Recent content by Mark UX

This afternoon, and by mistake I have discovered something that let me completely out of words... I own the Chord 2Qute, and the Mojo. Owing a Chord 2Qute, the last thing you would do is to try to listen to music by YouTube. Well, I did (by a recommendation) and it automatically blow out my...

  @Rob Watts, this has been very clarifying for me as well, many thanks.   I had been doing carefully testings with USB vs Toslink glass cables; I still can't decide myself wich one to prefer, yet. I would say.... my brain seems to relax more with toslink, and it also seems not to get tired...

Above @Rob Watts post raised me a question:   I am aware now that for non-galvanically insolated DACs (as Mojo), optical/toslink connection is prefered, due to its inmunity to ground loops and RF interference. Correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is also that USB connection on...

  Hello @miketlse. Yes, the term "pre-amp" I used is technically wrong, since the signal is not pre-amplified in any way, I think a more proper term would be "volume attenuator": a device that takes the output voltage from 2Qute DAC, and without any electronic power, attenuates it. I was...

  Any good advise regarding a high-quality Passive preamp? I am a bit afrraid that—in order to reach bit perfect audio—I would need to add an extra device (passive preamp) to my audio chain, and this might degrade the pristine resolution of 2Qute.   My audio setup would end being like this...

  "With Dave, and using a battery powered non grounded Windows lap-top, where all the evidence I have is that it is completely and perfectly isolated from the lap-top RF noise wise, and is guaranteed to be bit perfect at the DAC, I would be very surprised if there were differences on any...

I have a specific question regarding Digital vs Analog volume control, in my current setup with 2Qute. Here is my setup:   -OS: Windows 10 -Software: Foobar2000, MusicBee v3, etc (currently experimenting) - Setup: "ASIO Chord Hugo 1.03" driver. -DAC: Chord 2Qute -KRK 6 Generation 3 -...

I fully agree @miketlse. I am starting to suspect that music labels are using HD music as a placebo, in order to justify their higher prices, and boost sales: how can you possibly know if a record studio actually did a master in 24/192, or if them simply up-sampled a plain 16/44 master to...

  I just joined to this forum to see if someone (perhaps Rob Watts, when he has the time) could clarify about what I am perceiving in my 2Qute DAC, and are specifically related to above post, by Rob Watts. Probably a 10% of my music library is 24/96 or higher (some times, 24/192), the remaining...