CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[HoloSpice]

This discussion reminds me of the Japanese audiophile who paid his local power company to put in his own dedicated power line for music only, of course. How many of us essentially own the wooden pole that stands at the edge of our property? I assume that when he or his heirs eventually sell his home there will be a bidding war amongst audiophiles!

This?

 

[bigfatpaulie]

I have a P5 as well, but still all my cables are stock ones. Do you know if it makes any sense to use a conditioning cable between P5 and the wall socket?

I I use a "cheapie" PS Audio AC5 between the P5 and the wall. I find it makes little difference going from that the CT-1 but there was a difference between that a $2 stock cable. So, in my experience, using something of reasonable gauge but don't worry too much about filtering, etc. After the P5 is where to spend the money.

 

[esimms86]

This?

Yes, that’s it! Imagine being the guy who for decades spends all of his money in pursuit of perfect sound, and then he has an electrically and audibly noisy refrigerator in his listening room! I hope he doesn’t have an ice maker!

 

[Deftone]

Yes, that’s it! Imagine being the guy who for decades spends all of his money in pursuit of perfect sound, and then he has an electrically and audibly noisy refrigerator in his listening room! I hope he doesn’t have an ice maker!

Probably turns off the fridge for an hour while he plays night at the opera.

 

[Christer]

Yes, that’s it! Imagine being the guy who for decades spends all of his money in pursuit of perfect sound, and then he has an electrically and audibly noisy refrigerator in his listening room! I hope he doesn’t have an ice maker!

Don't forget that he seems to listen to at best mediocre rock pop recordings as well!

 

[hattrick15]

I think you will get a whole range of answers. DAVE isn't 100% immune to bad power. I personally have just terrible power in my home and I use a HFC power cable as well as a PS Audio P5.

In my case, it makes a night and day difference. But YMMV...

I just got a PS Audio P5. I need to listen some more to determine how much of a difference it makes on my Dave/Blu2.

Curious what you mean by "terribel power in my home". What is your THD IN? Mine is 3.2% and I have no reference to know if that is bad or not.

 

[Deftone]

Don't forget that he seems to listen to at best mediocre rock pop recordings as well!

Yeah well spotted, why listen to music you love when you can just pick out all the extremely well recorded and mixed audiophile approved releases. It annoys me that some people in this hobby would have the nerve to listen to lesser quality records that get their foot tapping.

 

[hattrick15]

Just ordered one.

As did I!

 

[bigfatpaulie]

I just got a PS Audio P5. I need to listen some more to determine how much of a difference it makes on my Dave/Blu2.

Curious what you mean by "terribel power in my home". What is your THD IN? Mine is 3.2% and I have no reference to know if that is bad or not.

I think that is relatively bad. Mine is atrocious: according to the P5 it ranges from 4.4% to as high as 11.2%.

 

[Hifi Boy]

I I use a "cheapie" PS Audio AC5 between the P5 and the wall. I find it makes little difference going from that the CT-1 but there was a difference between that a $2 stock cable. So, in my experience, using something of reasonable gauge but don't worry too much about filtering, etc. After the P5 is where to spend the money.

Got it! Thanks for letting me know.

 

[marcmccalmont]

I think that is relatively bad. Mine is atrocious: according to the P5 it ranges from 4.4% to as high as 11.2%.

Mine’s been running around .6%

Got it! Thanks for letting me know.

FYI An older document on the PS audio powerplant premier I had to convert it to a txt file not sure how the conversion went?

 

[tkcha]

Hi Christer,Deftone Dont Be A Genre or only Audiophile grade sound quality kind of Snobby Remark. It is sad there are so much good music not so good quality and if you dont like low band like Queen than keep yourself. Some might like them old bum like me listen Heavy Metal and Old classic rock on over 200K worth system but also love classical,jazz and blues. Its not fun to read like Genre or Music Snobby Attitude.

Don't forget that he seems to listen to at best mediocre rock pop recordings as well!

Yeah well spotted, why listen to music you love when you can just pick out all the extremely well recorded and mixed audiophile approved releases. It annoys me that some people in this hobby would have the nerve to listen to lesser quality records that get their foot tapping.

 

[rayl]

Hi Christer,Deftone Dont Be A Genre or only Audiophile grade sound quality kind of Snobby Remark. It is sad there are so much good music not so good quality and if you dont like low band like Queen than keep yourself. Some might like them old bum like me listen Heavy Metal and Old classic rock on over 200K worth system but also love classical,jazz and blues. Its not fun to read like Genre or Music Snobby Attitude.

The reason I ended up with DAVE is bec it does such a good job with plain old 44.1k red book material... like you, I am more of a make the music I like sound better person.... yes, my music tends to be highly processed... but lust like I lprefer to look at Warhols over photographs or 3D holograms... no one can reasonably say a Warhol looks real... it is about enjoying the art for me. I guess that makes me a happy DAVE owner, but disqualifies me as an audiophile!

 

[xxx1313]

I think that is relatively bad. Mine is atrocious: according to the P5 it ranges from 4.4% to as high as 11.2%.

Wow, you really need the P5! I have THD IN of only 1.4 % (THD OUT is stable 0.1%).

 

[musicday]

Is good to see the demand for Dave still very high at least in UK, with at least few weeks waiting order. How many of you own the black model? Does it scratch easily and does it show dust, fingerprints?
Also anyone tried Marantz SA-10 with Dave? Interesting to read about the ferrites and that people are having good sounding results using them.