CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[Reactcore]

Still using Dave after 5 years.
I’m my 5 year I’ve tried mscaler for a week with expensive Dual BNC , at the end returned it . It just did not exiting to me as much as I thought it would .

Next I tied using dual Kecea P3 custom solution to replace stock LPS , that changes sound and for some time I thought that it was better because presentation became less digital and was more meat to the bone, but eventually I realized they Dave lost its magic quality. Speed and transients were sacrifices .

Now . I’m using power conditioner Puritan psm156 with really expensive Mexcel power cord and Dave sound fantastic…

Future : I’m considering Farad3 upgrade foe Dave , I just hope that improvement that it brings are not at the cost of most of most important quality- transients…

One more thing, last interview with Rob mentioned that he was working on dedicated scaler for Dave and “Silly money DAC”

I heard a farad'ed one next to stock Dave.

It gives meat to the sound without any cost of transparency.

You can also look at the modification in my link but this is not just pluggable like Farad or SJ.

 

[kawhia]

First track is My Head is My Only House Unless It Rains, right?

I just played the track on Tidal off my iPad using the iPad speakers and I don’t hear it.

Did you DSP your Roon? Maybe your DSP clipped Roon so Roon is sending a clipped signal to your iPhone & DAVE then to your headphones?

Yes correct. Thanks for checking. I don’t use DSP in Roon. Strange. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz And Tidal is fine? Can you check on your main system, maybe the iPad is not resolving enough? It is around the 1:45 min mark and again at the end.

edit: I played the song on YouTube and it doesn’t distort there. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz.

 

[ecwl]

Yes correct. Thanks for checking. I don’t use DSP in Roon. Strange. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz And Tidal is fine? Can you check on your main system, maybe the iPad is not resolving enough? It is around the 1:45 min mark and again at the end.

edit: I played the song on YouTube and it doesn’t distort there. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz.

Just did on my main system via my speakers. I didn’t hear any distortions.
The Tidal version is 44kHz 16-bit lossless. Maybe it‘s a problem with Qobuz then. I mean, this can always happen. If Qobuz has a corrupted file, there’s nothing you can do. Although I heard that Qobuz is super responsive and if you tell them, they can look into the file for you.
It’ll be interesting to see if other Qobuz users hear the same thing.

 

[datka3]

I think you (or at least your language) miss the key point. The Dave, TT2 and MScaler don't by any means require tweaking, they inspire it.

And there's never been a piece of gear made that's not improvable if someone is willing to spend enough time and money.

Heck I tuned my e63s wagon

I heard a farad'ed one next to stock Dave.

It gives meat to the sound without any cost of transparency.

You can also look at the modification in my link but this is not just pluggable like Farad or SJ.

meat to the sound is exactly what I need ,
I’m removing pre amp from my 2 Chanel and going Dave direct to the amp .
Thanks .

 

[lovethatsound]

Yes correct. Thanks for checking. I don’t use DSP in Roon. Strange. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz And Tidal is fine? Can you check on your main system, maybe the iPad is not resolving enough? It is around the 1:45 min mark and again at the end.

edit: I played the song on YouTube and it doesn’t distort there. Maybe it is a problem with Qobuz.

I've just tried this track for you ,straight from the dave to the new utopia and there is no cracking on it,hope this helps

 

[Yatharth]

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[Reactcore]

Dave and scaler just got a new sibling..

 

[MvRBE10]

Dave and scaler just got a new sibling..

Pretty cool setup

 

[Yatharth]

Is it true that Sony IER-Z1R IEM sounds harsh with Chord Dave?

 

[cerealmilk]

Dave and scaler just got a new sibling..

man thats so cool

 

[tomwoo]

Dave and scaler just got a new sibling..

You should definitely patent this design (the bottom two boxes of course).

 

[Reactcore]

Is it true that Sony IER-Z1R IEM sounds harsh with Chord Dave?

I guess few people use Dave with IEM's.. most use full size cans or speakers.

IEM's can easily be set loud out of Dave perhaps making them sound piercing cause of sheer volume..

 

[Mr X]

Still using Dave after 5 years.
I’m my 5 year I’ve tried mscaler for a week with expensive Dual BNC , at the end returned it . It just did not exiting to me as much as I thought it would .

Next I tied using dual Kecea P3 custom solution to replace stock LPS , that changes sound and for some time I thought that it was better because presentation became less digital and was more meat to the bone, but eventually I realized they Dave lost its magic quality. Speed and transients were sacrifices .

Now . I’m using power conditioner Puritan psm156 with really expensive Mexcel power cord and Dave sound fantastic…

Future : I’m considering Farad3 upgrade foe Dave , I just hope that improvement that it brings are not at the cost of most of most important quality- transients…

One more thing, last interview with Rob mentioned that he was working on dedicated scaler for Dave and “Silly money DAC”

I've been wondering how Dave would sound with a Puritan156 with my MDave

I've never gone down the route of power conditioners but this one has me intrigued. So how would you say it impacts in your setup?
Thanks

 

[Reactcore]

I've been wondering how Dave would sound with a Puritan156 with my MDave

I've never gone down the route of power conditioners but this one has me intrigued. So how would you say it impacts in your setup?
Thanks

All treatment can matter.. but i would seperate Dave and scaler power.. not putting it on the same outlet.. eg. Only Dave behind it.
So scaler 2Gz noise is stopped

 

[SteveHulk]

All treatment can matter.. but i would seperate Dave and scaler power.. not putting it on the same outlet.. eg. Only Dave behind it.
So scaler 2Gz noise is stopped

If you put nothing else in your system on batteries you could power only the mscaler direct from its own battery.

That, together with an optical link, would mean you could forever forget any worries about rf noise from the mscaler.