DAC options, Chord 2qute, Qutest, Audiolab M-DAC+

[Barwell1992]

Hi Everyone.

I currently had a Beresford Caiman SEG that’s been superclocked by Stan and runs for his dorado PSU.

However looking for an upgrade and something more wife friendly (either on all the time or on/off by remote)

So my short list is as follows
Chord 2qute
Audiolab M-DAC +

Or I could stretch to a Chord Qutest..

What’s people’s recommendations?

Fed Qobuz by a Bluesound Node over coax.

[Ali Tait]

Secondhand Mytek Brooklyn. Excellent dac imo, and a real box of tricks.

[Barwell1992]

Secondhand Mytek Brooklyn. Excellent dac imo, and a real box of tricks.

Too expensive unfortunately, budget is around £500 used or £1000 new.

[Scorps]

Have got a Chord hugo 2 spare at mo still got 18 months warranty was hoping for 1200 for it but might drop a bit.

[Firebottle]

Topping D70 or D90. D70 owners are extremely pleased with theirs.

I have ordered a D90 and can report back when I have it.

[PaulBarnett]

RME ADI-2 Dac. In my case, a worthwhile upgrade from the SEG. But not earth-shattering. You might reasonably decide that the SEG is good enough.

[StanleyB]

Why not get your SEG upgraded with the latest mods from me first? You'll be amazed how big the improvement would be. See the various threads about those mods in the Beresford Banter section.

[friendly]

The Denafrips Ares has transformed my digital playback.

[mannypr551]

Denafrips ares ..

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[Mr.Ian]

I moved from a Beresford to an Audiolab M to a Young Dac to a Topping D50 and then back to the Young Dac. Might be worth seeing if any one near you could bring something round ( obviously not now or the Corvid Police will be on you) for you to try.

I think the Topping might be a big surprise for very little cash.

[Barwell1992]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone.

[Barwell1992]

Why not get your SEG upgraded with the latest mods from me first? You'll be amazed how big the improvement would be. See the various threads about those mods in the Beresford Banter section.


Hi Stan, its not that the DAC isn't performing, is very good especially with the super clock mods, however the problem is my wife doesn't what to have to turn on the power supply wait for it to charge and then turn on the dac, she wants it all to work from the Logitech harmony remote. if it wasn't for that I'd be keeping it.

[macspur]

Used to own the Audiolab M DAC+ which is a very good piece of kit, but find the RME ADI2 better and at a reasonable price.
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[Ninanina]

I've had a few Dacs, Beresford, Chord Hugo and an Audio Note Dac 1.1x Signature.... by far the best was the Audio Note

I found the Beresford so so and the Hugo was just so annoying to use but the AN was lovely... I owned the AN for years and I'd still own it if I didn't have the 383....