Hey WyWy @Wyville,
After many years, Chord users are finally coming to the conclusion how close the Hugo₂ and DAVE are to one another.
I replied in another thread to that post, but I'll copy and paste here. My Summer Project is taking longer than expected, but hopefully the results of going with Ultra Capacitor Power will pay off in the long run. Soldering thick stiff Solid Core cable to tiny USB connectors was not as straightforward as I had hoped so time line pushing into August. No energy left for this hobby as I'm not in my Prime so I just want to be done with it all and just listen and collect Music.
If I didn't go SilverFi, I would of made my own Solid Core IEM cables with ConX. What Rob Watts does is he oven bakes his Solid Core cables called "annealing" after he twists two into one for his B&W Diamonds. He has unlimited resources, so it's great sometimes we share similar philosophies on Audio such as Solid Core Wiring. SilverFi > Solid Core OEM > OEM (typical slave labor IEM cable).
I started this hobby when compiling FLAC software to your hacked Apple Device was a thing. It's one of those For Geeks only for years, then mainstream caught onto FLAC and it changed the world. 99% on this site are consumers and salesmen, the purists are long gone except for I + possibly Rob Watts. Without FLAC, this hobby would of never blown up so shout out to the FLAC developers on github. Interacting with the Rockbox and FLAC developers were good times.
Once your chain becomes super transparent, WAV makes a audible difference so I'm exclusively WAV going forward. Plus FLAC uses 3-5% CPU constantly. WAV about .3% so I like to keep my chain tight.
I had both of these. Just a faint memory now... Both Rockbox.
Again, I'm not in my prime so I'll be calling in quits soon but don't worry about I, my chain is pretty solid to ride off into the sunset. S- rated professional CIEM with professional tone and timbre not bad especially since not many CIEM options these day. High markup B rated circle-jerking each other off universals were never an option for I. CIEM-only. I would never trust anything other than professional reference CIEM after I completed my chain post-COVID emergency because once your chain become so transparent, exaggerations will be too noticeable and annoying. My chain is also around the level of a dcS Rossini since it shares similar philosophies in implementation. Of course I prefer mine as I power with Ultra Capacitors (close to Nuclear clean power) not dirty noisy Mains power. I'm trying to get Rob Watts into CIEMs with professional digital impressions only. He's open to the idea but timing has to be right since there's nothing I can recommend in production right now and he goes to Irvine once a year.
I like how 50 says "I'm done.... I got other things to do" at the end, that statement is cutoff in the above YT video but not in the below Reddit video:
50 cent gets it
Again, without Nic's thread, Nic and crew I would of never found my momentum again so you guys created this current Monster. With the power of hindsight, I wouldn't of changed a thing which is amazing but somehow Nic knew me better than my 2017 self.
Oh, the tail end of my Summer Project is not ready (Solid Core USB cables) but the Ultra Capacitors are ready for production. The world's best 5V power supply @ about 3000 Farads. I'll build a 9000 Farad @ 16V for the clocks in a few years. They currently run on Batteries. You can get a sense of the stiffness of Solid Core Cables. It will run Industrial Strength 24/7 in Off Mains mode. It will need 3 minutes a day to re-charge via Mains. Otherwise, it's optically isolated from Mains full-time:
After many years, Chord users are finally coming to the conclusion how close the Hugo₂ and DAVE are to one another.
I replied in another thread to that post, but I'll copy and paste here. My Summer Project is taking longer than expected, but hopefully the results of going with Ultra Capacitor Power will pay off in the long run. Soldering thick stiff Solid Core cable to tiny USB connectors was not as straightforward as I had hoped so time line pushing into August. No energy left for this hobby as I'm not in my Prime so I just want to be done with it all and just listen and collect Music.
If I didn't go SilverFi, I would of made my own Solid Core IEM cables with ConX. What Rob Watts does is he oven bakes his Solid Core cables called "annealing" after he twists two into one for his B&W Diamonds. He has unlimited resources, so it's great sometimes we share similar philosophies on Audio such as Solid Core Wiring. SilverFi > Solid Core OEM > OEM (typical slave labor IEM cable).
I started this hobby when compiling FLAC software to your hacked Apple Device was a thing. It's one of those For Geeks only for years, then mainstream caught onto FLAC and it changed the world. 99% on this site are consumers and salesmen, the purists are long gone except for I + possibly Rob Watts. Without FLAC, this hobby would of never blown up so shout out to the FLAC developers on github. Interacting with the Rockbox and FLAC developers were good times.
Once your chain becomes super transparent, WAV makes a audible difference so I'm exclusively WAV going forward. Plus FLAC uses 3-5% CPU constantly. WAV about .3% so I like to keep my chain tight.
I had both of these. Just a faint memory now... Both Rockbox.
Again, I'm not in my prime so I'll be calling in quits soon but don't worry about I, my chain is pretty solid to ride off into the sunset. S- rated professional CIEM with professional tone and timbre not bad especially since not many CIEM options these day. High markup B rated circle-jerking each other off universals were never an option for I. CIEM-only. I would never trust anything other than professional reference CIEM after I completed my chain post-COVID emergency because once your chain become so transparent, exaggerations will be too noticeable and annoying. My chain is also around the level of a dcS Rossini since it shares similar philosophies in implementation. Of course I prefer mine as I power with Ultra Capacitors (close to Nuclear clean power) not dirty noisy Mains power. I'm trying to get Rob Watts into CIEMs with professional digital impressions only. He's open to the idea but timing has to be right since there's nothing I can recommend in production right now and he goes to Irvine once a year.
I like how 50 says "I'm done.... I got other things to do" at the end, that statement is cutoff in the above YT video but not in the below Reddit video:
50 cent gets it
Again, without Nic's thread, Nic and crew I would of never found my momentum again so you guys created this current Monster. With the power of hindsight, I wouldn't of changed a thing which is amazing but somehow Nic knew me better than my 2017 self.
Oh, the tail end of my Summer Project is not ready (Solid Core USB cables) but the Ultra Capacitors are ready for production. The world's best 5V power supply @ about 3000 Farads. I'll build a 9000 Farad @ 16V for the clocks in a few years. They currently run on Batteries. You can get a sense of the stiffness of Solid Core Cables. It will run Industrial Strength 24/7 in Off Mains mode. It will need 3 minutes a day to re-charge via Mains. Otherwise, it's optically isolated from Mains full-time:
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