Anybody here upgrade from Chord Qutest DAC"

i too started with the lowest chords (mojo, 2qute, qutest) and then found great satisfaction from the m scaler/hugo tt2 combo which i have kept

chord dacs have a certain sound (vast yet precise imaging, energetic, see-through in clarity, perhaps a touch lean in the lower ones, gaining increasing richness of tone and bass weight as one moves up) and if they match up to your system needs they bring tremendous joy and articulation and sense of realism to a good system

Qutest with M-Scaler gets close to the Hugo TT2 plus M-Scaler filter length 1,064,960 divided by 1,114,112 =95%.

that is definitely one way to think about it, but it would be rather incomplete... the hugo tt2 has a significantly better output stage (leaving aside driving headphones) and power supply -- i had the qutest and hugo tt2 simultaneously (along with the m scaler), and the sonic advantage afforded by the hugo tt2 over the qutest was substantial in my system, mostly in a more relaxed yet resolving nature of the sound, added midrange warmth and bass weight, and imaging size and most notably, depth