20-Feb-2017, 20:05
At a friend's place, we compared it to PS Audio P10 (default settings) and Isotek Serius Evo 3. The last one was clearly the best value for money but if money is no object Audioquest was definitely better than PS Audio. The only downside was that it emitted some buzz/hum which was audible from 3-4 metres when music was not playing. It's in the manual, saying that it's normal but still annoying. The place where we tested was in a huge apartment building where all sorts of AC noise must have been present, so the AQ did a good job but it might have caused it to hum. Perhaps a PS Audio Humbuster before the AQ could get rid of this but it should really be built in the AQ. Maybe in MkII in the future. It was not a Devialet based system, the amp was top of the range Plinius. The rest was a custom made computer based audio source with a custom made DAC.
Win10/HQPlayer / Roon - Uptone Audio Etherregen switch / SOtM-SMS-200 ultra with clock input - Mutec REF 10 clock for the switch and the streamer - Denafrips GAIA DCC - Devialet D800 - YG Acoustics Carmel - Dual Elac SUB-2090
power supplies: Uptone JS-2, SOtM SPS-500
