The CAS192 Mini is available here with pics and description.  It uses a different chip than the Q192 (WM8741 vs WM8740) and costs a little more even though it's just a DAC. 

  Thanks elmoe.  Unfortunately I didn't have a high-quality Purple or Pink available.  The only ones I found were of very cheap quality and a different length so I didn't feel the comparisons would be valid. 

  Thank you ab initio.    An aubergine cable would absolutely be the best match by far. I say this in keeping with the established Head-Fi tradition of pontificating about things that one has no personal experience with since I don't listen to Wagnerian opera and have never heard an aubergine...

1 April 2014 Loch Stahkenberyl NSW     One aspect of cable technology which I feel is sorely neglected is that of cable colour. Audiophiles consider cable construction, materials, etc. but often disregard cable colour, typically settling for plain-vanilla black cables. I decided to try and...

I've had Questyle CAS192 mini DAC for about a month and got the Questyle CMA800R headphone amp to go with it.  I've been really pleased with the pair driving my HD800s.   I don't experience any deficiencies with the sound but don't have any DACs other than the one in the iBasso DX100 DAP so I...

I found this a very interesting read:   http://nautil.us/iss...ception-of-time   Schubert is one of my favorite composers, and his String Quintet one of my favorite works. It doesn't always have that 'lost in time' experience for me but at times it does and it's truly ethereal. It's...

Thank you to everyone for your responses.   Being the intrepid person I am my decisions were made before reading your posts.   My first purchase was the Questyle CAS192  MINI DAC (with the Wolfson WM8741).  I couldn't afford both the CAS192 and the CMA800R so I went with the much cheaper...

A while back I bought CD quality, 24/96, and 24/192 recordings of a piece I am very familiar with.  I couldn't tell the difference between the 24/96 and 24/192.  Now I don't even bother with 24/192.  I listen primarily to classical music and to me performance and recording usually outweighs any...

  Thanks!   Just reinstalled the firmware,  all is fine at the moment.  Hopefully it'll stay this way for a while.

Thanks everyone for the replies, I really appreciate it.   The card is a 64GB Sandisk Ultra Class 10 (Transfer speeds up to 30 MB/s). The latest episode occurred when I put almost 10GB of music on it, 3GB or so of hi-res. I've done a factory reset but haven't reloaded the firmware.     I...

  I've got the same and scanning can go on for hours.

  Thanks for the suggestion.     I've considered it but the bugs reports really put me off. Better the Devil I know.   BTW, can the scanning on the DX50 be turned off or is the same kind of problems going to arise with 128GB of music?

Is it possible to turn off the media scanning?   I navigate using the hierarchical file structure and have no need for Albums, Genres, Artists, etc.  It's very frustrating to be waiting for the scanning even when nothing has changed, or worse, being unable to access the file structure when the...

I've just ordered a Questyle CAS192 mini dac on eBay for AU$775.      Here's what Questyle has to say about it:     Hi-end Questyle CAS192 192KHz/24Bit Wolfson WM8741 MINI DAC   Design concept CAS192 Mini is a fine DAC, and also the mini version of CAS192.CAS912 Mini is a cost-effective...

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I'm getting a Mytek Digital Stereo192-DSD-DAC and am considering a Dell Venue 11 pro as a music server.  I'd like to play DSD and other hi-res files but the storage requirements can fairly quickly exceed what's available for the Dell.   The Dell has a USB 3 port.   Would it be feasible to...

Back on pages 416 & 502  and the following there were discussions regarding the relative merits of the coax and optical connections to a dac. Some said coax was better, others the optical.  It's been over a year since then and new firmware has come out and people have had more experience with...

My current rig is an iBasso DX100 >Lehmann  Black Cube Linear > Sennheiser HD800s   It sounds great but now am considering the next step on the journey.   After extensive reading I've decided on the Questyle CMA800R amp and CAS192 DAC as cost-effective upgrades but can't afford both at the...

I'm considering getting the HD800 and have been reading about its sensitivity to sources.    My rig is a DX100 & Portaphile 627X. Does anyone have experience with the HD800/627X pairing?   Would this be a good match for the HD800?

  Should fit easily.

I use a 9cm plastic container  with a screw top that cost $1.25 at the local $2 store.   To store my IEMs I place them in my palm and loosely wrap the cable around my hand then slide the cable off and put it in the container with the IEMs in the bottom.  With a little care they come out with...

Quote:   Yes I am, but I have nothing to compare it to.  I've kept an eye out for peoples experiences with other cables for the F111 but haven't seen anything to convince me that another cable would be a clear upgrade.

Thanks jelt2359 for the elucidation.  I have a DX100/627X combo and find the low bass which Mike describes a significant improvement over the DX100 by itself and just right for my taste. I'm not a bass head, I listen primarily to classical music and found the DX100 somewhat lacking in that...

Quote:   Yeah, but apparently you haven't listened to both of them and can't describe why the 627 is better.  And, yeah, you haven't cited sources for your contention that not everyone thinks the X is better...   Just sayin...

Quote:   No, if I do run across one I'll give it a listen. No doubt the sound quality of the Heifetz/Beecham I heard did have a negative effect.