CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[rgs9200m]

EndGame, if your budget is high and you want tubes along with transparency, I recommend the Apex Pinnacle.
(It's now in it's second generation that I have not heard, but I have the original so i can vouch for that version for it as a great match with my DAVE.)
You get a nice tube glow with clear bass and speed.
I have used it in SE and balanced mode (with SE and balanced headphones) over the several years I have owned it. It's fine with both kinds of input and output in all combinations.
You can tune it significantly with the (single) 6NS7 tube it uses.

 

[EndGameSearch]

EndGame, if your budget is high and you want tubes along with transparency, I recommend the Apex Pinnacle.
(It's now in it's second generation that I have not heard, but I have the original so i can vouch for that version for it as a great match with my DAVE.)
You get a nice tube glow with clear bass and speed.
I have used it in SE and balanced mode (with SE and balanced headphones) over the several years I have owned it. It's fine with both kinds of input and output in all combinations.
You can tune it significantly with the (single) 6NS7 tube it uses.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into it. Right now I'm leaning towards Woo's WA5-LE but only because I'm familiar with Woo.

 

[rgs9200m]

One nice thing about the Pinnacle is that it runs cool for a tube amp. It does not generate a lot of ambient heat.

 

[erik701]

Chord Hugo M Scaler is here

 

[spotforscott]

No other info on it yet?

 

[AndrewOld]

Fantastic! Thank you! Am trying to read/figure out the controls .. I can read Video and Input .. What are the others?

 

[EndGameSearch]

https://darko.audio/2018/07/chord-electronics-announce-hugo-m-scaler/

 

[rayl]

No other info on it yet?

There was a prematurely released what hifi piece but they’ve since locked it down... it may unlock at the right time. I grabbed the url.

https://www.whathifi.com/news/chord-electronics-unveils-hugo-m-scaler-canjam-2018

 

[AndrewOld]

https://darko.audio/2018/07/chord-electronics-announce-hugo-m-scaler/

Superb! Thank You! £3,500. Not bad at all.

 

[spotforscott]

It looks like it takes a 15v DC input. I wonder how many amps is required?

 

[Crgreen]

It looks like it takes a 15v DC input. I wonder how many amps is required?

I wonder if it will need ferrites or if that issue has been solved. I suppose we won’t know until another 6 months or so.

 

[Triode User]

Superb! Thank You! £3,500. Not bad at all.

Andrew, you win fair and square our bet about an MScaler being announced this year. PM me your favoured charity and I will make the donation.

 

[miketlse]

It looks like it takes a 15v DC input. I wonder how many amps is required?

The MScaler core within the Blu2, was taking 10A @ 1V
So that is probably a good start point, for estimating how much the standalone version needs.

 

[AndrewOld]

Here’s a press release in Dutch ..

https://www.hifi.nl/artikel/26931/C...scaler-voorzien-van-geavanceerde-filters.html

 

[spotforscott]

The MScaler core within the Blu2, was taking 10A @ 1V
So that is probably a good start point, for estimating how much the standalone version needs.

Thanks. Any idea how many watts?