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    Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread

    i think the hynes is simply providing purity quality stability. i turn my stuff off a lot i know someone who has had his hynes thing on since 2011. that is not my bag i just wanted a product that i could use for many applications as i said i also ordered as a reaction to all the moaning forum...
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    the sr4 in terms of build quality cannot be beat as i said it has more in common with the way japan did power supply before they started outsourcing everything to china. i had been after one of his supplies since 2012 but assumed it would take a long time so it never happened so pretty pleased...
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    the lead he gives is pretty cool thin curly thing i got the cheaper copper one plenty good he supplied an adapter for micro usb as well. with cutest i would imagine the bnc cable 75ohm will be more critical experimenting with those and rca leads better idea good quality 2nd hand stuff off ebay.
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    paul hynes has sold many over the years they rarely come up on ebay...folks keep them. on one of the threads you here bad stories about delays paul lives on a scottish island and all his stuff is hand made not factory. i purchased mainly as a resposne to all the snow flakes moaning about...
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    on the subject of power source early on i spoke to the friendly folks at uptone audio they where cool and calm about using the ultracap with cutest which i have been doing for weeks now rob has stated here that 1a is ok. whatever the the ultracap gives it is enough. i also contacted paul hynes...
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    a good 4 -5 days of use you will find changes over time for the better. i am sure mr watts has isolated the dac from the provided switching supply as has been stated. having switching wall wart in the electical system chain is not ideal battery power or other is best i am using a paul...
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    i have a benchmark dac that does loads of things all feels and looks great but i never want to use the dac as a dac whatever the mojo was doing i liked it better. i purchased a mojo as a toy and it turned out it to be better than any dac i had ever had and was better than the dacs in my...
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    this is an expensive unit having said that mojo was probably set out spec wise 4 years ago with all the complications of it's design and price point implimentation. this is bang up to date a basic dac it does nothing else just inputs and delivers a signal it's refinement is in it's signal...
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    the dealer i gave my money 2 had 2 somehow i do not think you will be collecting your sheckles together for this cute thing. why would you you clearly have issues or should i say agenda. for me myself i am now using the paul hynes sr4 with the cutest and the sound makes me very happy. and look...
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    i believe aged best should be renamed daily beast for his pointless electrical up dates and prodding. he seems to be trying to create diplomatic incidents with his pollution of the well and attempt too catch people out. why not make your own dac mr marconi and power supply mr beast and try and...
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    i believe aged best is what they call a tyre kicker : ) he should design his own battery,power supply and dsp call it aged beast tesla dac va va voom it should also provide emough wind power to kick start your most small sailing boats
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    Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread

    ifi uses interesting technology but it pollutes or as they say noise cancels by dumping a different noise into the system to cancel out other noises. probably top of the tree is paul hynes power supply and uptone audio ultracap but both units are expensive high end. the provided wall wart for...
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    well if what is true ? i was in such a rush to test i have not even seen the provided supply until 10 mins ago the box it all comes in is very fine quality it has a little draw which i never noticed before i am now using the 5v supplied supply the cutest has been on all day using usb...
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    that's why a powerbank (USB power storage) can not be used for best output performance.....quote well good luck with your system what is best can it be easily defined or heard maybe anyway switching power wall warts whatever they are called do not float my boat all the great comapanies use them...
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    my friend i tested it it sounded great with a 5 dollar emergency usb charger battery thing. a heavy duty anker usb battery would probably last days. i already had uptone audio ultra cap which is a superb combo i will have a paul hynes sr4 power supply next week is it needed no but these...
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    it may not be of interest to you but this thing is a pretty superb state of the art machined block. the 5v usb external a great idea. i am not a fan of micro usb but as this is a static object without battery i think the choice has set free and opened up many options. the unit seems...
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