Haven’t logged in to headfi for a while. I m using the MZ3 with stock tubes as a reference preamp and to my LineMagnetic 219IA, which is 300B/845 as you mentioned. The pairing is excellent. Have you tried the combination as posted?

yes, it is a little work to optimise connection/power/cables. that’s the fun part to get the ultimate sound. my source is roon to trinnov amethyst and then hms+dave. trinnov amethyst is roon end point and more importantly for digital room optimisation to clean up excessive bass due to room mode...

i have the diablo300 with dave+hms and it is excellent combination for driving both speakers and headphones. my dave is in dac mode and the diablo has never clipped. going to try with my qutest to see if changing the voltage will matter. i have never seen the need to consider the optional...

Yes. The built in DAC of HE1 is not even close to Dave.

Yes, it is possible for DSP to mess up. The Trinnov just works for me with the simplicity and effectiveness. It uses a 3d mic to measure and the actual process is much easier than using REW. I have my buddies over to listen and they like it too. Just sharing my experience as few hi-fi...

Yes, Roon Parametric EQ can be used to adjust down the pesky low freq bumps around 50-100. However, it does not take care of the phase issues in my room. I have a friend who was initially using Lyndorf TDAI 3400 but he later switched to using Roon EQ and approximate Convolution filter to fix the...

Yes, bass due to standing waves is a concern for large speakers or having external sub set up. This was not a problem for near field listening when I transition from Head-Fi to Hi-Fi with a modest near field set up with Ragnarok and KEF LS50. I am now using a full range tower speaker and bass...

What connection did you use between transport and hms?

She's a darling for having an interest in your hobby and trying out your new purchases to listen to k-pop. As for hiding the true price of gears from my wife? I would never do that. Trust/honesty is supreme in a marriage. I always ask her consent before buying. She would thank me for asking her...

Maybe you don’t because I am comparing 2 amps with RCA inputs. It is possible to use an interconnect with XLR at DAVE and RCA connectors at amp side. I don’t own such an interconnect. Even if I own one, I don’t like that the XLR output voltage is double that of RCA when DAVE is in DAC mode...

I own the Yggy Rag stack, which headphone did you usewith the Schiit that you found to be veiled and bloated?

Interesting to read opinion of Yggy vs Qutest. I own both. The Yggy is a very good dac and packed with both XLR and dual RCA outputs. The Qutest has only one set of RCA. I enjoyed using the Yggy to compare AB between two amps connected toYggy by RCA. I cannot do this even with my Dave.

It’s not about speculating but sharing repair and fault information. No reason not to share factual information as I received from my dealer on what was done for the first repair and the fault that my Dave is having now.

I was told by my dealer. No idea what it meant. I didn’t observe any difference in the behaviour of the unit or sound quality.

My Dave was purchased in the UK in Oct 2016. My dealer took it back to Chord in Jun 2018 to repair left channel clipping. The problem was a transistor in the PSU. All six were replaced by Chord with ones of higher value and software updated to latest. Unfortunately, now, the right channel would...