I imagine the Ultima DAC will be where this would first be seen. I reckon DAVE won't be officially upgrade-modded - companies like Linn or MSB do this, but Chord has never done this as far as I can tell.

Have you now covered the full length of the mains cable?

It will be built to order and there'll be a queue of orders ahead of yours when you place your order, so it could be six months or a year before you get yours, after you place your order. To be fair, Chord is finalising a new building, so it will at least have more space for the construction of...

You have to manually enter the pairing code of 0000 to achieve the Bluetooth connection with Hugo 2. https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hugo-2-User-Manual.pdf

Yes, DAC mode is merely the volume setting :)

Including DX amps.

Will it be possible to make an assignment of one EQ preset to BNC outputs 1+2 and another EQ preset to BNC outputs 3+4? Or as 1+3 and 2+4 pairs? Thinking of speaker bi-amp configuration...

The buttons and screen for Quartet should be on the power supply chassis, not the processing chassis. Sure, that would mean another FPGA is required to work with the screen and controls, and it would mean that a communication channel between the power supply and the processing chassis is...

Real example of coloured blobs everywhere!: https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=0808-AAH Meanwhile, "silver" buttons with "lit up" status around the buttons https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=0843-AAB is like the buttons we see on the Quartet Scaler.

DAVE's original remote is a travesty. Apparently current preamps come with something similarly obnoxious. If I was you I would contact a shop that sells Chord stuff and buy the replacement DAVE remote. It's still a toy worthy of a £100 hi-fi, but the buttons are pretty clear on the subject of...

Ideally Ultima DAC is a single chassis that could fully integrate Quartet scaling and DAC. An Ultima 5 power amp is about 5 times the internal volume of DAVE (Ultima Pre 2 is a bit smaller). So within a chassis of the same size, there's plenty of space including having shielding, for high...

Curious, why do you interact with HMS? What do you have to do regularly (or what would family members have to do)?

Music production studios don't solely have analogue sources.

We're well past the point where that matters to anyone who could be interested, in my opinion. It was early last year that John Franks leaked Quartet, I believe. So around 2 years later it is currently expected to release. An additional 6 months or a year seems neither here nor there. And USB...

USB could be an option. Considering that Davina is going to have to have a USB output, it seems weird to me that Quartet Scaler does not have the ability to output over USB.

QMS + Mojo 2 or HMS + DAVE? :ksc75smile:

Well, arguably, it wasn't ...

This is entertaining

I think it's a little embarrassing that Chord has 12V trigger capability but the DACs don't support that. On the other hand, it would probably cause RF noise problems. I think Naim has created an optical system for trigger automation with its newest range. Optical would be preferable on Chord...

I think we have to assume it does. A friend with a Mojo 2 reports sound quality differences amongst three cables: KabelDirekt, Sys Concept and Supra ZAC (in ascending "sound quality"). It may be that Mojo 2 is more susceptible than other Chord DACs (or HMS). The well known streaming services...

Another test you might like to try: Each of the pair of outputs on the back of HMS dedicated to DBNC mode is capable of outputting music on its own, with no cable connected to the other. So try this test: turn off HMS and TT2 (and the amplifier you have connected to TT2, if you use such an...

I wonder, is the development of QMS benefitting from the Ultima DAC prototype?

I'm guessing @Rob Watts didn't do a presentation at Singapore CanJam about his research findings in the development of Quartet M Scaler as there's been no mention that I can find... Oh well, maybe Munich is when we'll find out.

Maybe not directly relevant to your implementation, but I found these interesting and fun: The critical concept explored in the video is that the self-inductance of a capacitor is relevant to switching noise, so a physically smaller capacitor will have less inductance, and so works better to...

It's occurred to me that this might also explain why some people report clicks or other loud noises when music changes sample rate. I think @Rob Watts reported an inability to reproduce this problem, so perhaps it's worth trying again with automatic input selection (and, obviously, with no...