Ok, but there are people who see Yggdrasil on par with Dave.
That's why I'm asking
That's why I'm asking
One of these days I will compare. Qutest is in my setup at work, Yggy A2 in my home (main) setup. I like them both but I've never swapped them around.
Those people probably didn't find their eyeglasses after getting up in the morning.Ok, but there are people who see Yggdrasil on par with Dave.
That's why I'm asking
Yes a good test. For all of us our preferred solution at home, may be different to our preferred solution at work, where considerations like network access and installing apps or drivers, may be showstoppers.One of these days I will compare. Qutest is in my setup at work, Yggy A2 in my home (main) setup. I like them both but I've never swapped them around.
Ok, but there are people who see Yggdrasil on par with Dave.
That's why I'm asking
I sold my Yggy Analog Gen 2 and kept the Chord Qutest till now. To me and my brother, the Qutest is the better one. We have very different taste in music genres but we both think that the Yggy is dry and boring. The only thing makes Yggy better than Qutest is the overall detail but not too much. The system that I tried on the Qutest and Yggy was Sonus Faber Venere Signature, Tannoy Kensington GR, Monitor Audio Bronze 2, Mcintosh Ma6700, Accuphase E480, Denon PMA 1520 AE. I've compared AB Qutest and Dave. Qutest was 7/10 or 8/10 compared to DAVE. There is no way the Yggy is on par with the DAVE.
Well, Yggy is almost 12kg (25lbs) and Qutest is 770g (1.6lbs).
They both seem to be top choices of DACs, although Yggie is getting a bit old. Qutest might have the edge in realistic sound and sound stage depth according to what I have read.
I run a TT2 now so I am not really looking back to anything lesser.
Yggdrasil and Qutest both in division 1 BTW. The line up is arranged alphabetically. Hugo 2 is higher because it can act as headphone amp plus you can extend its features with 2Go even though its equal or lesser (non-galvanic isolation inputs) the sound quality of Qutest.
Still curious on how would M Scaler + DAVE fair against the dCS Bartok sitting at the Uber throne
Every opinion is just one man's opinion (including mine)..