[elviscaprice]

It's not.

Trust me, I owned MANY DACs these lasts years and almost all of them took, more or less, audible noise from my computer via the USB input (worst case: Nuprime DAC-9). This noise was very audible in my MA Silver 10 tweeters, less with headphones.

The Qutest is DEAD SILENT pluged in USB on my system, and this is the first DAC I own to work that way.

There's far more going on with digital streamed audio that effects SQ of the DAC than just GI. Thus my incorporation of as much clean power and clocking of the initiation and continuation of the audio stream. This is already an accepted given regardless of DAC implementation, including DAVE.

The ISO Regen is a good start to clean power and reclocking, but there is better.

 

[elviscaprice]

If anyone getting the Qutest is directly driving their efficient speakers with the Qutest and did so before with the 2Qute, would love to hear your impressions.

 

[Leogaluc666]

Sorry if it's off topic but, what can I expect sound wise if I grab a qutest coming from a Sony WM1A ?

If someone had or currently own both I would appreciate the comparison.

Thanks.

 

[Skampmeister]

coming from a Sony WM1A

In one word, maturity.

 

[Christer]

I was impressed enough by Qutest to buy one today in Singapore.
On its own it is neither a DAVE nor a DAVE/Blu2.But a very clear upgrade from HUGO1.

 

[U2nite]

I was impressed enough by Qutest to buy one today in Singapore.
On its own it is neither a DAVE nor a DAVE/Blu2.But a very clear upgrade from HUGO1.

Christer, Congratulations. Can you share where you bought from in Singapore. Who has stock?

Cheers.

 

[Chiswickian]

I'm loving my Qutest. While the high-res stuffs sound amazing. What I'm probably most impressed with is the amount of detail and how good my relatively low bit rate 320k mp3's sound.

 

[Skampmeister]

I’ve been comparing my New Mytek Brooklyn Plus and the Qutest over the last few days, and on my system, the Brooklyn is winning by a nose. I dont like this news, I’d prefer to prefer the Chord.

 

[Christer]

Christer, Congratulations. Can you share where you bought from in Singapore. Who has stock?

Cheers.

AV One at the Adelphi.
Not sure if they have more stock. But they have a demo unit.

 

[AlexB73]

Can anybody to write sdetailed review about Qutest?
I'm interested in Qutest comparison to 2qute, Hugo TT and Hugo2.

 

[U2nite]

AV One at the Adelphi.
Not sure if they have more stock. But they have a demo unit.

Christer, noted. Thanks.

 

[Joe-Siow]

Can anybody to write sdetailed review about Qutest?
I'm interested in Qutest comparison to 2qute, Hugo TT and Hugo2.

I doubt many forumers have a 2Qute, Hugo TT and Hugo 2 lying around to compare them against the Qutest, but one can always hope

 

[sandalaudio]

Just bought mine and very happy with it.

I used to use QuteHD but wasn't too keen on the 2Qute so moved on to iFi micro iDAC2 instead, but now I'm back to the Chord camp once again.

As the flashy rainbow light suggests, the sound is quite mesmerizing...

 

[Juko]

Agree, I tried a Hugo2 on my System for a night, hated it. This Qutest took one song, first song I heard. Done Deal.

Which input do you use ? If you are using usb this might be the reason for preferring Cutest over Hugo 2. As Cutest has got galvanic isolation and its a great benefit of course.

 

[Skampmeister]

@Juko I was using Coax.