to go back and forth with D (my preferred reference) to be sure.  The two players sound different and I prefer K.  Better resolution, highs more "bell" like (cymbals) with much better air for K.  Bass has changed, but only in tightening up a bit and low bass hitting me in even a better position.... did not have to change subwoofer settings... I like Q1 13/12 better than 14, although haven't moved it around too much from the 14 point.  One thing that bothered me with the older players past D was a perception that the music was "uneven" music/notes jumping out at me unnaturally... this doesn't happen with K, K being very whole and of one piece.  Have not experimented with invert phase but haven't played a recording that needed it... i know they're out there (ie Miles Davis Kinda Blue... I'll try it soon).  On Wicked Tinkers - Bangers for Breakfast I noticed during a track change, talking part, that I could hear bagpipe music playing way buried in the background and realized it must be that they recorded over analog tape and I was hearing "bleed through" that I had never heard before.  Much better lyric intelligibility much better resolution than D.  (much is hyperbole... but there it is).  Good job imo of holding onto the best parts of D (bass/cohesiveness) and giving me the air of the latter players.  Oh and the support for cue files much appreciated... I put albums on and listen all the way through more than setting up playlists, but when I have time maybe I'll start doing that more.  I would like to add CUE files from the Library button rather than explorer... but who's complaining, not me.  Happy Camper.

[PeterSt]

Wanted to come back on this :

One thing that bothered me with the older players past D was a perception that the music was "uneven" music/notes jumping out at me unnaturally...

This is sooo true. This is about another type of "jitter". It is about the unstableness of the DAC clock resulting in frequency per time variations, which now is influenced for the better ...
The other things you said I agree fully with as well;
Better singing of cymbals, mid/low is better, bells are beauties, very small bells now are there and sing a long time, strange stuff a drummer can hit is not so strange anymore.