Chord Dave Replacement

The best upgrade for Dave... easy. Tellurium Silver Diamond USB and Chord Blu. It will kick your ass. I was upgrading it in this order and still could not believe every time it sounded better. I still did not found better audio source. It is worth every penny. And yes, you can improve it more by adding nice power source and cable.

Everyone hears differently...I heard the Dave with the Blu and I prefer it without it. 

I don't like Dave with or without upsampler but I do like Auralic G2 with their upsampler and clock. 

Actually the Chord Hugo M Scaler and the Blu Mk. 2 are upscalers , not upsamplers.

Currently using The Chord Hugo M Scaler with the Qutest DAC and really enjoy the combo.

Not sure why you would spend so much on a DAC when the Crane Song Solaris is available at $1,949. I've had many world class DACS in my studio over the years and the Crane Song is as good as any no matter the cost. They're very back ordered and are a pro unit with balanced only outputs and no remote but oh my do they sound spectacular.