Initial thoughts on Rob Watts designed Quartet M-Scaler


Wondering what members have to say about Rob Watts newly developed upscaling device. Do you have experience with Chord’s Hugo M-Scaler or similar devices? Computer/software based upsampling? Would you consider buying this product which will likely cost more (much more?) than the currently available M-Scaler?

Lot’s of comments from Watts in this interview about tuning algorithms by ear. Start video at 11:30 in.

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@ricred1 nice system.  Wondering what you didn’t like about the M-Scaler?  Assuming that means it did something to the sound, just not something good.

Thanks for the nice comments about my system. In my "system" the M-Scaler sounds unnatural. It made the music sound "processed" is the only way I can explain it. 

@ricred1 got it, thanks.  Did you find that your results with the M-Scaler and the Dave were sensitive to the kind of coax cables you used?  Asking because I did some experimenting with different coax cables with an older Chord DAC connected to my server and they made a noticeable difference, with the more expensive cables I tried sounding better.  Exploring those limits could get quite pricy given the highest upsampling rate for the M-Scaler requires two cables.

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