Did you also find it to be better than TT2 M scaler combo ?
I'm wondering if it's only me or there are other people that prefer solo Dave to MTT2 combo.
In my two way setup it is miles better than the tt2 combo. But on my utopia the difference is much smaller. More musical more image more depth. After lps and wave bnc it went in warp mode. But the tt2 has the same effect but is not that engaging on two way setup. Ow and bass is on the dave from another dimension. Friends were asking were the sub was hidden. But the dave bass adds much more feel in the music and layers it. You van place it all much better.
I wouldn't expect anything less. Headphones are really "weak" link when paired with Chord gear.
I'm impatiently waiting for my 2 channel system (the real one, not the current one that I have just for listening music in the background) to happen.
I wouldn't expect anything less. Headphones are really "weak" link when paired with Chord gear.
I'm impatiently waiting for my 2 channel system (the real one, not the current one that I have just for listening music in the background) to happen.
Also noticed something rather odd on my dave this night. When streaming good music to my two set like sarah mclachlan that kknd of music it sound mind blowing. When i stream popmusic from my daughter i mostly leave the room as its to much of everything. Now the odd thing is the just airplayed a spotify list of here to my autender to the dave setup and it really sounds relaxed musical and engaging. When i download the same on qobuz it is more detailed but not nicely background if you understand what i mean. Reaaly odd or maybe the crappy recorded music is made better by low res spotify…..
In my two way setup it is miles better than the tt2 combo. But on my utopia the difference is much smaller. More musical more image more depth. After lps and wave bnc it went in warp mode. But the tt2 has the same effect but is not that engaging on two way setup. Ow and bass is on the dave from another dimension. Friends were asking were the sub was hidden. But the dave bass adds much more feel in the music and layers it. You van place it all much better.
Optimal Dave operation is where it's warm enough you can feel the heat wave warm up ur hands when you hover ur hand over the chassis. Best to cover all the unused ports too.
So A\Bing where unplugging the unit then trying another is unideal since Dave will lose its warm up.
If one has never heard a Dave then the TT2 bass is pretty good but the Dave bass just has so much more detail, texture and depth. Once heard there is no going back!
That's shocking, it must have been a big disappointment for you to list it in a matter of hours. At least keep it for a couple of weeks and do a YT review on it!
In this specific case I can understand, and I even reached out to Sajid and confirmed his own assessment once I saw his ad. The Dave can be too bright and clinical with electrostatics. It's already analytical (but not in a bad way, still very musical), but it can exacerbate the brightness/overly analytical (in a bad way) issues that many stats already inherently have.
Personally, I've kept mine because the holographic nature, detail and transparency has been worth it for me totally. Especially with the Mscaler. But I too have posted about how I'm curious about the May and Bartok for those reasons.
With planars and dynamics this generally isn't an issue, except with some specific outlier headphones.
That's shocking, it must have been a big disappointment for you to list it in a matter of hours. At least keep it for a couple of weeks and do a YT review on it!
Yup. Big disappointment definitely. It brought my Susvaras to life so there's that, but rather unlistenable with estats. I wanted a more energetic DAC to complement the May, but this goes beyond my expectations in that regard, lol. I can't listen to my Stax off them for too long, and the TC is far better paired with the May.
Granted, this is just a DAVE and not the Mscaler + Dave.
Well, I wanted to hold on to it. But I just don't like it. It's a clear decision for me. I probably liked it less on day 2 and today is day 3.
The differences in presentation between a May and a Dave is so significant, that I have realized I should stick to R2R in the future. I do want a second DAC to change up flavors. I have heard the T-Plus and it was nice but needed to try the Dave at home.
But I can respect it if you like it. The bass on the Dave is spectacular. As are the details.
The DAVE is clinical, which makes it pair well with tube amps in my opinion. DAVE solo can be a little bright and fatiguing until you get used to it. Detail is important to me in a dac, more so than a warm tone. Everybody likes different things though. But, yeah, it can understand somebody not preferring Chord’s implementation
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It would be appropriate to wait at least a month ...
IMHO
