Blake Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 hour ago, audiophile911 said: Just as an example: https://www.audio “science” review/forum/index.php?threads/new-optical-ethernet-streamer-from-sonore-systemoptique-sopt.7479/ Is it surprising I'm confused and skeptical? Very frustrating!!! Why should I have to go to the expense and hassle of buying everything, rewiring my house just so I can test this?? Then reviews (who get all the gear for free to test) say -we'll you have to trust your own ears! Do you trust your ears, mostly trust your ears, tepidly trust your ears or completely distrust your ears and believe measurements tell you everything you need to know about how something will sound? If you tend to fall more toward the former group, and you have an interest in experimenting, then there are lots of choices and options at different price points, and you should buy and try in your own home to find what sounds best to you (and there are lots of threads here on Audiophilestyle to help guide and inform). If you tend to fall more toward the latter group, buy whatever audio gear measures best for the least amount of money (you will also very much enjoy the ASR site). buonassi 1 Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | Revel subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
Blake Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 7:08 PM, davide256 said: the Qutest remedies all of these, is designed for main system use. I haven't auditioned a Qutest yet but based on its reviews, newer design and the pleasing results I'm getting from the Mojo, I expect the Qutest to perform even better and integrate properly as main system DAC that I can power with an LPS 1.2 I recently had Mojo and Qutest in my main system. Your expectations will be met and then some. Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | Revel subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
Popular Post Blake Posted June 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 I have been using the stock power supply with my Qutest in my system at work over the last year. I brought the Qutest home this weekend to try running it with my Uptone LPS-1. I really enjoy my Qutest with stock supply in my work system. However, in my much more revealing home system, the Qutest with the stock supply was a big let down from my Terminator. Sure it sounded nice and if I hadn't been used to the performance of the Terminator, I might have enjoyed it. But frankly, with the Qutest and stock supply I just didn't want to listen. The magic was gone. I then swapped in the Uptone LPS-1. Big difference- not subtle! The LPS-1 is so much better than the stock power supply with the Qutest. Some of the Terminator magic is back and I wanted to listen to music. The Qutest/LPS-1 is definitely not at the level of performance of the Terminator, but it is so much better now with the LPS-1 in place. Superdad, jos, Middy and 2 others 2 1 2 Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | Revel subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
Blake Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Tweaks to Qutest: My personal experience is that adding a Denafrips Gaia DDC, as well as an Uptone LPS to Qutest was rather large. I'd even say 'transformative' (on a audio enthusiast scale). davide256 1 Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | Revel subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
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