CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

[CRITICALSHOT]

I saw mention that some Daves have different glass on the front and that is one way to differentiate the age of the unit. My unit has the inputs labeled; some Daves do not. Is mine a newer unit or what?

 

[ecwl]

I just got my Dave and one of the first things I wanted to check was DSD with the DSD Plus setting. For some strange reason Roon has been converting DSD to PCM today. It was working fine on the TT2 yesterday. The last straw is the lawn care going on outside my window. I'm still happy though!

Anyone having this Roon issue? All DSP setting are off in Roon...

It should work. But you didn’t mention whether you’re using a streamer or PC with TT2 and now DAVE. I’ve found with some streamer (and PC) even though they’re supposed to be plug and play, when you switch from one DAC to another, you actually have to make sure they’ve switched from TT2 to DAVE. If you don’t, even though music will play, there’ll be a few bugs here and there. Just something to check. I remember at my dealer, when he switched to Blu2 from DAVE, we couldn’t get anything playing. The driver is probably the same but the streamer still thinks it’s connected to DAVE. Once we program the streamer to Blu2, it played fine.

 

[CRITICALSHOT]

It should work. But you didn’t mention whether you’re using a streamer or PC with TT2 and now DAVE. I’ve found with some streamer (and PC) even though they’re supposed to be plug and play, when you switch from one DAC to another, you actually have to make sure they’ve switched from TT2 to DAVE. If you don’t, even though music will play, there’ll be a few bugs here and there. Just something to check. I remember at my dealer, when he switched to Blu2 from DAVE, we couldn’t get anything playing. The driver is probably the same but the streamer still thinks it’s connected to DAVE. Once we program the streamer to Blu2, it played fine.

I am using the Lumin U1. You gave me a good idea, I will plug directly to the Dave from my MacBook Pro and see if there are some setting I can change. It sounds great and once I get the Blu this will be a non issue.

 

[ecwl]

I am using the Lumin U1. You gave me a good idea, I will plug directly to the Dave from my MacBook Pro and see if there are some setting I can change. It sounds great and once I get the Blu this will be a non issue.

It’s the lumin U1 that might need settings changed. There is nothing to change on the DAVE

 

[CRITICALSHOT]

It’s the lumin U1 that might need settings changed. There is nothing to change on the DAVE

Yeah, I was stretching there. I checked all the settings in the Lumin; thanks for the help but I don't even care a little at this point. I am over the moon right now!

 

[Uncle Monty]

There's some stuff about Lumin U1 settings for DoP on Roon discussion boards.

 

[CRITICALSHOT]

There's some stuff about Lumin U1 settings for DoP on Roon discussion boards.

Can you think of any negatives when using the M-Scaler with the Dave?

 

[F208Frank]

Can you think of any negatives when using the M-Scaler with the Dave?

Extra box and extra shelf space needed can be one annoyance for some.

 

[jlbrach]

Can you think of any negatives when using the M-Scaler with the Dave?

cost!

 

[CRITICALSHOT]

Two good ones! I was more so thinking sound wise.

 

[F208Frank]

Two good ones! I was more so thinking sound wise.

The implication was that it is better sounding but at the expense of cost/space/extra box/potentially extra cables/potential extra item going bad etc.

 

[F208Frank]

The implication was that it is better sounding but at the expense of cost/space/extra box/potentially extra cables/potential extra item going bad etc.

I find solo Dave to have great sound as well. Do I want to give up M scaler though, no. I will eat less food. Even organic vegetables are cheap if cooking at home.

 

[llamaluv]

Can you think of any negatives when using the M-Scaler with the Dave?

Huge opportunities for nervosa regarding RFI for those who are so predisposed. #cantlie

 

[CRITICALSHOT]

Huge opportunities for nervosa regarding RFI for those who are so predisposed. #cantlie

Wow, you went there. Problems of the world today!

 

[MacedonianHero]

the 4z is not as efficient as some but far more efficient than the lcd-4 is and very easy to drive in most cases

Exactly and with the DAVE, no sweat to drive these cans.