I'm going to put mine on sale for 169€. (average condition).

Hum... Perhaps you meant "everyone working in the audio industry *FEARS this"...? Ridiculous accusations. Topping and SMSL have ten times more producing capacities than Audio GD and don't even see this brand as a competitor... Maybe you may read ASR more often and see how much you're wrong.

From what I know, The DX3 Pro measures better. Has latest AKM chips and lower output impedance that will be more suited to various headphones and IEM. I would go for the DX3.

Just ordered mine. This will be the last BT headphones I'm going to order... Already owned PX, 1000xm3 and Backbeat Pro 2 and kept none of them. This is the last chance I give to BT cans.

From my own experience, I never noticed any "improvement" on any headphone using any aftermarket pads... Quite the opposite, in fact. You can get better confort or better seal for sure. But IMHO, the sound signature, that some engineers took months to create, will simply suffer by changing the...

Hard to know... I find that AKG communicates so badly about their products... I don't think anybody could get the answer (from them, at least) I asked them recently what BT Codec are supported by their new wireless flagship (N700NC)... Still waiting for the answer. As well as the EU...

Could you please tell me more about isolation, seal and sound leak?

Hallelujah! :beyersmile:

Sounds promising, thanks...But to selling "a lot of these", the product needs to be released. And it's not, unfortunately .

Wait... The K275 does really exist at the end? How you managed to get one? Thanks.

IMHO, there's nothing to discuss here. If some PSU would make the Qutest sound better, Chord would know about it. As they claim it won't improve anything, it won't improve anything. Period. There is NOTHING to gain for Chord to claim such things if it wasn't real. Don't you think their...

They will. Topping is well distributed in UE by them or Amazon. As far as I know, the entire line is available. (Et en général, ils ont même une dispo assez rapide après le lancement ! :wink:)

Welcome... back, Qutest. This is my second unit as my first didn't match very well with my (sold) Peachtree Nova 300. Now, with my Denon PMA-2500NE... Need more days to listen but seems promising so far!

And there comes the review (at least measurements) : https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-topping-dx3pro-dac-and-headphone-amp.4967/

I don't think any extra usb "thing" may clean or improve the Qutest USB input... This is the best USB treatment I ever tested on any DAC. Period. I quote myself (many months ago) what I wrote about the Qutest's galvanic isolation :

DX3 PRO spotted on ASR! https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-cavalli-liquid-carbon-x.4947/ Seems like it is a 3,5 jack at the end. So a very compact unit at last!

Hum. Read this closely: https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-chromecast-audio-digital-output.4544/ I also did notice a significant improvement streaming Roon on CCA. Also, it can cast up to 24/92 flawless.

It depends on many things. Some DACs have a proper SPDIF treatment, some don't... Check some measurements reviews at Audiosciencereview, you'll see many DACs don't mesure the same using USB (may be better... Or worse) or SPDIF. In the case of Qutest. Hi-fi News measured the same performance (at...

Same here. That's why I bought a Supra Mains Block filtered many years ago. It works fine this way. Hum...perhaps because Tidal and Qobuz don't have the same catalog...at all?...

About that, Unfortunately, the only Qutest measurements I saw were few days ago in both Hi-fi News and Hi-fi World November releases. Different methods, different numbers... Is anybody may link or talk about Qutest "great" measurements, I would be grateful!:)

100% Agreed. Thing is, in this case: the Qutest seems to sound better than the Yggy V2 despite the fact it is still louder in perception, anyway... Conclusion: looks like the Qutest is a stellar DAC at the end.

4.0V RMS

Hey there, @Currawong (or anyone): thumb up for your video review. In addition, what would you say about R-28 unbalanced outputs? (Both jack 6,3 and RCA line out) Thanks. Asking this as I only have unbalanced headphones and only RCA inputs for my stereo integrated amp.

Also interested about Qutest vs ADI-2 DAC or any Audio-GD around 1k$ (unbalanced). There is a comparison on SABF. Thing is, I have some reservations as all dac on this forum are constantly inferior...to the competitor from Schitt...

Hey there, metal571! I maintain this is a ghost product... I mailed AKG France, again, -"what's the release date" -"we don't have a clue" ...