[voldemortnbk]

Great to hear your up and running direct to the Omegas.

Certainly wish at least one or two of the professional reviewers would make the effort to review Dave and TT2 used directly to power speakers.

Audiobacon (Jay Luong) have DAVE and omega reviewed in : https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/chord-hugo-2.22209/reviews#item-review-19435. He also compared between amped and direct drive speakers.

 

[doraymon]

Audiobacon (Jay Luong) have DAVE and omega reviewed in : https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/chord-hugo-2.22209/reviews#item-review-19435. He also compared between amped and direct drive speakers.

That's a really enthusiastic review, it makes me feel better as I intentionally controlled my words when expressing my enthusiasm in my first comments, to avoid sounding like a fanboy...

Today I got a cheap pair of XLR to RCA cables and I connected my Home Theatre sub (B&W ASW610) directly to the Dave.
No positioning experiments (I just placed the sub below the desk) and no room treatment yet.

I wasn't impressed by the result, I preferred the unattached sound of the Omegas even if renouncing to a little bit of thump.
I will do more tests moving the sub and reducing its volume (@ 1/4th turn the volume was so high that I couldn't listen to a single track). Moving around the room with an SPL meter and some test tracks playing I believe I have big bump@60Hz which is particularly strong exactly in my listening position.

Now it's night here, time to switch off the sub, lower the Dave's volume to -25dB and enjoy a jazzy end of the day at the Pawnshop...

 

[alxw0w]

After switching from MTT2 to solo Dave I knew that it's only a matter of time when I'm going to add M Scaler.
And "ooops I did it again" I've just ordered the M Scaler from my dealer.
It's a bit pity that I have to wait for about a month - distributor stock is empty due to corona thing that is happening in UK.
It's going to be long ass month

 

[doraymon]

After switching from MTT2 to solo Dave I knew that it's only a matter of time when I'm going to add M Scaler.
And "ooops I did it again" I've just ordered the M Scaler from my dealer.
It's a bit pity that I have to wait for about a month - distributor stock is empty due to corona thing that is happening in UK.
It's going to be long ass month

This Corona doesn't have any respect for us Chord customers... unacceptable!

 

[PortableAudioLover]

So Dave came today and I gotta say, WOW! This really made me think hard about all the DACs I had thus far ...

 

[doraymon]

So Dave came today and I gotta say, WOW! This really made me think hard about all the DACs I had thus far ...

Oh! From the packaging I see this is from the batch with reduced number of taps... Sorry mate...

 

[PortableAudioLover]

Oh! From the packaging I see this is from the batch with reduced number of taps... Sorry mate...

There’s such thing ?

 

[alxw0w]

Oh! From the packaging I see this is from the batch with reduced number of taps... Sorry mate...

Omg, what a devil.

There’s such thing ?

Of course not

 

[PortableAudioLover]

Omg, what a devil.


Of course not

my ears can’t lie haha. I sat down with my Stellia and oh boy that was the quickest hour of my life just sitting down and listening to music without doing anything

 

[miketlse]

There’s such thing ?

News to me.
Is this a spoof post

 

[kenray536]

I have a Dave and Mscaler with factory BNC cables.

Which upgrade should I do next?

Opto DX or Wave Storm BNC cables?

Opto DX:
https://audiowise-canada.myshopify.com/products/dx-optical-isolation-kit

Wave storm:
https://www.wavehighfidelity.com/storm-1/wave-storm-bnc-cable

 

[doraymon]

Oh! From the packaging I see this is from the batch with reduced number of taps... Sorry mate...

Guys I was just kiddin', sorry I thought it was clear...
Of course there is no such thing! Enjoy your new Dave mate

 

[PortableAudioLover]

Guys I was just kiddin', sorry I thought it was clear...
Of course there is no such thing! Enjoy your new Dave mate

Haha thanks

 

[miketlse]

Guys I was just kiddin', sorry I thought it was clear...
Of course there is no such thing! Enjoy your new Dave mate

@doraymon I realise there was no malicious intent, but your post fell into the same trap as previous head-fi posts (not by you), stating that black coloured dacs had a darker sound signature, than silver coloured dacs.
Such posts totally confuse/mislead new head-fi posters who 'are not in the joke'.

 

[jlbrach]

personally I highly doubt that anyone sophisticated enough to be contemplating buying a DAC of the quality of the Dave would actually believe that the color of the Dave will influence its sound...kind of like suggesting a white car performs better than a black car