As I have posted above I am impressed with the Qutest. However I do not like the aesthetics of it. I am trying to overcome this as it does sound great
Has anyone any ideas how I can raise the Qutest off the ground , so I cant see the wires behind the back of it. I really dislike seeing a lot of wires and cables and the Qutest is that small that I can see them . My OCDs kick in
So are there any reasonable platforms or bases out there that will raise this off the ground and at a reasonable cost? I know there is the Qutest stand but again I am not keen on this.
Wow so I just received my new Chord Qutest and right out of the box the Filter button keeps getting stuck! This is what almost $2000 buys nowadays!?!? What a joke. Unit sound great but having a button get stuck over and over again is unacceptable at this price range. I am pissed.
This happened to me too. I flipped it over to find the serial number and it got unstuck. Afterwards it got stuck a few times and flipping it (gently) solved the problem. This was in the few first days of ownership. Since then I haven’t had any problems (it’s been a few months now).
When it first happened I contacted customer support by email and they just never responded.
All in all, probably my first and last Chord product, although it sounds good.
As I have posted above I am impressed with the Qutest. However I do not like the aesthetics of it. I am trying to overcome this as it does sound great
Has anyone any ideas how I can raise the Qutest off the ground , so I cant see the wires behind the back of it. I really dislike seeing a lot of wires and cables and the Qutest is that small that I can see them . My OCDs kick in
So are there any reasonable platforms or bases out there that will raise this off the ground and at a reasonable cost? I know there is the Qutest stand but again I am not keen on this.
Don't forget sites like Pinterest, because I find it interesting to see the creative ideas that others come up with for headphone stands, equipment stands, etc.
Ok their designs may require some DIY, but their 'creative seed corn' can be an inspiring starting point.
I'll apologize in advance for the dumb (Qutest) newbie question...
Since there is no power on/off --> Is the best practice to unplug before connecting interconnects into headphone AMP ?
Is there enough voltage coming out of the Qutest --> AMP that it should not be connected while "power on" ? Can that cause damage or is voltage too low to matter?
Just realized my other DACs are normally "off" when swapping interconnects, etc.
I'll apologize in advance for the dumb (Qutest) newbie question...
Since there is no power on/off --> Is the best practice to unplug before connecting interconnects into headphone AMP ?
Is there enough voltage coming out of the Qutest --> AMP that it should not be connected while "power on" ? Can that cause damage or is voltage too low to matter?
Just realized my other DACs are normally "off" when swapping interconnects, etc.
Ok so just got the Qutest and I am using it with the Niimbus US5 Pro. I just used the 3w setting as that is the setting it was at.
What difference will the other setting at 1w and 2w make? Do you think I am using the best setting for my amp?
Ok so just got the Qutest and I am using it with the Niimbus US5 Pro. I just used the 3w setting as that is the setting it was at.
What difference will the other setting at 1w and 2w make? Do you think I am using the best setting for my amp?
Worse case you overload the input stage, but it should be relatively obvious when that happens as it usually clips and sounds awful . The 2 and 1 volt settings are for amps with an input stage that cannot handle the 3V or if you want to attenuate the signal. In theory the 3V output gives you the best performance.
Worse case you overload the input stage, but it should be relatively obvious when that happens as it usually clips and sounds awful . The 2 and 1 volt settings are for amps with an input stage that cannot handle the 3V or if you want to attenuate the signal. In theory the 3V output gives you the best performance.
It depends of the headphones that you use, if you have sensitive headphones and you don't have much volume range (gets loud very quickly) then change the output setting so you get more range for the volume, for hard to drive headphones you want to use the 3v output, but as elira mentioned above sometimes some amps might not be able to handle the 3v input properly, is trial an error, try different outputs settings and see which one sounds best to your ears and your cans.
I'm having good results with the Qutest connected to the Iris and Brickwall. It sounds noticeably clearer now. Testing was done with the Flux FA-12 amp. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. When it was connected by USB there is a slight graininess and it sounded like there's a blanket over the speakers so to speak, I'm using headphones.
I'm using the BNC connecters and 75 Ω adapters are hard to find. The ones I got on Amazon have a loose connection. I have ordered some better ones made in Germany and hopefully they will be a snugger fit but they won't be delivered till next month.
Using software up-sampling like HQPlayer and PGGB will give you no idea at all of the performance of the M scaler. Millions, or billions of taps using the wrong algorithm simply gives you the wrong result. The WTA algorithm is the only one that is designed (from theory and optimised with thousands of listening tests) to reconstruct the timing of transients with the minimum error. And the SQ and musicality of a filter is all down to the successful reconstruction of the timing of transients.
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