I believe the Essence is based on a Texas Instruments chipset. Wonder if that is the same for the Beosound Core. I have a few Essences and one Core. I find the Core is a little bit more stable and responsive, eg. when it comes to Airplay 2, but I am not sure I hear much of a difference between the two units. I, too, feel that they play really well even on better speakers and reproduce music of all genres great. I really like both units very much.I have a core too and was also surprised of its sound quality. But as Michael said above, it seems based on the essence. I found that the core web interface in some places mistakenly even calls itself essence. I’ve been curious about what chips is inside but haven’t found any teardowns or internal photos. I can try take mine apart and take some photos if nobody else already have photos of it.
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I cannot really answer that as I have never even seen a Playmaker. I have heard plenty of bad things about them but I think that mainly is regarding connectivity and not sound quality? How about having a Core of trial from your dealer?
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