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Chord Qutest

Help;

I just bought a Chord Qutest and have been playing for 2 days.

I’m finding it is very hard and sibilant
I have it on the orange/red filter that helps
I’m using the supplied cabling

Are the Chords sensitive to cabling or can this this be a break-in thing?

I’ve compared it to my Meridian Explorer2 & Playback Designs Merlot “ loaner” and it IS very hard sounding 

Jeff
frozentundra
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lowrider57
3,018 posts
 
I'm sure you are experiencing break-in. I owned a Chord Qute EX and it was one of the smoothest and organic sounding DACs I've heard for under $2000.
  Keep music or a break-in disk running thru it for about a week.


ricred1
1,412 posts
 
It's my understanding that Chord DACs are sensitive to power cords.
rshad0000
151 posts
 
I agree with ricred1.  I have a Chord Dave and found that it is very sensitive to power cords.
david12
1,398 posts
 
I'm interested in the Qutest too. I don't quite understand the discussion of power cables. I thought it had a micro USB power supply. There has been discussion of using upgraded power supplies, but the company is emphatic, that they will not help performance. Has the performance improved with time running in Jeff?
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