It's a fantastic value, even on absolute terms a great performer. If only it had a coax input, that would make it unbeatable for me.

Thanks. I will test it with my Qutest and Bifrost before finding dedicated DAC for it. I am really curious how that matrix technology will affect my movie watching.

I would like to buy SPL Phonitor SE, but I am on the fence as to whether to buy with DAC module or without. If without which DAC would be suitable? It would have to have a good SE output. I would also need one that has USB, Optical and Coaxial inputs. This would actually be more for movie...

Hi everyone, A while back I wrote on this forum complaining of noise from Qutest and Anni. I finally sent them to Sound Organization, Chord's US distributor. To make it short, the service I got from Rick was exemplary in every way and now Imy Qutest and Anni are good as new and sound...

I bought Audioquest RCA splitter and it worked like a charm. Now I am wondering if I can use the same type splitter to split the coax digital audio so that my one streamer can feed two DACs.

Hi, I admit that I did not have a chance to read the entire thread, so apologies if this has been covered. I was comparing Tidal Connect between Wiim Pro Digital out and IFI Zen Stream. When playing high res files, I noticed that Wiim would play 24/96 and 24/192. Zen Stream would play...

I am looking into a good dedicated streamer to hook up to Qutest. My only condition is that it has to be able to do Tidal Connect, so Chord streamers would not be suitable. Right now I hooked up Wiim Pro via coaxial/bnc. I don't think I heard any difference in sound quality between Ipad Mini...

Item was as described. Packaging was excellent and shipping was fast. An xcellent and very reliable seller!

yes software is doing the decode although I have option to turn that off. One other question. I see in one place on Chord website that Qutest optical input goes up to only 96 khz. In another place it said 192 khz. I finally had a chance to test it. Playing a 192 khz file resulted in the...

One thing I find curious, although it doesn't change my opinion of it.... I know qutest doesn't do mqa, and unfortunately there seem to still be plenty of "mqa only" tracks on Tidal. Anyway when I play mqa file, the sample rate light is yellow which is 88.7 khz. Why would it show that? What...

It's out if warranty. Thanks for good advice. I will monitor the situation. I wish there was someone local (Miami/Ft Lauderdale area that ai could take it to be checked out.

I definitely will not open it or mess around with it. It does sound as what you described is exactly what's happening. At any rate, as ling as I don't mess with it while power is on there is no problem and sound is noise free snd quality is great!

I understand and I appreciate it very much! 🙏

how can it be ground loop only part of the time? Also my source is an ipad, battery powered... can it still cause ground loop? It doesn't matter what input I use anyway... as the buzz is there on optical and usb.

I did... I bought several more expensive rca interconnects... they clamp tightly and it takes more of a jiggle to start the buzz but it still happens. my main concern is.... when there is no buzz, is there still some sort of degradation or excess noise?

buzzing sound - that's the closest I can describe it... not rally a hum.

It's long and continuous. But if I jiggle some more or disconnect and reconnect power the buzzing stops.

Hello Again, everyone. I detected potential problem with my newly acquired Qutest.... although I am not entirely sure it is a problem. Whenever I jiggle cable at the rca outputs or change rca cables, I often, but not always get a buzzing noise in the headphones. If I disconnect power and...

Atom 2 DAC, Schiit Bifrost 2/64 and Chord Qutest.

I wrote to Schiit. Their tech said to just buy a splitter, which I just ordered. According to them, there is no signal degradation. Although I don't exactly understand how that can be. But I am going to try it. if that doesn't work, I am going to try one of the switch boxes recommended...

I should have mentioned that I am currently using it with Woo Audio WA2 tube amp. My current favorite headphones are Sennheiser HD 800 and 820. I listen to Tidal various genres but for me most important is reproduction of movie soundtracks from blu-ray discs as my home situation dictates that...

Thanks, pharmaboy. Your vivid description convinced me to put Eikon on my 'to try' list.

I have Auteur Og and really like it. Would it be a decent assumption that most likely I will like Eikon as well? Thanks

I just got the Auteur OG used and love them. Very unique experience. They especially sound great with Woo Audio WA2 amp and Chord Qutest. But I am really curious about classic. I might have to buy classic separately and compare the two myself. One thing I did notice reading last several...

I apologize if I missed this discussion but my question is: which filter is considered the standard?