Same experience here. It also depends upon the sort of amp you are using. A class A has different "needs" then a class D.

Just gave Ringo it a listen and luckily I hear them too :relaxed:. Great track btw. I have a somewhat same experience. For years I liked to play The Trinity Sessions by Cowboy Junkies. Not only a damn good recording, but also damn good music imho. After purchasing DAVE for the first time I...

Great dogs! We also have one together with a (black) German Shepherd, hence the question. I'll stick to the topic again from now on. Sorry, just a dog nut....

Interesting. What track did you experience this with? And what did you hear for the first time?

I'm really curious if I can also hear this difference. I'll plan a test coming weekend. Really interesting stuff this. Thanks! Off topic: Nice dog in your avatar. Is it a black German Shepherd?

Totally agree on doing the more extended listening tests. A/B-ing is for quick impressions, not for serious listening imho. I understand the part of reducing brightness/sharper sound with cables. While using USB this is the main reason that I have searched a long time for a decent cable. After...

Yep, everything counts in large or small amounts...... That said, I'm curious if I hear the same as @alxw0w when I try optical again. I really like USB, but I'm looking for the most neutral, uncolored sound possible. But I have to like what I hear, that's the main thing.

Thanks for this. I will repeat the test.

Especially the sound image was "narrower". I also thought it sounded compressed. As if the sound was being squeezed. That, along with the chunky bass, were the most notable differences.

That's my experience too. However, I think this also strongly depends on the streamer you use and USB cable. In my case, I'm using an Auralic Aries G2.1 as a streamer. It has a galvanically isolated USB output with a dedicated femto clock. I connected this to the M Scaler with a Curious Evolved...

Can anyone (probably Rob ) help me with the exact output impedance of the single ended output of DAVE? I'm a bit confused because I can find all kinds of values both on the Chord site and in this forum.   I read a value of 0.0055 ohms as a general value on the Chord site. But what's this...

  This indeed can do the trick!   For those of you (like myself) who aren't too keen on d.i.y. there is another very effective and not too expensive solution. Under almost all my equipment I use Vibrapods and/or Vibracones. These are nice little gadgets which give really audible results in...

Maybe you can ask the distributor if it is possible to do a home test with the other connector and the 2m length. I think it is worth a try because this could address the brightness issue you were talking about. I truly do recognize your findings about transparency etc. but without the...

  Two questions,   Did your demo cable got the so-called "CONNECTOR UPGRADE"? This is a serious but not too expensive upgrade which changes the connector to one with "silver-clad copper alloy contacts" (I do not understand why this upgrade is not standard, because it really makes a...

To be honest I don't know exactly. What I can say is that I connected the cables in the morning, listened a little bit but not very intensive. I heard a bit harshness, but those cables came straight from the box. I went to work and in the evening I started listening. I liked what they did. This...