Chord Dave and lInear power supply

@shkong78

Thanks for sharing and Congratulations on improving the performance of your DAC. Looks like one hell of a upgrade to a subpar stock power supply. And if I may say so at a bargain price of €3K.

One thing you didn’t report, are you using stock power cords or did you upgrade PC’s on Farad power supplies? If yes, did you hear further improvements?

Honestly, I am bit surprised to see the quality of stock power supply in a DAC of this stature. At $14K entry point, one would think you are getting a robust power supply. I hope folks at Chord are astute enough to improve the existing power supply in future models.

“I’m a big believer in a good power supply”
@carlsbad

I share your beliefs 💯 . I am sure the stock power supply performs well but until you have compared a modified Dave with Farad PS side by side, you do not know what you’re missing out. That Farad PS upgrade looks impressive in every conceivable way. When I was shopping for my ultimate DAC, power supply and master clock implementation was right up there along with SQ. My DAC have both standard power supply and external power supply options, you can guess which option I end up with :-)

Even though you’re very satisfied with stock power supply, I highly recommend you consider the Farad upgrade.

@rshad0000

Congrats on the PSU upgrade. I think the ‘brightness’ should whittle away once they are fully broken (settled) in your amazing system. It’s been a while, let’s catch up soon; perhaps over an audition at my place or yours.

PS: I have a PC that you may like without leaving a big hole in your pocket :-)