+1 @jjss49 ... this guy knows his DACs!
Chord DACs .. who has moved across to them from R-2R based DACs ?
It seems that Chord DACs are becoming very popular - I’m looking to try the Chord Qutest at some point but wonder if anyone here has moved across to Chord from so called "musical" R-2R DACs like the following:
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- SW1X
- Schiit
- Audio Note
- Lampizator
- Mojo Audio
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jjss49 So which way did you go? R-2R to Chord or Chord to R-2R? Or in fact a totally different direction? Certainly your description of Chord having PRAT (which is what we all want) and no grain is I think and excellent endorsement over warmth and body if I were to choose. |
@hilde45 @arafiq thanks for your nice compliments... i try to be of service where i have the knowledge and experience to share 😇 @chopandchange i still have multiple dacs i keep (i am off-the-deep-end with equipment, been at this hobby/sickness for decades, enjoy variety, and am a shameless hoarder to boot) i use a 2qute in a secondary system (does what the qutest does pretty much to my ear, for less $), and i've the hugo tt2/m-scaler as one of my main system dacs (though it is a damn expensive combo...) -- i have also kept a number of r2r dacs, from mhdt, audio mirror and sonnet - which frankly, i listen to more often than the chord combo you can search my old posts in the digital section, somewhere few months back i posted a list of what dacs i have tried, kept and sold off... looong-ass list 🤣 -- ’tis what happens when covid locks you in the house for a year... |
I moved from the: Metrum Octave (NOS)-> Chord 2qute (FPGA)-> Schitt Yggdrasil (R2R)-> Teac NT-505(DAC/Streamer)(OS) The R2R and NOS DACs that I had were definitely more organic sounding versus the Chord which was laser precise and detailed. I missed the warmth and analogue sound of the Metrum after buying the Chord then when I moved to the Yggdrasil which was very good but I believe that not feeding it balanced in and out didn't allow me to get the best from it. The Teac basically bridges the gap - it's natural and organic sounding but it also nails tone and has lots of detail. The only DAC that I've owned that I miss is the Metrum - it wasn't perfect but man was it fantastic at doing what it did well. I've flipped quite a few DACs now and although architecture is important I believe that there is a lot more to it than saying that one particular method is better than the rest. |
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