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Chord Qutest

I am about to settle on a Chord Qutest based on the reviews but I have not seen any review on its RELIABILITY.

A few buyers have complained that after a few months, it has stopped working for them.

Has anyone had such an experience and/or has anyone had one for longer than about 3-4 years who can vouch for its reliability ?

Thanks

 

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jjss49
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exceptionally reliable and well made

just be careful if you mess with aftermarket linear power supplies, wrong voltage can fry the unit (as me how i know hahaha ... not a reliability issue, i goofed...)

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cakyol OP
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Thanks for all your answers.  Appreciated.

janehamble
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Completely reliable.  Absolutely get an aftermarket PS such as SBooster and steer clear of the USB input.  Toslink is my preference.  These two factors transform the Qutest.

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Qutest is a very nice dac. I had no issues with it and it sounded great.

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cakyol OP
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Putting a twist on this and to save a bundle ($725 for mojo 2 instead of $1500 for qutest), has anyone tried a Mojo2 and feed its headphone output to a power amplifier (or a pre-amplifier) ?  I understand that the headphone amplifier is now in the middle but since it is said to be of great quality, can anyone really detect a degradation ?

Has anyone actually tried this ?

I must admit I like the fact that Mojo2 includes tone controls which Qutest does not.

Thanks

 

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