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It could be the cable....one way is to try again and slowly rotate the cable RCA plug in the channel socket Gravity... if there is an intermittent break in the solder joint at the shell will be the side it will pull away or push towards or give it a wiggle in all directions.... Swap the ends around and try again in all point of the clock. When they are encapsulated in plastic you can't just unscrew the cap and have a look..... Intermittent problems are a pain... Sorry I am not much help my friend..

Could be a few things but again a bit of trouble shooting before getting an RMA from Ed at Chord. Some alcohol and interdental plastic brushes to ensure the contact pins are clean the internals. It could be a cracked solder joint or intermittent component on the circuit....

You don't need a crystal ball to see its working great 😃👍 I got the Chord Anni, all together just a lovely sound..

Nice to know it's something simple and cheap.. Fault findings great when you have 2 of everything spare.. I fell foul of my own tinkering and took me ages to find the issue...😆 But learned Chord do have a fair out of warranty repair policy... Dave 🙂

Just an update as I just got the Anni headphone amp... its surprisingly good... the first evening I thought oh no.. a day + burn in later That expensive new headphone feeling or that new DAC feeling.... The Anni gives me all 3 for the price of 1.... If you can audition one even if you moved on to a TT 2 or Dave it might be worth looking at... So far really happy with the sound.. Dave

It can run a little warm on the Qutest, well my older LPS1 does but within specs but as this is for a Car system I'd check with Alex C so you don't cause an issue if its tucked away inside the car boot/trunk... But that's a great idea @davide256

Thanks for letting us know that's very kind of you.... i put it on my headless NUC so just plug in the monitor to change setting or update stuff.... I'll try the new one... I felt I lost a touch of detail but a more holographic presentation... I'll try the new one tonight... Just reboot and down load 243... Cheers David

To be honest the same here, I tried it for fun....it did change the sound signature and its a personal choice if you like it.... We do the same for a megabucks purchase or an album... It was free and just reboot to stop it running.... Reading around a lot think it does nothing and improving printing and TV resolution seems a bit bonkers.. If someone can say yes or no it's improving the out going signal by reducing noise from the instruction set and ram or adding it I don't know... But it does change the sound..... Good or bad it is different.... There are the people with the knowledge here to verify a change and to what benefit......if the rabbit hole is free then why not... Just give it a go and see what you think if you haven't Mike.. I am sure we have tried more crazy things in this dammed hobby..😆

Lemonade is the cut down lite version...but they aren't exactly huge... Only from reading people prefer the bigger on to Lemonade on sound... I just ran it to see what happens...

I wasn't sure what to expect , I just unzipped and ran after loading up Fidelizer pro After reading the ASR comments it's best try it anyway😆. I can't quite put my finger on it but the change is very obvious. Previously I just googled and applied any windows God Admin stripping programs, batch files and pro music/ gaming tips for low latency without breaking it... Minorityclean makes it feel more 3D ish and visceral. I only found it from the fidelizer update support notice and checking in here... Strange but pleasant ..its staying..

Family/ personal issues yes but not financial...I thought he had it made, just manufacturing scalability. I really wanted to try the SR4.. I just hope in time it can be resolved for all parties..

It's easier to do than the Blue Peter crafting section... no toilet roll tubes included.....🤣 But if it makes my Qutest sound even better I'll ask the wife to save them.. The premise is why spend $1000's on footers when you can use in situ vibration dampening.. https://www.tungstengroovesaudio.com/science-in-action/ The old blue tak mod on speaker bases + tungsten powder got me this. But only after I read a university paper on the environmental effects changing the Phase noise of crystal oscillators... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tungsten-Rig-Putty-in-a-Tin-3-colours-20g-value-for-money-from-Carp-King-/383890138228?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 I'd tried various Blue Peter anti vibration tricks.. wood, Granite, door stops, aluminium tape, sand, sorbthane and various rubber elastomers.. no audible change.. this did and I didn't think it would... new cables nothing much ... power supplies subtle add on changes.. And other exaggerated audiophile improvements I've chased and got nothing much from but a lighter wallet.. I am a trusting guy by default.. I tried the tape after reading around how the electronics industry deal with EMC RFI for regulatory emissions testing.. 99% of the work should be done in the design stage and a get out clause but adds cost in manufacturing... https://interferencetechnology.com/introduction-to-composite-electromagnetic-noise-absorber-technology-1/amp/ I am an Electronics manufacturing engineer in aerospace so Blue Petering the crap out of problems is part of my job roll..... I've had three month off work with a chest infection from hell, so had time on my hands.. £20 for a real audible improvement, you can see why I am thrilled after being let down through my audio journey.. Dave

The CHORD QUTEST experiment Intona redux part 2 When your called David how can I not agree... it doesn't come in big sheets (I have.)and SMT PCB Skyline isn't even I did cover both sides with the 3M AB5010 except any inductors or transformers... I think there is a clock on the clean side of the moat but I can't find a data sheet or reference. I ran out of putty so only added the last to the clock? and x2 xilinx FPGAS.... not the capacitors... I can't stop smiling absolutely no doubt of improvement, the clarity is just lovely. Each step on each device an improvement. Like 5 lenses aligning into focus... NUC...INTONA... ISO REGEN....SRC DX and the Qutest.. Both channels reveling new details but the ones already prominent that much more sharper DRUMS VOCALS BASS...holographic sound stage.... This is enhancing the fine electronics only. No one adds this stuff in industry but for compliance or circuit issues... I don't think anyone in the world has used tungsten doped elastomer (eco fishing weight putty) as anti vibration/ phase noise reduction enhancer?... It did something positive anyway.. Pure luck and tenuous links to difference industrial disciplines in electronics have payed off... As I said it should work on anything... It just happened to be my Qutest chain.. I should write it up and I've finalised by experiments and put it on the big thread. Most likely ignored but I can add to the lexicon of audio electronics improvement finally. Here's the intona images. I'd copper foiled it to see if that would help shielding 2 years ago...did nothing and I didn't know about reflections then.. My cutting edge is supermarket scissors.... but good god it sounds bloody fantastic now... I wish it had been tested on decent testing kit, pre post changes but my ears will have to do.. Regards all David