No sound Nucleus => USB => Audio Research REF CD9 SE DAC

Head back from Audio Research Corporation dealer. Apparently I have a v2 USB board which supports Windows/OSX. There is now a ARC CD9 v3 board that supports Linux. Glad I purchased the Chord Qutest as the cost to upgrade the the ARC CD9 v3 board was not much less that the cost of the Qutest.