Yep I think it's the two chips together as one (digital then analogue) for both left and right

The 4499EX is a new design which basically makes a separation of digital and analog circuitry, AK4191 for digital and AK4499EX for analogue

UK?

Two months on still waiting... Which retailers have these in stock and what's the price?

Does the Ifi Audio Zen DAC signature definitely come with the Ifi iPower X then?

What happened to the early January info?

Ifi Audio should, - Fix the audible clicking just before playing DSD files - Make Zen DAC signature available in the UK

Any news on the Ifi Audio Zen DAC Signature becoming available to buy in the UK?

and where can we get a balanced cable for speakers in the UK?

I have checked and UK amazon has nothing, ebay has a few but they are from China

Amazon.com is US, the ones on ebay or amazon.co.uk are coming from China as far as I can see

IS this definitely what is required? Can these be bought in the UK?

Thanks for this, my question is which cable or adaptor would i need to connect this DAC to XLR inputs of a preamp? Would it be a 4.4mm to Dual XLR Male Cable? and if so where would I possibly get this? Thanks

Any word on UK release/accessibility??

Macbook Pro 2015, 3.1Ghz intel core i7, 16gb memory,

Maybe, I know it's not system load, as I have a powerful machine with 16gb memory, what are the memory/CPU app(s) you are using there?

Currawong My mac does use USB3.0, I'm not sure of the cause but I know it was unacceptable playback using DSD128 & 256 using Mojo on a Mac OS X High Sierra. With regard to Native and DoP transmission on a mac, here's what Exasound said four years ago (2014) (the only DAC company I know who...

Ok so you are saying that this problem has been fixed over a year ago, meaning these dropouts are no longer an issue, but as the Chord Mojo came out before this point it does indeed have this problem with Mac and DSD128 & 256??

I realise this thanks, and use Audirvana 3 and HQ Player which allow for Native DSD playback (on OS X), which I agree allows for both DoP & Native DSD transmission (Exasound for instance). The problem, and many others confirm this, is that on a mac, using DoP with the Mojo (and other Chord...

Ok so this is the first time I am being told the Qutest supports Native DSD using an ASIO driver on Windows only, and will likely use DoP on a mac like the Mojo, meaning the audio drop out problems will likely remain. I asked on facebook but the answer was unclear,

Not very clear to be honest, a) I have used other DSD Dacs and they have not exhibited this drop outs problem, so surely it's the way the Mojo or Qutest works with OS X, rather than "the source sending faulty data", which implies it's somehow a problem with my mac or software or files, rather...

I think you are right, and the fact Chord all out refuse to answer my questions both here and on facebook suggests the Qutest, like the Mojo, will use DoP for Mac DSD transmission, (rather than native transmission with an ASIO driver) meaning the DSD128/256 drop outs issue will remain so I will...

Rob Watts, why are you ignoring my question? Does the Chord Qutest use native or DoP DSD transmission?

I don't understand how it can use Native DSD transmission without a driver on a mac? Surely either an ASIO driver is needed or the DSD is transmitted via DoP??