Bought the Chord Qutest. Love it. Hate the power supply.


Everything about this DAC is incredible except for the dinky power supply. I wondered if others didn't like it, so I Googled it and noticed that people were upgrading and noticing a sonic difference!

I am not interested in spending much money, but I would like to replace it with something that is an improvement for my ears and my peace of mind. 

Any suggestions?>

128x128nickrobotron

Very confusing post. If everything is incredible, why worry about the power supply? Did you mean that the sound was lacking, not incredible, and you were interested in improving the sound?

Since it seems to be considered to be a good value, I’m guessing that the power supply is of a modern design and a much better low noise switching supply than you find on lesser devices.  If this is true, you might need a more expensive linear power supply to hear an improvent.  All LPS are not created equally.

@vonhelmholtz

Exactomundo.

What part of "sounds good, looks suspect" are we supposed to worry about?

decent 5v lps are common, not too expensive, easily attainable, and worth it, for the qutest in my experience