I used to own a Chord Qutest. Now I own a Chord DAVE and M-Scaler. I own other DACs too. Two years ago at AXPONA, one of my favorite rooms was the Border Patrol room. The Border Patrol DAC just has a natural engaging sound to it. Very easy to listen to. I love Chord products for all their attributes, particularly around detail retrieval. But the Chord DACs are very different from the Border Patrol. Subsequent, to the AXPONA above, I purchase a used Border Patrol SE-i DAC. I like this DAC very much and it is a keeper in my collection. I think it’s attractiveness may at least in part be related to it being different than a lot of DACs on the market.
DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest?
I had a thread about CD transports hijacked by a member who insisted that I had to ditch the Border Patrol before doing anything else in my system. No idea how he landed on the Chord, but he did.
So, here you are... a place to stomp some more on the Border Patrol and praise the Chord... lol.