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Am I deaf?

Hello all,
Just got a Chord Qutest to use as an outboard dac with my Oppo BD 105. Connected the Chord to the Oppo coax out with an Audioquest Carbon coax cable. $2100 for the Qutest including the cable! I'm not hearing it. I think the Oppo dac may sound a bit better than the Chord. Tried all the filters. Am I nuts?
Ben
honashagen
honashagen OP
87 posts
 
Oh boy. Out of my price range. Thanks for the reply.
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viridian
4,184 posts
 
Just idly speculating, but it may take more than five minutes to break in.
mzkmxcv
558 posts
 
Oppo has very good DACs, so you aren’t deaf, a cream of the crop $200 DAC and cream of the crop $20,000 DAC sound more similar than you might believe.
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
Break in may be an issue, make sure you leave it playing for about 2-4 days. :)
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
I just looked at the Qutest.

On the low end, check out the Topping DX3. I'm listing to it now on my PC. Otherwise, Mytek Brooklyn is probably going to be a lot more DAC for the money.
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