- Original Box & Packaging
- Brilliant Condition
- Includes sBooster BOTW MK2 ECO PSU
- Includes Manuals
The Qutest DAC is designed to improve system sound quality, instantly. It is the latest evolution of Chord's most affordable standalone DAC, in other words, one that does not contain a built-in headphone amplifier, like the Mojo 2 and Hugo 2.
The Qutest is What Hi-Fi?s Best DAC 2023 £1,000+ and a What Hi-Fi? Best DAC winner every year its inception (2018-2022). It is a proven class-leader and is based on Chord's award-winning proprietary FPGA technology giving it unrivalled technical and sonic performance.
Perfectly equipped to bring the benefits Chord's digital technology to a wide range of connected devices, it features a galvanically isolated USB-B, optical and coaxial digital input, giving an instant performance upgrade, plus the ability to modernise ageing digital source components.
The Qutest chassis is all-new, too. It has significantly greater mass than its predecessor and has been precision-machined from solid aircraft-grade aluminium billet. The Qutest PCB nestles within a shallow cavity in the solid aluminium chassis, giving the circuit board greater protection within the casework and additional isolation from external vibration compared to previous designs.
Qutest offers Hugo 2s proprietary user-selectable frequency-shaping filters and input selection controls, available via two fascia-mounted spheres, introducing useful flexibility. It also features RCA analogue outputs for connection to integrated amplifiers, preamps and headphone amps, plus high-resolution dual-data digital inputs for connection to future Chord Electronics products.
A further new feature is a user-selectable output voltage available in 1, 2 and 3V RMS outputs for flexible connectivity with a wide range of partnering devices.
The What Hi-Fi? Best DAC 2023/24 Qutest is the definitive small audiophile DA convertor.
The SBooster BOTW P&P ECO MKII upgraded power supply is a little gem that will improve on your musical enjoyment for products like a Chord Qutest DAC. The SBooster BOTW P&P ECO MKII is the successor of their BOTW P&P ECO, which hit the market in summer 2015. For the MKII SBooster have improved their innovative techniques of the BOTW P&P ECO in order to enhance the sound quality of your music server, streamer or other device to a even higher level.
The SBooster BOTW P&P ECO upgrade power supplies are equipped with an interchangeable DC-tip system and have a selectable output voltages. The higher output settings are intended for the use of the Sbooster Ultra power supply add-on.
