Power games

Several issues back we carried a review of the Questyle QP2R high resolution portable audio player (you can read it at avhub.com.au/QP2R). Therein we mentioned the availability of the Questyle HB2 Hub. You can pop the QP2R player into this (as pictured from rear and front below) and charge it up. It also takes the analogue output from the player’s USB Type-C connection and makes it available via proper RCA stereo sockets (there’s also an optical output).

I did run some quick measurements on the Hub, and things like frequency response were essentially identical to that of the player, the output was about a decibel higher, but the noise performance was significantly worse. Significantly, I say, not necessarily audibly. But if you can measure it, at least potentially you may be able