[jpneat]

I just received a Qutest and also, based on recommendations here I added a Curious USB cable. I'm trying to stream using Roon from a rasberry pi through USB to the Qutest. When I use the cable it came with all works well and Roon sees the endpoint just fine, but when I plug in the Curious cable it doesn't see it. The Curious cable works fine when I plug it into my MacBook Pro and qutest and roon sees that combo right away. Any thoughts on why this may happen?

 

[scottcocoabeach]

I have just received my Chord Qutest, it is replacing the RME ADI-2 DAC FS. It's my first external DAC, and I will be pairing it with the Diana Phi + Formula S & Powerman. Looking forward to enjoying my music over the weekend with the Qutest doing its thing

Ooh, I've also got one question. My XI Audio Formula S input sensitivity is rated at 1000mV, does this mean I should set the output of the Qutest to 1v instead of 2/3v?

Congratulations! If you are replacing your RME ADI-2 Dac than it's not your first external DAC. Maybe you mean you weren't using the RME with a separate AMP? I think a lot of us here use the RME as an external DAC. The built in amplifier is okay but certainly not at the level of most external amps.

I just received my Chord Qutest today as well. I am comparing it with my RME ADI-2 FS DAC and Multibit Gumby. It doesn't sound like either of them, that's for sure. I'll be interested to see how I like it over time. I'll be interested to hear how you like it after you get some time with it. I don't have any plans to get rid of my other DACs at this point as they are all quite different from one another.

 

[scottcocoabeach]

I just received a Qutest and also, based on recommendations here I added a Curious USB cable. I'm trying to stream using Roon from a rasberry pi through USB to the Qutest. When I use the cable it came with all works well and Roon sees the endpoint just fine, but when I plug in the Curious cable it doesn't see it. The Curious cable works fine when I plug it into my MacBook Pro and qutest and roon sees that combo right away. Any thoughts on why this may happen?

Congrats on getting the Qutest. That seems like a strange problem, have you tried rebooting the PI with everything connected first? I sometimes need a reboot a device to get Roon to see my endpoints, especially if I updated or restarted the core.

 

[Cekootje]

I have two questions.

First of all, some time ago I got a heavily distorted sound from my setup. I suspect it came from the Qutest as I was trying out if a battery powered Qutest would sound better than the provided SMPS. So I switched power supply a couple of times. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Shutting everything off and on again and it was ok, but having experienced it a couple of times makes me think that something worse might occur in the near future.

Second question. My setup is now as following: iPad or Raspberry Pi -> Qutest -> Amp -> speakers or headphone. I want the absolute best power for my digital frontend so I’m playing with the thought of buying a NuPrime LPS that can power both the Qutest and the iPad or Raspi. Is that recommended? I know there’s already been said a lot about the use of LPS’s on this forum but I’m wondering if anyone has used any of these two-component serving powersupplies? I believe Silent Angel has one too in the same price category, also very nice looking device and at least gives the opportunity to switch the Qutest off somehow .

 

[StarlightDawn]

Congratulations! If you are replacing your RME ADI-2 Dac than it's not your first external DAC. Maybe you mean you weren't using the RME with a separate AMP? I think a lot of us here use the RME as an external DAC. The built in amplifier is okay but certainly not at the level of most external amps.

I just received my Chord Qutest today as well. I am comparing it with my RME ADI-2 FS DAC and Multibit Gumby. It doesn't sound like either of them, that's for sure. I'll be interested to see how I like it over time. I'll be interested to hear how you like it after you get some time with it. I don't have any plans to get rid of my other DACs at this point as they are all quite different from one another.

hahaha! yes that's what I meant, first time with a seperate amp
Congratulations to you too on acquiring the Qutest!

 

[Nikonkit]

I have just received my Chord Qutest, it is replacing the RME ADI-2 DAC FS. It's my first external DAC, and I will be pairing it with the Diana Phi + Formula S & Powerman. Looking forward to enjoying my music over the weekend with the Qutest doing its thing

Ooh, I've also got one question. My XI Audio Formula S input sensitivity is rated at 1000mV, does this mean I should set the output of the Qutest to 1v instead of 2/3v?

I hope you are keeping the RME ADI2 for a while, the Qutest is a different presentation, not necessarily a better dac, there really is room for both in my case.

 

[StarlightDawn]

I hope you are keeping the RME ADI2 for a while, the Qutest is a different presentation, not necessarily a better dac, there really is room for both in my case.

I've sold the RME, and yeah I agree.. it's worth to keep both. However, I find the Qutest to synergize better with the Diana Phi.

 

[TheMiddleSky]

Ooh, I've also got one question. My XI Audio Formula S input sensitivity is rated at 1000mV, does this mean I should set the output of the Qutest to 1v instead of 2/3v?

Sagra is suppose to be the real pairing of Formula S. This DAC offer 1,4V at rca out and 4V with xlr out.

3V from qutest is totally fine.

 

[Another Audiophile]

@Rob Watts can I use the power supply from the Qutest to charge the poly+mojo as one unit?

 

[Rob Watts]

I had no involvement with poly, so I don't know the charging requirements, but I suspect it would be fine.

 

[sohho]

the UltraCap supplied wallwort is rubish... feed it with a decent power supply... noise spreads trough the ground plane... the alternating circuit that switches caps banks every few seconds must have a common ground linking both banks... so, we are talking about the power supply of the power supply...

 

[Nostoi]

I'm thinking about exchanging my Hugo 2 for a Qutest, as I basically always use the Hugo 2 in desktop mode connected to an external amp. It's use as a portable device with Bluetooth is irrelevant to me. I also prefer the form factor of the Qutest.

Is there a general consensus on whether there's any kind of difference in timbre/tonality between Hugo 2 and Qutest? I know they use the same DAC, but I've read differing and conflicting reports about the tonal relationship between these units.

 

[LCMusicLover]

I've seen a number of posts (both here and on the Hugo 2 thread) suggesting that Qutest ==> external amp beats Hugo 2 ==> external amp.

But I also see discussions regarding 'why?' Main theories appear to be 'different output stage' and 'better USB galvanic isolation'.

And since I never connect my H2 to USB (always S/PDIF or Optical), I don't care about USB. Which leads me to the question:

Is there a significant sound quality difference between H2 and Qutest when receiving optical or coax input?

TIA! (cross-posting to Hugo 2 thread as well)

(I guess this is just a slightly different version of @Nostoi 's question above -- sorry for the redundancy).

 

[Nostoi]

Can a Qutest kindly owner do me a little favour? Would you mind measuring the distance between the two feet on the bottom of the unit please, as seen below? Thank you kindly.

 

[elira]

Can a Qutest kindly owner do me a little favour? Would you mind measuring the distance between the two feet on the bottom of the unit please, as seen below? Thank you kindly.

13cm edge to edge.