Skampmeister. Just out of interest, why did you purchase the Qutest and the Brooklyn DACs at virtually the same time. Also, with the Brooklyn costing easily twice as much as the Qutest, is it a fair comparison?
Good question. Been a Chord fan for 3 years, loved my 2qute, couldn’t wait for the Qutest. But since it’s release, I’ve always been intrigued by the Brooklyn. For one, it’s a very pretty device and I wanted a good’ish headphone amp. Besides it being reviewed well, I was just curious about it and wanted one to try. ‘But then the Brooklyn Plus arrived and then the Qutest as well, I actually couldn’t make up my mind which one to get, because I’d always be wondering what if, so I bought both.
Being as they are both just a week old, and as you can tell with this thread, I’ve been up and down with the Qutest, and actually I think I’m a bit under the weather, so my hearing is being rather sensitive, and things in general are sounding harsh, until tonight that is, seems to be back to normal.
Both DAC’s have their strong points, in this early stage I’m massively enjoying the Qutest with more mellow and quiet recordings, and boy does it do these well, and the Brooklyn so far seems to be more fun at higher volumes, especially for rock/metal.
In Australia there’s only $600 between them, $2400-$2999 and the Brooklyn has a lot more features than the Chord. But as far as purity with their DAC’s, I think the Chord will come through.
They are both way different than the 2qute, and the adjustment period is being up and down, as it seems my health is also lol.
Will I keep both, most likely, I like the Brooklyn with my LCD-X’S and the Chord will most likely be used the most with the room system. Plus MQA on the Brooklyn is better than MQA just through a Bluesound Node2, which each DAC has its own.