Chord Electronics Qutest DAC - Official Thread

[pbi76]

Thank you, everyone.

The last DAC I bought was a Bifrost 2 (OG). I can't afford to upgrade all the time so I try to make the most of my resources. The Qutest was released in 2018 and the siblings (except Dave) have been updated so I figured that it's reasonable to ask if a refresh is due soon. Tech gets obsolete quickly but it would really suck if you buy something that is declared EOL soon after, not just from a performance point of view but in terms of resale value. Hahaha.

 

[GuiltyRocker]

Thank you, everyone.

The last DAC I bought was a Bifrost 2 (OG). I can't afford to upgrade all the time so I try to make the most of my resources. The Qutest was released in 2018 and the siblings (except Dave) have been updated so I figured that it's reasonable to ask if a refresh is due soon. Tech gets obsolete quickly but it would really suck if you buy something that is declared EOL soon after, not just from a performance point of view but in terms of resale value. Hahaha.

The chi-Fi DACs do seem to get obsolete quickly, it seems like every other month Topping, Eversolo and all that chi-Fi stuff keeps releasing "new" models. That doesn't apply to Chord, when I hear the Qutest blow away all that chi-Fi I know it's not obsolete