[Mavwong]

Hate to say this, almost everything sound great on Dave
 
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I recently happened to listen to Fiona joy dsd128 signature solo songs on Hugo. pure joy ! wonder how will it sound with Dave ?

 

[rkt31]

great, that's the quality of a highly transparent,musical and neutral gear !

 

[bmichels]

Thank you again for your invaluable insight.

I have only a few hours with DAVE, but the sheer visceral power of this devices ability to convey the raw emotive nuances of the human voice utterly astounds me. Ordinarily I am not so easily pleased as my personal Head-Fi inventory includes the Goldmund Telos (HPA) and Wells Audio Headtrip - with commensurate quality DACs. So this far in my journey I'm mightily impressed and just want to luxuriate in the sonic nirvana of DAVE.

I am happy for you that you reacted your Sonic nirvâna. Are you using DAVE internal headphone amp or do you connect DAVE to your Wells Audio Headtrip ? What headphone are you using ?

 

[smial1966]

bmichels thank you for your kind words and Happy New Year.
 
I've briefly used the Headtrip with DAVE and it does impart a touch more muscularity to the sound-scape, so bass sounds meatier and the mid-range a smidgen more dynamic, but it's not a more transparent or analytical sound but rather the music is more `FORTE'. I'm primarily using my HD800 and TH600, both sound excellent with DAVE. 
 
I find it astonishing that DAVE combines a superlative DAC/amp in a relatively transportable package and it's great fun taking DAVE from room to room with just a laptop, cables and headphones. Great stuff.   
 
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I am happy for you that you reacted your Sonic nirvâna. Are you using DAVE internal headphone amp or do you connect DAVE to your Wells Audio Headtrip ? What headphone are you using ?

 

[bmichels]

 

it's great fun taking DAVE from room to room with just a laptop, cables and headphones. Great stuff.

 
Agree.  I wish DAVE was battery operated like the TT (even if it needs a BIG battery, it was still possible !).  

 

[lovethatsound]

Well I've been running my Dave in for a while now,and i have to say I've never heard red book cd sound so great.Just got a few questions for Rob or chord to answer if you'd be so kind.
1 what are the 4x dx digital outputs for?
2 How much power does dave use in standby?
3 Do you know when the blu transport upgrade will be available,and much it will cost?
Happy new year to all.

 

[bmichels]

Well I've been running my Dave in for a while now,and i have to say I've never heard red book cd sound so great.Just got a few questions for Rob or chord to answer if you'd be so kind.
1 what are the 4x dx digital outputs for?
2 How much power does dave use in standby?
3 Do you know when the blu transport upgrade will be available,and much it will cost?
Happy new year to all.

 
blu transport upgrade ???  where does this info/rumor comes from ? 

 

[ecwl]

Well I've been running my Dave in for a while now,and i have to say I've never heard red book cd sound so great.Just got a few questions for Rob or chord to answer if you'd be so kind.
1 what are the 4x dx digital outputs for?
2 How much power does dave use in standby?
3 Do you know when the blu transport upgrade will be available,and much it will cost?
Happy new year to all.

The DX digital output is for a future product whic would probably be an amplifier which can take 786kHz 24-bit? Signal coming from the DX digital output. This was discussed a couple of times by Rob Watts in this thread. I don't know the answers to the rest of your questions. But I'm not sure what more upgrades Blu transport needs. I suspect the next upgrade should be a DSX1000 type product without the DAC as there are many advantages to computer audio. That said, people can now buy Aurender or Auralic or SOTM products already to pair with their Chord DAVE.

 

[bmichels]

Well I've been running my Dave in for a while now,and i have to say I've never heard red book cd sound so great.Just got a few questions for Rob or chord to answer if you'd be so kind.
1 what are the 4x dx digital outputs for?
2 How much power does dave use in standby?
3 Do you know when the blu transport upgrade will be available,and much it will cost?
Happy new year to all.

 
BLU 2... The Force Awakens !   
 
 


 

[Mavwong]

Finally HEK is here!

 

[bmichels]

Finally HEK is here!

 
I am glad for you that you have a new toy      please let us know if it synergies well with DAVE.  

 

[smial1966]

Very happy for you. Please comment on the synergy between the HEK and DAVE. 

 
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Finally HEK is here!

 

[Mavwong]

I own HD800, beyer T1, LCD2v2, and of course the crazy HD600. I also audit the LCD3, grado p1000, g1000, pretty virgin LCD4 during Nov show. After around of buy and sell, I decided that HP is not for me. I just can't find one that play all sorts of music, high is clear and sweet, mid is right, bass have body, could portray ambient correctly. Lolz, people said I ask for too much, as I come from speaker base hifi.
 
 
Till I heard the HEK with Dave. My passion for HP comes back again. I am not saying HEK is without fault. I hope that the mid could be thicker, bass more body, the rest I am more than happy. If you think you want characteristic of HD800, LCD2, and T1, I believe HEK could be the one. And Dave drive HEK without problem at all. HEK could extract full potential of Dave is all I can say. For me I do consider pairing it with violectric 281 driving HEK in balance mode.
 
Bare in mid that my HEK only 8hr old and still running in stock setup. I strongly believe once I move to my main system its another story.

 

[Mython]

   
Till I heard the HEK with Dave. My passion for HP comes back again. I am not saying HEK is without fault. I hope that the mid could be thicker, bass more body, the rest I am more than happy. If you think you want characteristic of HD800, LCD2, and T1, I believe HEK could be the one. And Dave drive HEK without problem at all. HEK could extract full potential of Dave is all I can say. For me I do consider pairing it with violectric 281 driving HEK in balance mode.

 
 
If you're using the HE1000 with DAVE, then I really think you should get the most out of your investment, and run DAVE into one of these, with a headphone amp afterwards:
 

 
 
I'm confident Rob would approve

 

[Rob Watts]

I was talking to Jude about the jitter test on the APX 555, and I wanted some plots of Jitter for Dave. So here is jitter test using the USB input:
 

 
 This is with 48 kHz sample rate, using the J-test which is a test for data related jitter.
 
Any data related jitter would be multiples of 250 Hz either side of the 12 kHz signal - as you can see there is none whatsoever.
 
The -170 dB noise floor represents jitter of 100 fS (0.1pS) RMS, so we can safely say that data related jitter is less than 0.1 pS.
 
You can just make out mains related jitter at 0.2 pS - this probably comes from the AP ADC as its always there.
 
The fringing on the 12 kHz below -150 dB is down to the APX555 FFT's Hann window, it is not LF jitter from Dave.
 
Rob