CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[ubs28]

Which version do you guys think looks best, the black or the silver version?

 

[maxh22]

Which version do you guys think looks best, the black or the silver version?

I think it's time for there to be a 'Golden' edition of Dave 

 

[Kamil21]

I think it's time for there to be a 'Golden' edition of Dave :bigsmile_face:

Not too far fetched. This carved from copper, gold plated, premium components Sony sells for twice the price of their regular Walkman. They claim it sounds better due to lower resistance and lower noise..

 

[Ashrunner]

Which version do you guys think looks best, the black or the silver version?

I ordered the black version on Tuesday.  Normally, I prefer silver, but after seeing the black in person, I much preferred it.  It isn't a generic, black box plastic-like electronics black.  Rather, seems artisanal and industrial with lots of color tones and heft.  I think my historic preference for silver may be related to the apple mac vs pc black box battle of my childhood - was always an apple guy before it was cool to be an apple guy.  But guess I'm on team black now.

 

[supabayes]

Which version do you guys think looks best, the black or the silver version?

 
Silver is nice. 

 
Black is better match to the Utopia and 800S imho.
 

 

[Toolman]

I'm going for a black Dave to go with my LAu, possibly with the stand as well...but anyone here thought that black version could be a dust magnet?

 

[maxh22]

Not too far fetched. This carved from copper, gold plated, premium components Sony sells for twice the price of their regular Walkman. They claim it sounds better due to lower resistance and lower noise..

If Sony and Lampizator can do it, Chord can too! 
 
A golden Dave would really stand out both in sonics and appearances. It would be a great show piece and would strike some very meaningful conversations!

 

 

[Toolman]

 
I think it's time for there to be a 'Golden' edition of Dave 

 
A big chunk of gold on my desk? loved it...but no 

 

[supabayes]

  I think it's time for there to be a 'Golden' edition of Dave 

I second that. A Gold Dave will be a perfect match for the €100,000 Focal Utopia by Tournaire. It will have to be precision-milled from solid gold and to be priced at €2M. Why? because gold is about 7 times more dense than aluminium, so a solid gold Dave will probably weigh 50kg and the cost of gold alone will be over €1.8M 

 

 

[Christer]

I know this might sound heretical, but it is possible to be happy with what you've got, enjoy stimulating music, and not worry where the next upgrade's coming from. Before I embarked on decades of upgrading, did I appreciate and enjoy music less? Not really. Do I regret it? A little bit. It's not the most cost effective way to spend money, and I could probably have got to the same point for much less, though of course I didn't know how to get there before I did (if that makes sense).

There's always room for improvement, in everything, but dissatisfaction is a largely negative frame of mind which can never be sated as it's objects are endless, and it provides little reward. (If you're an engineer, the position is rather different.)

I definitely agree with you, while I would of course not mind  owning a DAVE and the best speakers I have ever heard, I am quite happy with what I have got .
During the past six months  back  home in Sweden I have mainly been playing my  classical music via speakers and at least 85 % of my very enjoyable listening sessions sometimes for many hours on end my main playback source has been my faithful old Linn Sondek LP12 with its still superb sounding Supex MC cartridge often very realistically reproducing much of the standard classical repertoire via the classic 60s and 70s recordings by the great orchestras and conductors of my youth.Today while picking up my flight tickets in town I made a musical bargain at a thrift shop that can only be played via my LP12. Mozart´s Opera  La Clemenza di Tito, on a three LP set with Colin Davis conducting the Covent Garden Opera House orchestra .
It  will be my evening entertainment for roughly 50 cents per LP.
 Maybe not with quite  the same dynamic range as the best modern digital recordings but with a sense of musicality and joy that many digital recordings even in hi res much less rbcd reach.
My  Linn Sondek LP12 is easily the best HI FI buy I have ever made and still gives me great musical enjoyment on a daily basis at home after all these years.
I have said so before and I say it again, even in pure SQ terms with a direct cut LP it can still rival most digital I have heard in important aspects.
But from next week and six months  ahead ,I will mainly  have to listen  via headphones and HUGO again.

 

[supabayes]

  I'm going for a black Dave to go with my LAu, possibly with the stand as well...but anyone here thought that black version could be a dust magnet?

No dust issue for me so far. No fingerprint marks as well. Go for the black.

 

[maxh22]

 
I second that. A Gold Dave will be a perfect match for the €100,000 Focal Utopia by Tournaire. It will have to be precision-milled from solid gold and to be priced at €2M. Why? because gold is about 7 times more dense than aluminium, so a solid gold Dave will probably weigh 50kg and the cost of gold alone will be over €1.8M 

 

Yes!! A real Golden Dave would be the perfect target market for those that only listen to their wallet. They will buy it and not even question other dacs because it's the most expensive dac the market has to offer 

 

[ubs28]

I have the silver version because it matches with my macbook and the Taurus MKII.

But I do wonder if I did not make a mistake with the colour. Never saw the black version in person.

 

[Mython]

 

  I think it's time for there to be a 'Golden' edition of Dave 

I second that. A Gold Dave will be a perfect match for the €100,000 Focal Utopia by Tournaire. It will have to be precision-milled from solid gold and to be priced at €2M. Why? because gold is about 7 times more dense than aluminium, so a solid gold Dave will probably weigh 50kg and the cost of gold alone will be over €1.8M 

 

 
 
LOL - reminds me of these:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/654761/monster-unveils-new-20-000-30-000-headphones
 
 
A gold DAVE might actually have some merits, but I would not consider aesthetics to be one of them.
 
It'd probably go down a storm in the middle east and the far east.

 

[Music Alchemist]

I have been fascinated by all the info in this thread, especially the technical explanations and the fact that so many people think the DAVE sounds better than any other DAC regardless of price. Hopefully the DAVE will be the only expensive DAC I ever buy. (Since it's a little over $8,000 in the UK instead of over $13,000 like it is in the US, that's low enough to forget about all the others I had my eye on.)
 

Which version do you guys think looks best, the black or the silver version?

 
I usually prefer black electronics, but for some reason the black DAVE just turns me off. However, the silver DAVE is gorgeous!
 

Spoiler: Here's a great pic

 

  I ordered the black version on Tuesday.

 
Oh, sweet. Did you send someone to the UK like we discussed?