[dac64]

Not sure where to post but the MScaler thread is active so you guys can have my question. Any ideas what is coming?? This was just posted on FaceBook.

Davine

 

[Amberlamps]

My guess its an "Etude" monoblock or a Pre-Amp with DAC built in like the CPA ###

Yup, I think it’s something like that. For mortgage like prices.

 

[Amberlamps]

Davine

Look at the thing thats covered with cloth next to dave, you think Davina is that big ?

The only thing that Chord make that is that big is their Amps.

 

[dac64]

Look at the thing thats covered with cloth next to dave, you think Davina is that big ?

The only thing that Chord make that is that big is their Amps.

My hp didn't tell me there was a clothing next to the Dave!

I think their monster amp but I had seen this. Maybe it's his integrated bro!

 

[Amberlamps]

My hp didn't tell me there was a clothing next to the Dave!

I think their monster amp but I had seen this

Yeah, I never noticed it at first either, I went from dave to the text, but then I took another look and saw something big. I would hate to be the person who delivers or has to carry and put this into position. The first words that would come into my mind if I tried to lift it would be, What.

 

[miketlse]

Davine

It is only a couple of weeks since Rob posted that his prototype Davina failed to reach his planned performance level, so he was going to have to rewrite the filter code from scratch.

 

[Nik74]

That clothes covered thing to me looks like the surface where the new reference component might be presented upon , specially as the Dave in next to it ...

Actually Dave looks like it would barely fit on top of it lengthwise so my assumption is probably wrong

 

[Uncle Monty]

Since the MS can upsample 44.1KHz to 705.6KHz will it make any difference whether I feed it FLAC or WAV?

 

[apmusson]

I don't know if this is new but Chord have published a technical document from hificritic on their website that describes the theory behind m-scaler.

https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-c...7/The-theroy-behind-M-Scaler-technology-1.pdf

 

[x RELIC x]

Since the MS can upsample 44.1KHz to 705.6KHz will it make any difference whether I feed it FLAC or WAV?

Shouldn’t matter the format using lossless codecs.

 

[Uncle Monty]

Next question - if the MS will upsample 44.1KHz to either 88.2KHz, 176.4KHz or 705.6KHz, why or when would you choose 88.2 or 176.4 over the full bhuna 705.6 i.e. why not dispense with the green and blue and just go straight to white?

 

[seaice]

Next question - if the MS will upsample 44.1KHz to either 88.2KHz, 176.4KHz or 705.6KHz, why or when would you choose 88.2 or 176.4 over the full bhuna 705.6 i.e. why not dispense with the green and blue and just go straight to white?

E.g. for devices/DACs not supporting the full 705.6KHz.

 

[Uncle Monty]

E.g. for devices/DACs not supporting the full 705.6KHz.

I get that - what I mean is if you ramp it up to 'white' it will output the max KHz possible for the output / device you are using, whether that be 88.2 or 705.6 or whatever. For example, if you fed the MS 44.1 and took an optical out from the MS to an amplifier the MS would max out at 176.4 whether you set it to Blue or White (white being 'no improvement' over blue in this case, according to the table). So why bother having blue and green, just set it to white and forget about it?

 

[AndrewOld]

I don't know if this is new but Chord have published a technical document from hificritic on their website that describes the theory behind m-scaler.

https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-c...7/The-theroy-behind-M-Scaler-technology-1.pdf

Interesting read. Especially the very last paragraph:

What are the perceived sound quality benefits? Watts says that the improved transient accuracy of the longer filter makes instrumental timbre clearer, tightens bass and “dramatically” opens up the soundstage. “After you’ve listened to the M Scaler”, he says, “it’s very difficult to listen to the Hugo TT2 or Dave.” And has his thirst for more filter taps now been sated? No: “My gut feeling is that we need to go further.”

So, does that mean a, say, 2 million tap M Scaler is in the works? And if so, might it end up in a DAVE style case?

 

[Mikey99]

I don't know if this is new but Chord have published a technical document from hificritic on their website that describes the theory behind m-scaler.

https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-c...7/The-theroy-behind-M-Scaler-technology-1.pdf

I stumbled across it as well recently. It is a good read.