Chord DAVE DAC Review - King of the hill or over the hill?

A review of @ChordElectronicsLtd flagship DAC, the DAVE including comparisons with the TT2 with and without the M-Scaler plus using the DAVE with the M-Scaler. Is the DAVE too old now or is it still cutting edge audio technology?
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:09 Glamour video
00:02:32 Design & features
00:07:57 Is the DAVE old tech?
00:09:20 Rob Watts on DAVE's age
00:17:25 Headphone power output examples
00:19:19 Sound quality
00:21:59 Unconscious bias towards the DAVE
00:22:51 Quick tour of the device
00:25:52 DAVE vs TT2 only
00:28:28 DAVE vs TT2 & M-Scaler
00:31:24 DAVE with M-Scaler
00:34:12 Why DAVE is more transparent than TT2 & M-Scaler
00:43:53 The importance of depth reproduction
00:54:57 TT2 & DAVE with external amps
00:56:49 Final conclusions
01:00:38 Chord volume scale
01:04:30 ASIO vs Wasapi with Chord

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