[Triode User]

I shipped a pair of tubes to the States earlier this month with DHL…utter catastrophe.

I ship stuff to the States every week with DHL. They are very reliable and normally it gets there in 2 or 3 days.

What was the problem with your shipment?

 

[Powersquat]

Ah yes, I have bought all of my Chord gear from Fanthorpes over many years and they are a good dealer.

Indeed I first heard the Innuos Statement in their room at the North West Audio show a few years ago when they did a similar demo hot switching between different streamers in the same system. It was a very compelling demonstration.

As it happens Sean Jacobs telephoned me this afternoon to have a chat and we talked about that demo with the two Statements. I think Sean always finds it interesting to hear the fruits of his designs because he designs as an engineer and does not rely on listening to sway his design. Indeed I think the first time he had heard his ARC6 power supply was when he came to my house and heard it powering my Dave.

I always try to deal with Marc whenever possible, in fact he's due to bring the new Luxman M10X down to me on Thursday, almost a 600 mile round trip for him, that's great customer service.

I'm seriously leaning towards the Arc6 over the Farad 3 box unit, a longer lead time and more expensive, but I feel it's the more elegant solution and certainly shouldn't lack anything in performance.

 

[Powersquat]

@Powersquat - yes.... Marc at Fanthorpes HiFi is an awesome guy and his Customer Service is outstanding. I recommend anyone in the UK to get in touch with him for their Audio requirements.

I can only amplify your sentiments, dealing with Marc Fanthorpe is a real pleasure, honesty, integrity and knowledgable are so important, and thankfully he's a really nice guy to boot.

 

[Icenine2]

Dave arrived yesterday and hooked it up today w/MScaler. It is spectacular. Just about 5 hours on it. Sounds incredilble.
I still haven't figured out if there's a display Dim or not.
Now I can work on a new Espresso Machine/Grinder setup!

 

[Somatic]

Dave arrived yesterday and hooked it up today w/MScaler. It is spectacular. Just about 5 hours on it. Sounds incredilble.
I still haven't figured out if there's a display Dim or not.
Now I can work on a new Espresso Machine/Grinder setup!

Put it in Display 4 and it will turn off after a few seconds

 

[Icenine2]

Thanks. I have no idea how to put it in different display modes.

 

[Icenine2]

The older versions have all these options on remote. New is five buttons

 

[Reactcore]

The older versions have all these options on remote. New is five buttons

You cant do more with the old remote on Dave..it has buttons for other components.. even a TV..

Of its 45 buttons i only use its standby one actually Its the reason Chord changed it i guess

 

[Triode User]

Thanks. I have no idea how to put it in different display modes.

Use the silver small button on the DAVE at 6 O’clock position under teh main volume knob. Press it repeatedly until the Display options is highlighted. Then use the 3 O’clock small button to scroll through until you get Display 4 showing. Thats it. Leave it alone and it will set to that after a few seconds.

 

[alxw0w]

And make sure that headphones are disconnected from Dave.
Otherwise screen option in setting is not visible.

 

[Triode User]

You cant do more with the old remote on Dave..it has buttons for other components.. even a TV..

Of its 45 buttons i only use its standby one actually Its the reason Chord changed it i guess

Haha, well I never use standby so I don’t use that button on the remote. However I do use the volume control on the remote all the time.

 

[Rob Watts]

I can only assume from the above that distance and optical connections between the Dave and mScaler work. Distance is a free upgrade, but really only possible with optical connections. Has any one tried 4 or 5 metre dual BNC cables?

5m BNC to BNC cables work fine - they perhaps sounded slightly better than 2m (regular quality 75 ohm cables), certainly no worse.

Talking of 5m, @Chester Rockwell recently messaged me that a 5m (yes five metres) of KableDirekt Toslink/Toslink plastic fibre cable worked perfectly with 192k. Intrigued I bought a set, and indeed it worked perfectly on my scaler. Moreover, it sounded identical to the 2m glass fibre Lifatec cable I use. Pretty amazing that a 5m £9.50 plastic fibre works perfectly at 192k. They also sell a 15m one - perhaps getting that to work at 192k is a step too far...

 

[Reactcore]

5m BNC to BNC cables work fine - they perhaps sounded slightly better than 2m (regular quality 75 ohm cables), certainly no worse.

Talking of 5m, @Chester Rockwell recently messaged me that a 5m (yes five metres) of KableDirekt Toslink/Toslink plastic fibre cable worked perfectly with 192k. Intrigued I bought a set, and indeed it worked perfectly on my scaler. Moreover, it sounded identical to the 2m glass fibre Lifatec cable I use. Pretty amazing that a 5m £9.50 plastic fibre works perfectly at 192k. They also sell a 15m one - perhaps getting that to work at 192k is a step too far...

It seems distance is not so much the limiting factor.. but tight fit and alignment of the plug is..

Are you using those to keep Mscaler at a distance?

 

[Rob Watts]

It seems distance is not so much the limiting factor.. but tight fit and alignment of the plug is..

Are you using those to keep Mscaler at a distance?

No I got the 2m Lifatec for ease of usage within my lab. And I got the 5m KableDirekt to see if it would work. But 5m might be useful on recording sessions.

 

[thunder 99]

Any idea when the DAVE2 will be out guys?