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Thread: Auralic Aries mini + Chord Qutest or Aries + Chord 2Qute

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    Join Date: Apr 2012

    Location: Swansea, UK

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    I'm Jayson.

    Default Auralic Aries mini + Chord Qutest or Aries + Chord 2Qute

    Can you please share your thoughts on which of these 2 combo will sound ‘better’ and best value for ££? I can’t afford both Aries and Qutest atm. Im currently using a basic Chord gem dac using laptop or bluetooth from Iphone. The Chord gem only accept usb and bluetooth. Thanks
    Musical Fidelity AMS 35i / Electrocompaniet EMC 1UP / Transrotor ZET 3 + Konstant M1 Ref. psu / Jelco TK-850S / Hana ML / Bigbottle mk3 phono stage / KEF Reference 3 / Auralic Mini / Chord Qutest / Isotek Aquarius / Sbooster mkII psu

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    Join Date: Jul 2013

    Location: Kingsbury, NW London

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    I'm Clive.

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    The Chord Qutest should be the goto dac. Will work brilliantly with the Aries Mini
    SOURCE:OPPO UDP-205 BluRay, SkyQ, Technics SL1210M5G/HexMat Eclipse/MN Bearing/Origin Live Gravity One puck/Isonoes with Boots/Jelco TK-850S Tonearm/Hana Umami Blue, PS Audio Stellar Phonostage. I also have an AT-OC9XSH as a spare cartridge.
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