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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.In this case, the Dave is the problem, not the headphones. I have the Sennheisser 800S. On my Sony TA-ZH1ES (an infinitely better...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread Chord Electronics - Blu Mk. 2 - The Official Thread.I have a Blu2 with the Dave DAC in a nice Choral stand. Sonically, they’re great, operationally a disaster. I had endless issues with...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.To me, neither digital — at any resolution or bit depth — nor vinyl sounds anything like live music. When I want to hear what real...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Just curious. If you copy a file to your USB drive with your fancy cable vs. a vanilla cable, would you expect the copies to be different?
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.I think this statement applies broadly to all of audio. One can easily spend $100K on a turntable, a preamplifier or amplifier, and...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Keep in mind that a good chunk of London real estate is owned by Russian oligarchs, the so-called “London-grad” district. $100K DACs...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Comparisons of DACs is like comparing wines — I live in wine country in the San Francisco Bay Area! You’ll never get two people to agree...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Celebrating Christmas Eve here in the Bay Area sipping some Hennessy cognac, listening to some beautiful west coast jazz played back on...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.I have the same ARC Ref 3 preamp. In my (30+ years) experience, no DAC at whatever price point you care to explore can project a...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Fans of the M-Scaler might “enjoy“ reading its review on ASR...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.I have about 6 DACs at home, a mixture of solid state and tube, stand alone vs integrated with a CD player or a digital amplifier, at...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Another DAC to consider, designed here in California, although it is quite a bit pricier than the Dave...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.I think you’d be surprised by how many respectable audio designers of notable products, as well as professionals in the audio recording...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.That’s your subjective opinion and you are certainly entitled to it. It’s your money and you can choose to spend it however you see fit...
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Ssm60 replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.It’s worth pointing out that all the issues raised by the ASR review were brought out in other previous reviews (e.g., Stereophile) and...
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