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Article: Chord Electronics Qutest DAC Review


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Interesting review, thanks, but being  “picky” I take issue with some of the contextual points made:

 

“Now, my normal “reference” DAC is a Schiit Yggdrasil v.2 and it sounds generally better than most DACs in it’s price range, but the Hugo 2 is more expensive and with its almost 50,000 filter coefficients (taps), it should have vastly better performance than the Yggy. That being the case, I wasn’t too surprised that my buddy’s Hugo 2 bested my Yggy”

 

Is this a fair and objective comparison?  In the UK at least the Hugo 2 is actually £500 cheaper  than the Yggy and the Hugo2 looks to be around same price as Yggy in US.

 

Also Rob Watts’s FGPA DACs for Chord didn’t start with the Dave in 2015 but the DAC64 in the late nineties;   the Hugo also preceded Dave and, unless I’ve misunderstood the point being made,  the Hugo TT /TT2 does  include a headphone amp.

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