ruthieandjohn
Stumbling towards enlightenment
(Formerly known as kayandjohn.)
I did a quick try of iPhone vs. IPhone plus Chord Hugo (1) to my Technics A30 speakers (through my Technics amp), using my test piece "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" by The Band of Heathens, on their One Foot In The Ether album, via lossless rip from CD.
Since it was a quick try, I didn't set things up to quickly switch from with to without the Hugo... I had to move from the listening spot to the Hugo to change connections, then move back, so there was perhaps 15 sec of delay between listens.
I could hear no difference on that song. I listened for approximately four of the 10 standard comparisons that I do (the others take different songs), and I heard no difference in any of the criteria (transparency, boom vs. pitch of bass drum, sound stage, or ability to distinguish direction of two closely-spaced musicians. All four tests were great, either through the iPhone 5S or through the iPhone 5S then Hugo.
Since it was a quick try, I didn't set things up to quickly switch from with to without the Hugo... I had to move from the listening spot to the Hugo to change connections, then move back, so there was perhaps 15 sec of delay between listens.
I could hear no difference on that song. I listened for approximately four of the 10 standard comparisons that I do (the others take different songs), and I heard no difference in any of the criteria (transparency, boom vs. pitch of bass drum, sound stage, or ability to distinguish direction of two closely-spaced musicians. All four tests were great, either through the iPhone 5S or through the iPhone 5S then Hugo.