Chord DAVE Review w/ Upscale Audio's Kat Ourlian and Chord's digital design consultant, Rob Watts

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Chord DAVE Review w/ Upscale Audio's Kat Ourlian and Chord's digital design consultant, Rob Watts

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@railwaystationmaster 8 ай бұрын

Superbly informative with a relaxed approach , totally absorbing , really looking forward for the Chord Choral upscaler to take audio performance into the stratosphere !

@jeffreypicciolo7706 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding interview. Intelligent, and insightful. Kat hit it out of the park again....and Kat is a whole lot easier on the eyes than Kevin.

@bshah4831 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful conversation

@DBravo29er Жыл бұрын

Great hearing from Rob. He's the John Curl of DAC design.

@KeithDins Жыл бұрын

I own the DAVE+MScaler with DCS Stealth. Perfect

@sebastiantomita5956 Жыл бұрын

She remembered the questions Rob Watts asked her to ask him almost perfectly!

@barney6888 Жыл бұрын

I have no idea, or frankly care about, what that man's talking about. Kat, I can listen to all day.

@jimzazenski6303 Жыл бұрын

having had Simaudio/Moon, PS Audio DSD (Ted Smith and Rob have to be related somewhere in time....) and now the DAVE with the Chord Upscaler......buying both at a killer price preowned - I could not be more thrilled. Frankly, I'd probably still feel the same had I bought new - in my system, it's that overwhelmingly great. Bravo Chord and BRAVO Kat.

@datka3 Жыл бұрын

I’m Dave and had Dave for 5 years best DAC , did not know about optical being reference

@newdevilman1167 Жыл бұрын

Go, Kat! Go, Rob! Go DAVE!!

@mephistoGR Жыл бұрын

Kat's a star, should be in the movies. Nice DAC too.

@Maraxius Жыл бұрын

I want one of those neon valve wall art pieces I see in the background! I wonder if it's a stock product, or a custom job?

@audiophoolz9413 Жыл бұрын

$14k for that lol. "There's a sucker born every minute."

@mikeg2491 10 ай бұрын

Only suckers buy anything like this new. I got mine for $8k gently used. Is the cost insane, yes. Did it blow my eyeballs hearing it after even hearing $500-$1000 DACs, yes. I figure people will pay $3-$4k for a TOTL gaming PC that is outdated in 5 years. If you’re a music fan $8k for something that will last me a decade and get way more playtime than a PC is worth it, to me, yes. Everyone has different priorities on their hobbies, I wear goodwill clothing while people pay $100 for one shirt which adds up.

@mikeeygauthier2959 Жыл бұрын

Great preamp!!

@matthewhilty4209 Жыл бұрын

Its great to talk about chip design and all but other than balanced connections what sonic aspects would improve from my current Hugo2 with streaming module to a newer/higher end chord DAC on Qobuz thru Roon ?

@kentonkirkpatrick5225 Жыл бұрын

Kat brought her "A" game today!

@Acura1NSX 9 ай бұрын

No more like her "M" game.

@TheWusster Жыл бұрын

I love field programmable Gatorade. 😜

@allansh828 Жыл бұрын

what year is it? 🤔

@brianmoss5483 Жыл бұрын

Dave’s not here

@billa5289 Жыл бұрын

The Chord Karen or Becky would likely be too harsh on the top end. Listening fatigue would be instantaneous. 😎

@marshallhughes4514 Жыл бұрын

I see what you did here. Lol.

@thelastrhino2581 Жыл бұрын

The scary stuff is that all of these "thousands of listening tests" are all done by ONE person. Rob. He doesn't have a team, an engineering partner. It's all on him. He decides all this and he is what... 60? How amazing can his ears still be... think about it.

@ChrisMag100 Жыл бұрын

Have you heard one? I have. It’s really good, and I’m saying that as an owner of a Mola Mola Tambaqui. I prefer the Mola Mola but can respect what the Dave does in my system.

@GuiltyRocker Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMag100 Now this is a real answer.

@nicktan4530 4 ай бұрын

Chord dave sounds the same as topping d70 so no big deal

@amimartian Жыл бұрын

Anybody thinks, Chord's pushing for 'end-of-line' sales in lieu of a new DAC coming?

@ptg01 Жыл бұрын

$14K... hmmmmm....

@ptg01 Жыл бұрын

@@deepstate7264 Understood... I had the Rega Planar 10 and the $2K cartridge failed within 30 days..SMH...

@20puskinas1992 Жыл бұрын

@@deepstate7264 Brits made a ton of overpriced stuff that is built with cheap materials. Kef seems to be alright company.

@obibaddad1991 Жыл бұрын

$14K takes you all the way.

@99fulham99 Жыл бұрын

Why is there such a cheap and crappy power supply in such an expensive dac? Is this the reason it tests so poorly?

@adeadcrab Жыл бұрын

We all know it's from 2001: A Space Odyssey......

@slimfishguttz5688 Жыл бұрын

Overpriced. There’s better stuff out there, for less money.

@amimartian Жыл бұрын

Like?

@GuiltyRocker Жыл бұрын

That's what some tell themselves when they can't afford the DAVE, especially people that haven't listened to it.

@slimfishguttz5688 Жыл бұрын

@@GuiltyRocker Your comment is what people say when they believe the defining characteristic of their system is how much money was spent and need to believe that they spent wisely.

@DBravo29er Жыл бұрын

Gianna is correct. People who say they prefer their Corolla over a Porsche 911 can LITERALLY NEVER afford the 911. I've heard the DAVE extensively And, while I would not put it top of pack at its price point, it is still competitive. There's not a sub $8k DAC I've heard that can touch it ... And I've heard all the Topping, Gustard, SMSL, etc (all the ChiFi) currently on the market. None are close to the DAVE via ABX testing.

@GuiltyRocker Жыл бұрын

@@slimfishguttz5688 and your comment is what people tell themselves when they can't afford the equipment. Yup.

@ericdassen6549 5 ай бұрын

What a load of bullshit! ASR 😅

@Acura1NSX 9 ай бұрын

The audiophile lady wants to get into the "meat" of things... interesting.

@ACM1000000PT Жыл бұрын

is fun how Rob Watts is doing control damage after the technnical review of Chord dave.

@klewja Жыл бұрын

The Dave is eclipsed by many other dacs. I would go MSB or dCS before the dave. It is way overpriced now.

@ChrisMag100 Жыл бұрын

@@klewja Dave is good but I agree, the current pricing is crazy-town considering that it’s more expensive than a Tambaqui and doesn’t have a streaming endpoint.

@labalo5 Жыл бұрын

What dacs did the technical reviewer ever design? Oh that’s right nothing.

@GuiltyRocker Жыл бұрын

@@labalo5 exactly, it's just a KZfaq guy that never designed anything close to the DAVE and does his little tests with an AP55, but he doesn't show his console and on the cheap brands that bought him he goes easy on. Hilarious.

@GuiltyRocker Жыл бұрын

The fact that people go out of their way to try to shame the man tells you they are envious and he's doing great work. People love hating on people with beliefs and strong convictions.