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I feel it infuses more soul into vocalists. The only thing that was missing was more warmth – which the TT 2 does beautifully. When I swapped back to DAVE my first thought was “OK, the DAVE has to be part of the reference system since it provides the best foundation for resolving everything.” My hairs stood up more, my brain believed what it was hearing, and it did take me closer to what I experienced from live performances from familiar artists. It was tougher times, and the TT 2 was just more comforting. The DAVE just sat on the shelf for a while.

In 2020, I actually had the TT 2 as my main listening DAC for months.

A few local dealers and guys I listen with agree. Although the built-in filters are “artificial,” 3 and 4 actually sound very natural to my ears.

While the DAVE is much more resolving, the TT 2 is warm and inviting.

TT 2, there’s more “clumping” which yields a more intimate listening experience. The boundaries and placement of instruments and performers are clearly outlined.

With DAVE isolation and separation are at another level.

On TT 2, there’s always a bit of “fuzz” and bloom that takes away the illusion of “they’re there.” Energy and dynamic drive is also better with DAVE. You don’t get to the same level of goosebump-inducing levels of detail, air, and transparency.

There’s a huge drop in depth and resolution with the TT 2.

Since I’ve been doing a lot of swapping between the two recently, here are my thoughts: I actually think some may prefer one over the other. Some of you asked what were the main differences between these DACs.

The Battle: Take the best HQPlayer configuration and pit it against a Hugo M Scaler.

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Optimal HQPlayer Settings: Find the best HQPlayer upscaling configuration while connected directly to the PC via USB.Since we’re trying to figure out if we could replace an HMS with HQPlayer, it also made more sense to use a direct connection. It could due to the HDPlex power supply, BNC cables, galvanic isolation, etc.

This is much more the case with the DAVE than the TT 2. The reason using the pass-through feature of the Hugo M Scaler for testing doesn’t make sense is because these DACs sound better with the HMS attached – even in pass-through. Direct Playback: Perform “baseline” listening tests without any upscaling with a direct USB connection to the DACs.The chosen player will be used for the rest of the test. Music Player: Find out which player sounds best.To be as thorough as I can, these were the steps I took: My reference DACs are the Chord Electronics DAVE and TT 2. Note: DSD output impressions added to “The Battle” section. Chord Electronics DAVE and Hugo M Scaler.High Fidelity Cables MC-6 hemisphere power distributor.Snake River Audio Signature Cottonmouth power cables.Audio Art Cable Statement e SC Cryo speaker cables.Iconoclast UPOCC XLR and RCA interconnects.

The Linear Solution Reference CAT7a Ethernet cable.

Innuos Phoenix USB reclocker (used in the entire review between PC and DACs).Danacable Trustream and Final Touch Audio Callisto USB cables.HDPlex 400W linear power supply connected to the Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler.ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha motherboard.24-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X (water-cooled).I also tried to run Roon Core in a Docker container on the Unraid server and it didn’t sound great either. Streaming the same files over the network to my 50TB Unraid server didn’t sound as good (sharper). I also copied all my FLAC files to this PC. This is not optimal from a noise perspective, but it’ll ensure no bottlenecks. I also used the Roon phone app as a remote. Since those interested in HQPlayer will probably have their own music server, I installed Roon Remote, Core, and HQPlayer on one of the fastest PCs on this planet.

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HQPlayer’s trial allows you to use the software for 30 minutes at a time for 30 days. I’ll be testing HQPlayer 4.10.3 and Roon Core/Remote 1.8 Build 764 (64 bit). So is HQPlayer too good to be true? Let’s find out. I’ve tried Roon’s upsampling feature and it wasn’t great (sounds better without it). If I could save a ton of money and have one less box, power supply, and cable to worry about…why the hell not. I’m setting up a new listening room so I figured this was worth looking into. I received many emails requesting a review of HQPlayer: A $260 piece of software that is potentially better than the $5,000 Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler.