miketlse
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Since i don't have the electronic skills that you have, not being able to test polarity etc. what do you thinkI have copied and pasted some stuff from 2 previous posts of mine
Just to mention the alternative to a new upgraded psu, you could also use a good 12 volt car battery as a cheaper alternative and which may even be better.
I have had some PM's with others on this thread and they reckon a psu upgrade improves the SQ on the 2 Qute.
I have recently (14 months ago now) got a car battery for my Musical fidelity V90 DAC and I reckon that it improve the SQ.
I always check the voltage and polarity of any new psu before using it.
If anyone is using a 12v battery, make sure your DAC is switched off while charging the battery as the charging voltage is usually higher than the normal voltage ( may be up to 14v) and therefore may damage your DAC
The only thing putting me off the 2Qute is the fixed 3 volt output which may be too much for my integrated amp.
Since i don't have the electronic skills that you have, not being able to test polarity etc. what do you think
of the teradak battery i posted?
Just noticed moon-audio has HugoTT $800 off...
Nothing on 2Qute
It's been at $3,995 for a long time now, so I don't think of it as $800 off. Also, it has always been £2,995 (a little over $4,000 USD) in the UK. It's just the US that has these elevated prices.
The 2Qute price actually increased (from $1,295 to $1,345) since I bought it from Moon Audio in May 2017. (At least it's not the $1,795 it was originally.)
I hope that price increase is related to decline of the dollar...
The signs were there when dealers started dumping 2qutes for £735 ish on ebay - these are still great buys IMO if you don't want latest and greatest.
What we need now (next year?) is a digital player with integrated Mscaler and I will have reached my end-game setup.