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Cyrus qxr upgrade.
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Habu
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- Can be fitted to both Cyrus integrated amplifiers and Cyrus preamplifiers
- High-specification 32-bit/768k ESS DAC
- Asynchronous USB port
- Improved headphone amplifier
Cyrus QXR: new DA converter for existing amplifiers
The new QXR DAC card not only improves the performance of the line outputs but also improves the performance of the built-in headphone amplifier. The card is available for a large number of Cyrus products.
Cyrus QXR upgrade: for which devices? At what price?
The QXR upgrade will cost £600 in the UK and is compatible with: 8₂ DAC Qx, 8₂ DAC , 8 DAC Qx, 8 DAC, 8a, 6 DAC, 6a, Pre₂ DAC Qx, Pre₂ DAC, Pre DAC Qx, Pre DAC.
Product Overview
The QXR card upgrade is the most significant improvement to Cyrus amplifiers in recent years. Bringing a world of the highest-resolution digital inputs to products up to a decade old.
Further Information
The new QXR DAC card can be fitted to the existing Cyrus integrated amplifiers and preamplifiers. The five digital inputs include 2 x optical, 2 x SpDIFF and a USB input.
The QXR DAC card is capable of processing PCM audio to 768k at a 32bit depth and ‘Native’ DSD 512, through the USB input. The high-specification ESS DAC uses asynchronous upsampling to deliver a sublime audio signal regardless of source. Even via the lower resolution digital S/PDIF and Toslink interfaces, incoming signals are ‘reclocked’ to substantially reduce noisy ‘jitter’ and deliver a refined, cleaner audio signal to the pre-amplifier stages of the upgraded product.
Technical Information
Inputs: 2 electrical SPDIF, 2 optical SPDIF, 1 USB
SPDIF supported formats 16/44.1k - 24/192k
USB supported formats 16/44.1k - 32/768k
DSD supported formats up to DSD512
DOP supported formats up to DOP128
Outputs: 1 analogue output (internal), headphones (minijack)
Upgrade available for the following Cyrus models
Integrated amplifiers: 8₂ DAC Qx, 8₂ DAC , 8 DAC Qx, 8 DAC, 8a, 6 DAC, 6a
Preamplifiers: Pre₂ DAC Qx, Pre₂ DAC, Pre DAC Qx, Pre DAC
Should I be impressed? Not when he states that digital signals are noisy.
Habu
Active Member
Hello from France,
Yes, you should be impressed by the price.... 600£ or 792$.
But you can afford it if all your equipments are branded Cyrus, eventually in a nice Hark Rack model I (like a sound totem), and you want to upgrade the Dac part.
Otherwise, I don't think anybody will be impressed by this DAC as a separate, especially here.
Three budgets, three systems. (And also different price category for each component). If you have a Cyrus rack, you are trapped. The Cyrus audiophile game is also to upgrade the system, component after component, to add separate power supply, new cables
Sincerely yours
Habu
Yes, you should be impressed by the price.... 600£ or 792$.
But you can afford it if all your equipments are branded Cyrus, eventually in a nice Hark Rack model I (like a sound totem), and you want to upgrade the Dac part.
Otherwise, I don't think anybody will be impressed by this DAC as a separate, especially here.
Three budgets, three systems. (And also different price category for each component). If you have a Cyrus rack, you are trapped. The Cyrus audiophile game is also to upgrade the system, component after component, to add separate power supply, new cables
Sincerely yours
Habu
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Killingbeans
Major Contributor
Wow, that rack makes it look like a piece of hospital equipment
What's the point of this thread?
To make fun of the fact that PCM 32-bit/768k and DSD 512 seems to be the only quality stamp needed?
What's the point of this thread?
To make fun of the fact that PCM 32-bit/768k and DSD 512 seems to be the only quality stamp needed?
Habu
Active Member
The point of this thread is maybe like many others, a "stone soup" in ASR village, everybody brings something they think is missing.....
The stone soup:
Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travelers. Then the travelers go to a stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful and which they would be delighted to share with the villager, although it still needs a little bit of garnish, which they are missing, to improve the flavor.
The villager, who anticipates enjoying a share of the soup, does not mind parting with a few carrots, so these are added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their stone soup which has not yet reached its full potential. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, the stone (being inedible) is removed from the pot, and a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by travelers and villagers alike. Although the travelers have thus tricked the villagers into sharing their food with them, they have successfully transformed it into a tasty meal which they share with the donors.
Sincerely yours,
Habu
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Only one word: Meh...
Not even properly designed. Unless you can get the product to @amirm for test I can't really see the point of this tread.
Killingbeans
Major Contributor
restorer-john
Grand Contributor
Let's get serious. £600 in the UK for a circuit board with a BOM of maybe 10% of that. Hardly good value, in fact I'd call it utter theft.
