Given the number of products already in the Chord pipeline, that need to be tested and rolled out, I suspect that you don't need to write your letter until 2018 Q4 at the earliest - so plenty of time to put your dreams down on paper.
Given the number of albums being remixed into a 5.1 format, I think it would be nice to have a digital player that could take a 5.1 input (hdmi or dsd or whatever), split it into the individual channel streams, and then internally feed them through an array of Chord PFGAs, and output the analogue signals, ready to be externally routed to power amps. So very similar to a small AV receiver, but using chord technology.
Maybe it is already possible to DIY generate the individual channel streams, and then feed them to an array of 3 Mojos (as a proof of concept) - but an all-in-one chord box would be interesting. - I suspect that i don't need to write my santa note until 2020 at the earliest.
Given the number of products already in the Chord pipeline, that need to be tested and rolled out, I suspect that you don't need to write your letter until 2018 Q4 at the earliest - so plenty of time to put your dreams down on paper.
Given the number of albums being remixed into a 5.1 format, I think it would be nice to have a digital player that could take a 5.1 input (hdmi or dsd or whatever), split it into the individual channel streams, and then internally feed them through an array of Chord PFGAs, and output the analogue signals, ready to be externally routed to power amps. So very similar to a small AV receiver, but using chord technology.
Maybe it is already possible to DIY generate the individual channel streams, and then feed them to an array of 3 Mojos (as a proof of concept) - but an all-in-one chord box would be interesting. - I suspect that i don't need to write my santa note until 2020 at the earliest.
). I think there's only one person who has posted to this thread that they contemplated DAVE and bought something else or just didn't buy. I'm excluding people who won't spend that much (I'm excluding myself for the time being). It appears to have no meaningful competition at any price.Price?
Mojo, I would guess, sells to a lot of people who won't contemplate Hugo as it's too expensive? Perhaps mostly these are people who haven't spent time with high-end audio? It appears to have no meaningful competition at its price.
Hugo and TT are in the most competitive region. People who think they know what hi-fi is supposed to do have an opinion. People who either do or don't get the sound.
DAVE sells to people who don't care how much it costs. DAVE sounds like it was built for an unlimited budget (I think we can safely say that Rob's decades of craft correspond with an unlimited budget). I think there's only one person who has posted to this thread that they contemplated DAVE and bought something else or just didn't buy. I'm excluding people who won't spend that much (I'm excluding myself for the time being). It appears to have no meaningful competition at any price.
Anyone keeping track of the DAVE refuseniks?
Lucky man!
@ Mr Watts:
Can you tell me what position DAVE would be, on the following chart, please?
A bloke down the pub told me DAVE will help me enjoy my MP3s even better than my midi system, but all the other experts down the pub told me that a proper DAC should cost around a hundred thousand dollars, so I am guessing that because DAVE is too cheap, it is probably in the middle of this chart:
(I know what you're thinking - that chart is an incredibly-accurate representation of how digital audio actually works, isn't it?)
adding good usb cable is bonus. http://archimago.blogspot.in/2015/08/measurements-audiophile-sound-and.html?m=1 
