Hello all, purchased my qutest around 2 weeks ago replacing my schiit bitfrost which was connected to a eitr. My honest opinion is that the qutest isn't a massive upgrade but a subtle one . Just a few questions if anybody can help, I can't tell any difference when I change the filters so I just...

I used the Eitr with my Mojo and noticed a massive improvement. The sound seemed more refined and delicate and I found myself raising the volume. Like you I've just got Qutest and started with usb direct. I find the sound to be very "incisive". For the first time today, I tried the Eitr with...

Sort of. The Eitr is a USB to SPDIF converter, although an effective one from what I've read. With the Qutest, the DAC power would still be from its 5V micro USB port if using the Eitr. I have the power-only and signal outputs of the iUSB feeding the power and signal inputs on the Qutest...

Not quite what you asked for but I suggest you find someone who can lend a dedicated digital player and connect direct to qutest via coax or optical. I realise you are only interested in the performance difference between the DACs and in the past I have also tried to compare components this way...

24 bit 192 with spdif output is the maximum allowed by the SPDIF standard, so no AV equipment (includes dacs) will be able to exceed it. I think Rob Watts used the same filters, that he developed for the Hugo 2...

The Eitr is a decent device. If it made no difference I would not invest further in these devices honestly, seems like a waste of your time and money.

if i'm not mistaken you can use a schiit eitr which is the same concept as the iusb? I saw that some people were using it with a mojo and had slight but noticeable improvements. that was definitely the case using it with my yggy.

https://www.head-fi.org/search/10782093/?q=eitr&t=post&o=relevance&c[thread]=869417

...on which, between the coax input and USB, sounds the best (subjective)? I ask because I've just opened my 'gadget draw' and I've got a Schiit Eitr, Curious Cable and Allo DigiOne with a decent BNC to BNC cable as options for output from a Raspberry Pi 3 (Roon/HQplayer Naa/Audirvana DLNA)...

I'm in the UK so that may be expensive to ship in, anybody tried a Singxer SU-1 USB they seem to have great reviews but are around £300. I had a schiit eitr but recently sold it as no difference between USB and spdif.

...are any particular settings recommended for pre ringing etc in the AR software. So far, I think I prefer no over sampling to max over sampling, but there are a lot of variables in play, including that I may still be in thr burn in period. How to people feel about using an eitr with the...

...technologies Chord has listed for the Qutest: Galvanic Isolation removes any needs to bypass the USB. Direct USB would be recommended over Eitr. If you have access to an M-Scaler, you could use that to feed a higher sample rate into the Qutest. Otherwise it would be advisable externally to...

Thanks I’m planning on keeping it. Sure it sounds little different but I need a good third dac and variety is the spice of life and then there is dsd.is there a link with the chord info or is it buried in this stream of 110 pages.

I would rather try something like Schiit Eitr to ingore usb completely. Simple Decrapifiers isnt enough. Im sure Galvanic isolation is needed too so Iso regen is good to go... But the thing is, if people connect 2 different usb cables which 1 is low quality and other is high quality and...