Looking forwards to some over-ear time…
(Not everything is an IEM @pennstac 
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Welcome to the Chord family, @monochromios! Fun club to be in 
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Thanks mate.
Mojo has been my first ever DAC/amp many years ago.
I’ve had the chance to compare the Qutest with two others DAC in the last weeks and it brought me back to Chord.
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Mojo was my intro to this world, too! Still have it and love that little sucker 
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nice! I like halby cables too and nice to support local seattlelites too!
I had the Qutest into a Kenzie Encore, through a Preamp, and it caused a ground loop. I think because the Qutest isn’t grounded and the Ampsandsound are a bit iffy there sometimes, just happened. Ended up just grounding the Qutest, BNC to RCA adapter then a iFi Groundhog type thing.
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Sad to read this.
None of the problems you mentioned are occuring to me, luckily.
Some budget stuff for a change, well in-between to be precise: the CCA CRA.
Make some space for the bass!
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All the rage on Head-Fi. The new, default recommendation in the sub $50 segment.
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Just unpacked this baby for a bedroom setup, as I’ve started to really enjoy unwinding at the end of the day with music instead of the TV.
I had started off with a nice portable DAC, but between the USB-to-Apple camera kit dongle-to-ipad setup, not to mention the power kit for the DAC (and the power kit’s adapter to connect to the DAP), it was a massive tangle that took all the fun out of it. Thank goodness for generous return policies.
My DAP wasn’t a solution as it really doesn’t have the muscle to drive my non-commute headphones. Then I remembered about this beauty. I already have another Naim HE in the living room and it presented itself as a perfect solution.
I had to convince myself this was a problem worth solving at this price point, but I seem to have won myself over…
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I ordered one of those Chinese I2S extractors:
It takes the I2S from the HDMI output of a transport like the Oppo 103. Works with Oppo, Sony, and Pioneer players (but maybe not all models?).
Confirmed to be working for Oppo 103 → Holo May. Sends the SACD bitstream over I2s to the May. May reports it as DSD64X. Also works for Denafrips.
I ordered from here. For $63.57 shipped. Took 11 days to arrive in California.
I’ll post a review / howto thread if there’s interest.
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Wondering if there is way to capture those streams to a file. Asking for a friend…
How about this?
At least for Oppo it is possible to send the DSD data over the network. You let it boot from a USB drive and you issue commands over the network from a PC. It’s explained in the topic linked above.
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Wow, I had completely forgotten your earlier post! The only reason that I even know that is because I liked your post back then!
I’m getting old, but before I die, I’m going to get me an Oppo 103 or 105 and a Windows computer, and try your well-written instructions out.
You had 130 SACDs? Has it grown, or did you sell them off after ripping them? Most Classical or Jazz I assume? That’s an epic collection.
Thanks for the work you did and for sharing that.
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I’m sure there are people here with 10x as many. I still have all of them. It’s a almost equal parts classical and rock / electronica, with some jazz mixed in. Click to zoom in:
Some favorites: Violator, Best of Roxy Music, Avalon, Boys and Girls, Minimum Maximum, daft, A Secret Wish, and anything from Channel Classics.
Edit: Clarification: not all of those are SACDs and those are not all my SACDs.
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Wow, I didn’t know there were so many quality titles on SACD. Yup, an epic collection all right.
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