Another video posted, not much about sound.
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Another video posted, not much about sound.
Looks like they are not starting with serial number 00001 then.
serial number 34357.....looking for a complete review soon
More glamor shots.
I wouldn't put much into this. There is no doubt that the source quality in clocking and power still matters when streaming to the Qutest, regardless of G.I.. Thus the reviewer was streaming from a noisy source to begin with, probably the same computer they used to upsample with HQP. Basically it says nothing, and if one was to use a lower power PC with good clocking and power, it would blow away the HQP upsampling/filtering, in bit perfect streaming, with a Chord DAC.thanks at last something interesting
I was a bit stunned by the reviewer's statements and comments
especially this: "Interestingly (I guess) the best I heard from the Qutest came when I wound up HQPlayer to DSD512 and fired bits at the Qutest at 22megabits per second - which goes completely against the official guidance from Chord/Watts. Maybe Rob would explain that I need the MScaler and a million taps instead."
I wouldn't put much into this. There is no doubt that the source quality in clocking and power still matters when streaming to the Qutest, regardless of G.I.. Thus the reviewer was streaming from a noisy source to begin with, probably the same computer they used to upsample with HQP. Basically it says nothing, and if one was to use a lower power PC with good clocking and power, it would blow away the HQP upsampling/filtering, in bit perfect streaming, with a Chord DAC.
Another video posted, not much about sound.
I haven't watched this video, but many demo videos are potentially misleading, in that the sound is recorded via a phone mike>converted to digital by the phone ADC>maybe converted further to a youtube compatible format> then when played back by phone/laptop/tablet, there is a further conversion by DAC, and potentially playback via crappy phone/tablet speakers.Just watched his updated video of demo tracks. Isn't this useless since the sound quality is only has good as what your system can get through Youtube?