what nature of sonic improvement is sought with an upgrade from the qutest? the qutest is excellent
Chord Qutest Upgrade
I'm sure this horse has been beaten to death, but.....
My system
Lumin u1 mini feeding
Chord Qutest dac (with external power supply) feeding
PrimaLuna evo3000 integrated amp feeding
Golden Ear Triton 1r
Interconnects and speaker wire are Synergistic Research
Audioquest and cullen power cables
I really like R2R dacs. I'm thinking time for 2 upgrades
add Sbooster to u1 mini and obtain a new DAC
So...... what R2R dac and why, would like to keep it under 4k
Candidates:
Gustard R30
Denafrips Venus 15
Laiv Harmony with uDDC clock
any others?
THANKS
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I just figured after all these years, new R2R dacs must sound better? I do love my Qutest, but maybe a bigger soundstage? And on some recordings I feel even on warm setting is a bit bright and i have speakers with powered subwoofer built in . For instance, I've heard the legendary Chord Dave and did not like it at all. Thanks for feedback |
I had lumin u1 mini paired with the Qutest. You can improve the sonics by using a better USB cable. I’m pretty certain it will make more difference than adding sbooster. I used Audience Studio One and it made a huge improvement. |
@mlapenta hopefully this thread will save you and everyone else some time as this thread is along the same lines... https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dac-recommendations-under-7k
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