CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[ObjectiveSubjectivist]

Interesting because when I change out the mojo the sibilance is gone.

Were you using mojo with USB input?

 

[Chester Rockwell]

I wonder why Amir hasn’t yet managed to measure his Mark Levinson amps

 

[chesebert]

I wonder why Amir hasn’t yet managed to measure his Mark Levinson amps

I thought he measured his 360 and said it was meh.

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

Were you using mojo with USB input?

Optical

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

What did you replace mojo2 with?

Its not a replacement but the other dac (CD player) in comparison is the Audiolab 8300CDQ

 

[ObjectiveSubjectivist]

Optical

Ok and headphones? Or you are using speakers?

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

Headphones (HD650) and speakers (Wharfedale Diamond 12) the sibilance is still there, If I swap out to a Modi3E it disappears as well but the Audiolab is the smoothest, seems to be the mojo2 itself. Extra clarity at the expense of harshness?

 

[DJJEZ]

Looks like DAVE just got it's ass handed to it,

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/chord-dave-review-dac-hp-amp.35974/

My reaction everytime amir posts one of his reviews. It's literally comedy reading what he writes.

'It is bested easily by DACs at $150'

 

[pichler]

It is a couple of months since I changed the TT2 with the Dave, I use it in a 2 channel system. I like the sound result a lot, it gives for me the "home" effect. Accuracy, detail, timbre, and as you know better than me ....... Premise: I have a very normal electrical system at home, nothing dedicated, I use the supplied power cables. I noticed that during the working hours the sound gets worse and not a little. From 8 pm to 8 am and on weekends, especially on Sundays the sound result is simply wonderful. What do you advise me to do? Can a mains filter help me?

Can someone please tell me how can I show my devices on messages?

 

[Chester Rockwell]

I thought he measured his 360 and said it was meh.

I’ve seen no review of his own extortionate amplifiers…..why would that be….

 

[chesebert]

I’ve seen no review of his own extortionate amplifiers…..why would that be….

Who cares. He runs some basic tests and ranks dacs based on dynamic range. You can safely ignore his listening impressions and conclusions and focus just on the test results. Good results don’t mean good reproduction and bad results mean there are engineering issues and may or may not be audible.

 

[chesebert]

It is a couple of months since I changed the TT2 with the Dave, I use it in a 2 channel system. I like the sound result a lot, it gives for me the "home" effect. Accuracy, detail, timbre, and as you know better than me ....... Premise: I have a very normal electrical system at home, nothing dedicated, I use the supplied power cables. I noticed that during the working hours the sound gets worse and not a little. From 8 pm to 8 am and on weekends, especially on Sundays the sound result is simply wonderful. What do you advise me to do? Can a mains filter help me?

Can someone please tell me how can I show my devices on messages?

Sounds about right. You can try various filter, isolation transformer, AC regenerator and dedicated switch or any combination. YMMV.

 

[Chester Rockwell]

Who cares. He runs some basic tests and ranks dacs based on dynamic range. You can safely ignore his listening impressions and conclusions and focus just on the test results. Good results don’t mean good reproduction and bad results mean there are engineering issues and may or may not be audible.

It is very naive to think you can focus on the test results of a single person without question. If someone was on a quest to slay big hifi companies, fleecing people, why would they not measure thier own high priced amplifiers?
There’s a story behind the story here but it’s not mine to tell.

This is only stereo equipment at the end of the day, no need to get too tribal about it.

 

[SteveHulk]

It is a couple of months since I changed the TT2 with the Dave, I use it in a 2 channel system. I like the sound result a lot, it gives for me the "home" effect. Accuracy, detail, timbre, and as you know better than me ....... Premise: I have a very normal electrical system at home, nothing dedicated, I use the supplied power cables. I noticed that during the working hours the sound gets worse and not a little. From 8 pm to 8 am and on weekends, especially on Sundays the sound result is simply wonderful. What do you advise me to do? Can a mains filter help me?

Can someone please tell me how can I show my devices on messages?

A mains filter might have only a marginal effect as these are passive devices. You probably need a mains regenerator. This takes the mains, in crude terms in effect basically using it to power a high-quality oscillator which is effectively used as the input of a power amplifier. Your kit is then fed mains voltage and frequency from that amplifier.

The mains itself in general has three major defects: high frequency random noise picked up from external sources, distortion in what is supposed to be a sinusoidal waveform, and drifting frequency.

The first is omnipresent, the others are a function of the loading on the grid. It seems that as you have noticed a degradation in sound quality at certain times of the day only then it is the last two that are most likely bothering your system.

To fix these a regenerator is the way to go. They tend to be a lot more expensive than conditioners/filters.

You can also consider a DIY battery and inverter. That way you can have a go at nailing all three problems.

 

[SteveHulk]

Can someone please tell me how can I show my devices on messages?

Tap on your profile icon at the top of the page and then tap "signature" - it should be easy from there.