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Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread
@jjazzy That's very good to know! I've always thought that I'd be buying a lot of features that I would never use like the headphone amp and preamp capability of the tt2. I'm assuming that you don't find it to sound "thin" compared to the Qutest/MScaler combo? I read a comment on a different...- JazzAudioDog
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Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread
Qutest was bright for me until I did several things: replaced the stock SMPS with a Sbooster LPS, this helps a lot; leave it powered up at all times; let it burn in 500 to 1000 hours of listening time; use good cables not the stock cables; add the MScaler. And if you don't need the 3v input...- JazzAudioDog
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Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread
@stanrozenfeld You can go a long way with a Bluesound Node X. That's the latest version. I haven't heard it but I used a Node 2i for several years into a Qutest. The Node 2i was responsive to cable improvements. I upgraded the power cable to a Nordost C-7 purple flare and the coax bnc-rca...- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
@Hiyono which iFi Elite did you use before you used the battery? Was it the 12v or the 15v? Thanks!- JazzAudioDog
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- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
Thank you for the details. I’m deciding between a Douk U2 XU208 USB to toslink optical converter using a new Lifatec glass cable or the SRC-DX with an AQ Carbon digital coax cable I have on-hand. Or I may do nothing because it sounds so good right now. About 100 listening hours ago I...- JazzAudioDog
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- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
>Hell yes! What would you like to know?< @GhiAB Any input?- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
So if I understand correctly, the only benefit a SRC-DX would provide to a Chord DAC & MScaler system would be to remove the USB receiver chip’s contribution to RF contamination. Maybe that’s enough for a cost-effective performance gain, yes?- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
I posted my question before I saw your post. Then I read farther back in this thread and voila!- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
I wasn’t looking for electrical isolation. I want the controlling clock to be the Aurender N150’s clock rather than the Qutest’s clock. Doesn’t the streamer’s clock become “the clock” when a coax interface is used? Doesn’t the DAC clock become the controlling clock when USB is used? My...- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
My sources input to the MScaler are up to 192 kHz on streaming services Qobuz, Tidal and JazzRadio. Most of it is 44k. The 24bit/44k and 24bit/48k songs sound very good! Would the double galvanic isolated USB ports on my streamer and the MScaler take care of most of the electric isolation? I...- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
My sources are up to 192kHz sample rates Using mostly Qobuz, Tidal and JazzRadio streams. So no DSD. How much improvement did you get using it with a MScaler? Especially for these “lower” sample rates. What improved? Any advice regarding set-up? Also, what DAC are you using? Thanks!- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
Re Audiowise SRC-DX. Is anyone using this with MScaler? I’ve searched and searched but only find people using SRC-DX with DACs, Dave, Qutest and TT2. I’m considering it with my existing MScaler and Qutest and an Aurender N150 streamer. I’d think it would be N150>USB cable>SRC-DX>BNC...- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
@Meridian7 My SBooster on a Qutest DAC sounded bad for the first 50 hours listening time. It was powered on 24x7, not shutdown. After 50 hours, it was barely acceptable in an audiophile sense but I could clearly hear it improving. Minimum of over 100 hours listening time to sound okay. Fully...- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
Thanks! As I’ve aged I have found there are many things I don’t know!- JazzAudioDog
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Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
@Jawed @Meridian7 thanks! I’ll choose the 12v/4A version if I decide to do this. It’s the variable input voltage on-demand that makes me pause. For the wide variability of acceptable input voltage I’ve rarely seen that for DC power on other audio components— and only with a switch or jumper.- JazzAudioDog
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- Forum: High-end Audio Forum