I have the QB-9 home for demo. I'm running WASAPI Event w/ 50 buffer. The sound is exactly like the reviews that I've read depict, light, opened, balanced and detailed. I'm not getting quite enough musicle for rock, but it's not terrible. Is it $2,500 nice? Don't know yet. I have it until monday to figure it all out.One thing, is that the DAC reads 96 for everything I play. I record in FLAC 16/44. Does this mean it's upsampling everything or am I missing a setting in the QB-9, JRiver 17 or Win7?
BTW, I'm using all stock cables.
Edits: 06/30/12
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Topic - Ayre QB9?? - JeffH 07:09:27 06/30/12 (70)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - rmilewsk 22:44:22 07/01/12 (0)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - Charles Hansen 23:03:35 06/30/12 (1)
- Will do - JeffH 21:48:13 07/01/12 (0)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - Bob_C 19:56:50 06/30/12 (0)
- QB9 does not upsample. - Gordon Rankin 10:02:53 06/30/12 (60)
- Drivers or no... - JeffH 15:02:51 06/30/12 (55)
- Are you asking a question? - Charles Hansen 22:38:54 06/30/12 (54)
- I'm getting this error... - JeffH 05:45:17 07/01/12 (53)
- RE: I'm getting this error... - fmak 11:57:56 07/02/12 (52)
- Your full of - JeffH 00:17:52 07/06/12 (3)
- Exactly - fmak 00:29:46 07/06/12 (2)
- RE: Exactly - Beetlemania 07:58:02 07/06/12 (0)
- Because of your - JeffH 07:17:13 07/06/12 (0)
- fmaked again? - Beetlemania 15:20:44 07/02/12 (47)
- RE: fmaked again? - fmak 22:10:45 07/03/12 (0)
- Plenty Solid! - fmak 10:58:47 07/03/12 (44)
- Just to clarify - Charles Hansen 19:00:33 07/03/12 (42)
- RE: Just to clarify - cookymonster 15:33:40 07/06/12 (8)
- RE: Just to clarify - Charles Hansen 16:15:09 07/07/12 (7)
- RE: Just to clarify - cookymonster 03:34:41 07/10/12 (6)
- RE: Just to clarify - Charles Hansen 02:45:39 07/11/12 (3)
- RE: Just to clarify - cookymonster 13:18:19 07/11/12 (2)
- RE: Just to clarify - Charles Hansen 23:17:38 07/11/12 (1)
- RE: Just to clarify - cookymonster 16:08:38 07/15/12 (0)
- RE: Just to clarify - cookymonster 14:23:31 07/10/12 (1)
- RE: Just to clarify - Charles Hansen 02:49:16 07/11/12 (0)
- Charles, you have been fmak'd - AbeCollins 11:08:13 07/05/12 (1)
- RE: Charles, you have been fmak'd - Charles Hansen 00:28:40 07/07/12 (0)
- RE: Just to clarify - barrows 20:21:46 07/03/12 (30)
- Where is the blame - fmak 22:15:24 07/03/12 (29)
- As Steve Martin used to say on Saturday Night Live - Charles Hansen 23:54:21 07/03/12 (28)
- RE: As Steve Martin used to say on Saturday Night Live - Bloodwound 00:06:09 07/06/12 (7)
- Mostly correct - Charles Hansen 00:35:59 07/07/12 (5)
- RE: Mostly right - Bloodwound 19:18:49 07/09/12 (4)
- Thanks for the info - Charles Hansen 00:07:57 07/10/12 (3)
- Follow up on Leopard - Charles Hansen 14:09:56 07/10/12 (2)
- RE: Follow up on Leopard - Bloodwound 14:22:35 07/10/12 (1)
- RE: Follow up on Leopard - Charles Hansen 23:34:05 07/11/12 (0)
- Actually - JeffH 00:25:17 07/06/12 (0)
- Probably less that 0.001% of all music ever recorded is even available at resolutions higher than 96 kHz - fmak 02:06:34 07/04/12 (19)
- Please correct me if I am misunderstanding you - Charles Hansen 00:51:26 07/07/12 (0)
- RE: Probably less that 0.001% of all music ever recorded is even available at resolutions higher than 96 kHz - Ryelands 04:10:54 07/04/12 (17)
- Typical - fmak 06:42:38 07/04/12 (5)
- RE: Typical - Ryelands 07:18:30 07/04/12 (4)
- A troll who accuses others of trolling - fmak 07:33:45 07/04/12 (3)
- RE: A troll who accuses others of trolling - Dawnrazor 10:43:00 07/05/12 (0)
- RE: A troll who accuses others of trolling - Ryelands 07:40:26 07/04/12 (1)
- I seem to have mislaid my fly swatter. - fmak 08:44:51 07/04/12 (0)
- RE: Probably less that 0.001% of all music ever recorded is even available at resolutions higher than 96 kHz - Ryelands 04:38:39 07/04/12 (1)
- You have - fmak 05:48:09 07/04/12 (0)
- RE: Probably less that 0.001% of all music ever recorded is even available at resolutions higher than 96 kHz - Mercman 04:31:44 07/04/12 (7)
- It's - fmak 05:52:12 07/04/12 (6)
- RE: It's - Mercman 07:31:33 07/04/12 (1)
- I don't like or dislike it - fmak 08:51:20 07/04/12 (0)
- Now it makes sense why - Beetlemania 06:58:02 07/04/12 (3)
- 6 Moons - fmak 08:56:07 07/04/12 (2)
- fmak's standard: - Beetlemania 09:06:17 07/04/12 (1)
- RE: fmak's standard:-High - fmak 02:47:02 07/05/12 (0)
- RE: Probably less that 0.001% of all music ever recorded is even available at resolutions higher than 96 kHz - fmak 04:27:43 07/04/12 (0)
- Will you ever stop trolling? - Beetlemania 11:09:40 07/03/12 (0)
- RE: fmaked again? - fmak 22:01:17 07/02/12 (0)
- RE: QB9 does not upsample. - Old Listener 13:05:12 06/30/12 (1)
- RE: QB9 does not upsample. - JeffH 18:54:55 06/30/12 (0)
- Will do - JeffH 11:31:41 06/30/12 (1)
- RE: Will do - Doug Schneider 19:21:00 06/30/12 (0)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - AbeCollins 09:41:16 06/30/12 (4)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - jqunac 06:04:05 07/01/12 (1)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - AbeCollins 13:50:20 07/01/12 (0)
- RE: Ayre QB9?? - JeffH 11:35:35 06/30/12 (1)
- Well then let me pitch my DAC too! :-) - JoshT 21:40:58 06/30/12 (0)