[thisisvv]

Teac 10, toslink, dac component is disable.

Look for cd or transport with toslink.

Mbl 1621 is one of the world best, worked very well with chord dac64 II during my crazy day.

Too expensive for me...

 

[foot tapper]

Hi guys, I have a chord dave and a friend was kind enough to loan me a chord Mscaler to try out. My source is a USB cable from my SOTM to the mscaler. The mscaler is connected to the dave using dual BNCs. I am choosing USB as the input on the mscaler and BNC 1 as the input on the Dave. On the Dave, it says D BNC1. When I play music, I am hearing some ticks and pops. What am I doing incorrectly here? Any advice is appreciated.

PS: I also tried using inputs 3 & 4, same issue. I also tried eliminating the SOTM out of the equation and plugged in my Intel NUC directly to the chord mscaler, still the issue is happening

Sorry to read that you are having these pops too. I have had it with a brand new DAVE and M Scaler bought a few months ago.
Best to contact your Chord dealer. The M Scaler is fine but my DAVE needed some TLC back at the factory. Apparently there is a small batch of DAVEs that suffer from these micro drop outs due to one small batch of a component that is within spec, yet somehow trips up when DAVE is fed by an M Scaler via dual BNC.

The weird thing for us was that this only happened when feeding M Scaler via USB. All was fine via toslink input. It was a bugger to track down the root cause, as we had to eliminate every other component in the server, network and streamer to narrow it down.

Still, Chord were great about it and there are no longer any pops or clicks anymore.

Hope this helps, FT

 

[endre83]

Is it important if the M-Scaler gets fed via Asio or Wasapi when using Roon on a windows laptop?

 

[iamoneagain]

So now I’ve gone down the rabbit hole on cables. I swapped out the stock usb cable with an optical Chord cable company one. Using the mscaler auto input and switching with roon, I was easily able to tell the difference. It’s actually same differences I heard when I just had my Chord Hugo 2. The bass has more impact and bloom and the music has more weight to it. Vocals are a little more prominent. So sticking with optical now.

I also have the Blue Jean bnc cables coming on Monday. At this rate my Focal’s will have a new headphone cable.

So sadly this tells me there is always room for small improvements. But for me, I’m not willing spend large amounts of money to get the last 1%.

Edit: Chord Cable Company is not related to Chord. And I already had this cable on hand.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Has anybody tried using the ifi iPurifier 2 with the Mscaler power supply? Also, what about changing the 2-prong AC cable going into the power supply do a shielded cable?

 

[naynay]

what about changing the 2-prong AC cable going into the power supply do a shielded cable?

Shunyata - Venom V14 Digital - C7

 

[musickid]

 

[jarnopp]

Has anybody tried using the ifi iPurifier 2 with the Mscaler power supply? Also, what about changing the 2-prong AC cable going into the power supply do a shielded cable?

I use the ifI DC Purifier 2 with the TT2 and feel it provides an improvement. I don’t own the mScaler (yet) so cant comment on that.

 

[muski]

So now I’ve gone down the rabbit hole on cables. I swapped out the stock usb cable with an optical Chord cable company one. Using the mscaler auto input and switching with roon, I was easily able to tell the difference. It’s actually same differences I heard when I just had my Chord Hugo 2. The bass has more impact and bloom and the music has more weight to it. Vocals are a little more prominent. So sticking with optical now.

I also have the Blue Jean bnc cables coming on Monday. At this rate my Focal’s will have a new headphone cable.

So sadly this tells me there is always room for small improvements. But for me, I’m not willing spend large amounts of money to get the last 1%.

Edit: Chord Cable Company is not related to Chord. And I already had this cable on hand.

I tried this and found the same, and often connect M Scaler to my Devialet D800 by Toslink. For my M Scaler + DAVE I went a step further and got an Opto-DX. It’s got all the benefits of optical without the loss of resolution. Very compelling.

Be well.

muski

 

[naynay]

Thought i would dig out my old Chromecast audio as i wanted to listen to some live streams running through my M Scaler into Dave.I used the Supra ZAC Fibre Optic Mini TosLink cable and i must say this player punches well above.

 

[endre83]

Is there any way to combine 2go -hugo2 - and m-scaler?

 

[Mediahound]

Is there any way to combine 2go -hugo2 - and m-scaler?

I don't think so since the M Scaler doesn't do wireless.

 

[andrewd01]

Is there any way to combine 2go -hugo2 - and m-scaler?

The 2yu is what you need to use 2go with m- scaler. Theres a whole thread about it in the computer audio section.

 

[endre83]

Is the USB cable included to connect source with the M-Scaler?

I do not see it listed on the chord homepage..

 

[mt-hifidelity]

I'm looking forward to the 2yu and comparing it with my ultraRendu as a source for the Mscaler. I don't think its shipping in the USA yet.