CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[stemiki]

Better this way, in the meantime I'm deciding which top amplifier to buy..

 

[Triode User]

I too have decided to replace DAVE.

When DAVE2 is out!

And I look forward to Choral M Scaler .

In which case in that eventuality I too will replace Dave but until then I will patiently await the Choral NScaler.

 

[MvRBE10]

He few weeks ago i seen a setup from a guy with two daves looked like he used one dave for each channel. Somebody ever tried that. Same as dual amp setup. I did not found it so odd idea

 

[801evan]

He few weeks ago i seen a setup from a guy with two daves looked like he used one dave for each channel. Somebody ever tried that. Same as dual amp setup. I did not found it so odd idea

Interesting but odd, it's not like a dual DAC device approach is untaxing a single DAC device like a dual dac chip design or dual mono amplification does. If the design is where you can send mono channel spdif to each dac device, then that may have a theoritical edge.

 

[801evan]

Users might be more upset to see a Dave 2 when the Dave 1's 4 bnc input hasn't been exploited yet?

 

[Rob Watts]

Presumably the ADC noise floor modulation problem would disappear with Davina?

Absolutely.

 

[Roasty]

I borrowed a Dave again.
does anyone here use USB into the Dave as primary input? or is everyone on the dual BNCs?

 

[DJJEZ]

I borrowed a Dave again.
does anyone here use USB into the Dave as primary input? or is everyone on the dual BNCs?

My sotm sms 200 ultra neo goes into the -mscaler then dual bnc into dave. Are you able to borrow an m-Scaler as well?

 

[marcmccalmont]

I borrowed a Dave again.
does anyone here use USB into the Dave as primary input? or is everyone on the dual BNCs?

I’ve tried almost all input and output combinations in my system I keep coming back to spdif optical (lifatec tos cable) Dave improves with galvanic isolation and lots of clip on ferrites over the power cord any coax cables and the analog output cables. Cheap but effective

 

[Slim1970]

My sotm sms 200 ultra neo goes into the -mscaler then dual bnc into dave. Are you able to borrow an m-Scaler as well?

How's the Holo May sounding in comparison to the Dave so far?

 

[Roasty]

My sotm sms 200 ultra neo goes into the -mscaler then dual bnc into dave. Are you able to borrow an m-Scaler as well?

didn't get to borrow the mscaler this time round. just a stop gap measure as I lent my May to a friend for a while.

 

[801evan]

I’ve tried almost all input and output combinations in my system I keep coming back to spdif optical (lifatec tos cable) Dave improves with galvanic isolation and lots of clip on ferrites over the power cord any coax cables and the analog output cables. Cheap but effective

Good ears. I also find my cdt + ocxo with lifatec so good on the Dave. USB is quite inferior on all chord DACs.

 

[marcmccalmont]

Good ears. I also find my cdt + ocxo with lifatec so good on the Dave. USB is quite inferior on all chord DACs.

It’s so good that I prefer a simple setup without the mscaler! Let Dave do the upscaling

 

[MvRBE10]

I’ve tried almost all input and output combinations in my system I keep coming back to spdif optical (lifatec tos cable) Dave improves with galvanic isolation and lots of clip on ferrites over the power cord any coax cables and the analog output cables. Cheap but effective

I am also going optical into my mscaler but also did that on tt2 seems to sound always best. And then with to waves to dave. Did some 1:1 with usb but that really makes the highs edgy and fatiguing

 

[Jawed]

KabelDirekt 6m optical streaming 192KHz from Qobuz works flawlessly here (into M Scaler).