[Clive101]

Hopefully the new Mscaler will not need ferrites.....

Most likely the TT2 with Mscaler will out perform stand alone Dave for the same price point approx and have more power to drive headphones what a dilemma.....! I feel Dave2 with more power will be coming shortly.....

 

[Triode User]

Hopefully the new Mscaler will not need ferrites.....

Most likely the TT2 with Mscaler will out perform stand alone Dave for the same price point approx and have more power to drive headphones what a dilemma.....! I feel Dave2 with more power will be coming shortly.....

Rob has always maintained that Blu2 doesn't 'need' ferrites and that they are just fine tuning. I suspect that many owners do indeed just use it without ferrites just exactly as Chord demonstrate it at hifi shows.

Regarding a Dave 2, he has consistently said of recent times that he is not anywhere near beginning to think about a Dave 2. I suspect that after the new MScaler launch his attention will go to the digital amps and that is what the current Dave will team up with to give power hungry systems some real grunt. The sound of the Dave is still the best available and the addition of standalone digital amps will leapfrog the combined performance well above TT2.

Of course only RW and JF really know.

 

[musicday]

Not only that Hugo TT 2 is a high end piece of audio gear, but one can totally use it for many years and still have plenty of performance, so worth the investment. 3 days left until we can all hear it.

 

[Clive101]

Rob has always maintained that Blu2 doesn't 'need' ferrites and that they are just fine tuning. I suspect that many owners do indeed just use it without ferrites just exactly as Chord demonstrate it at hifi shows.

Regarding a Dave 2, he has consistently said of recent times that he is not anywhere near beginning to think about a Dave 2. I suspect that after the new MScaler launch his attention will go to the digital amps and that is what the current Dave will team up with to give power hungry systems some real grunt. The sound of the Dave is still the best available and the addition of standalone digital amps will leapfrog the combined performance well above TT2.

Of course only RW and JF really know.

Yes indeed, Mscaler may not need ferrites according to Rob but when I had blu2 on test with my Dave I had a 50 % increase with one type of interconnects I used, which no doubt will cost more than the Mscaler ( as yet the cost of the Mscaler is unknown ) so was trying to get the added benefit of using ferrites or possibly one of your set of cables without the added cost of the cables I used.

But like I said Rob may have addressed this hopefully......... as for me it is not a fine tune as I found out with USB and BNC cables .......

Strange thing I got so much more with these cables it's not fine tuning for me but others may not experience the difference I did so I guess it's YMMV.

The Sound of Dave vs TT2 with Mscaler debatable perhaps, I think we will have to wait and see but I am leading towards the TT2 with Mscaler for headphones that like the extra power, but again Dave works well with my LCD4 as is.

As I see it the TT2 - Mscaler should perhaps get near of better Dave's performance in some aspects and perhaps cheaper......... but Dave-Mscaler perfect for me, lets see what happens on Saturday....?

I guess the extra power in the TT2 has something to do with the new digital amps...?

Anyone fancy meeting up at CamJam....?

 

[musicday]

I will be at CanJam and we can talk about anything if you are interested

 

[Triode User]

Yes indeed, Mscaler may not need ferrites according to Rob but when I had blu2 on test with my Dave I had a 50 % increase with one type of interconnects I used, which no doubt will cost more than the Mscaler ( as yet the cost of the Mscaler is unknown ) so was trying to get the added benefit of using ferrites or possibly one of your set of cables without the added cost of the cables I used.

But like I said Rob may have addressed this hopefully......... as for me it is not a fine tune as I found out with USB and BNC cables .......

Strange thing I got so much more with these cables it's not fine tuning for me but others may not experience the difference I did so I guess it's YMMV.

The Sound of Dave vs TT2 with Mscaler debatable perhaps, I think we will have to wait and see but I am leading towards the TT2 with Mscaler for headphones that like the extra power, but again Dave works well with my LCD4 as is.

As I see it the TT2 - Mscaler should perhaps get near of better Dave's performance in some aspects and perhaps cheaper......... but Dave-Mscaler perfect for me, lets see what happens on Saturday....?

I guess the extra power in the TT2 has something to do with the new digital amps...?

Anyone fancy meeting up at CamJam....?

I'm wavering about going to CamJam . . . .

I was merely reporting what Rob's line is about the need for ferrites (ie fine tuning). I agree that for me as well it is way more than fine tuning and is a fundamental improvement to the MScaler sound but it's one of those things that if you haven't had the possible improvement demonstrated then you don't know it is there. And then there is the YMMV thing as you rightly point out.

 

[paul2qute]

OK so are we all going to have a guess on price, I reckon M scaler will be £2495.Everyone chips in for the winner and buys him or her the M scaler fair?Just so everyone knows I don't have any inside information, let the game begin

 

[miketlse]

That's got to be the M scaler in the middle covered up.Not long for all you lot going to the show to find out, how exciting wish I was going

Certainly too big to be the 2Go, so i guess it is the M Scaler.
I don't remember the 2Go even being mentioned, which seemed strange to me.

 

[LeoKane]

I don’t think it’s an M-Scaler I think it maybe Rob’s Analogue to Digital Converter called DAVINA. Does look suspiciously Hugo TT size though so maybe I’m wrong!!

 

[emrelights1973]

Why we need analog Digital converter?

 

[musicday]

OK so are we all going to have a guess on price, I reckon M scaler will be £2495.Everyone chips in for the winner and buys him or her the M scaler fair?Just so everyone knows I don't have any inside information, let the game begin

If that's definitely the M-scaler i believe it will cost around £3995 since is high end technology only available from Chord Electronics.

 

[miketlse]

I will maintain the list of guesses for the M-Scaler price:

@paul2qute £2495
@AndrewH13 £2999
@musickid £3750
@musicday £3995
@Clive101 £3995
@snk8699 £3996
@miketlse £4495
@flummoxed £4995
@ZappaMan £5000
@miksu8 £6995

 

[flummoxed]

I will maintain the list of guesses for the M-Scaler price:

@paul2qute £2495
@musicday £3995
@miketlse £4495

I hope i'm wrong but I suspect £4,995

 

[paul2qute]

Don't forget the chord blu has a built in CD player as well and is the same price as Dave, I think without the CD player it will be significantly cheaper

 

[AndrewH13]

I will maintain the list of guesses for the M-Scaler price:

@paul2qute £2495
@musicday £3995
@miketlse £4495
@flummoxed £4995

You missed my £2999.
Oh, it might of been in Blu2 thread. This scaler is kind of inbetween threads!