The DAVE is a bit long in a tooth now. I’ve not tried it but it’s been uniformly praised. I had the Qutest and the Hugo TT2. Didn’t care much for the TT2. Liked the Qutest.
Are the Chord dacs still top tier being they are 10 years old now?
I was lookin at the Chord Dac Dave. I noticed it's around 10 years old now. I was talking to this one person and he said that there are dacs that sound just as good or better because they use more recent technology. Like Moon or a MSB discrete DAC would be better.
Has Chord remotely updated the Dave Dac through software to stay ahead of other Dacs that use more recent tech? I am confused how a 10 year old dac could still be better than it's more recent competitors?
All this being with a quality streamer of course for apples to apples.