"if so what kind of source would do single bnc in?" My Aurender N10 -- and while I haven't read this thread in awhile, memory says little mention of Aurender music servers here. I just know the Aurender gives me multiple choices for feeding my M Scaler, including BNC in. I've preferred USB so...

Very true, worth regular reminders. And because expensive, that's why I bought the Hugo M Scaler. Because it's not one of audio's endless tweaks. It's a true -- and for many of us immediate -- major improvement (if you have one of the four fully compatible Chord DACs). FWIW, I got away with...

Actually, no "heaven forbid" from me. Post as much as you want. Nothing wrong with that. However, and this is an existential question, truly: Why would someone spend time looking into any subject/topic/gizmo (not just audio) that they have no real interest in? Dave, who does agree that if you...

Ah, then why are you spending time reading and posting in this thread? Aren't there better things to do with time than read about audio equipment you do not want?

So true. In some ways, it's misleading for people to judge the effectiveness or not of audio equipment that they NEVER have used. Misleading, because you'll hear little truth about the effectiveness or not of specific audio equipment from people's abstract thoughts, rather than their real-world...

Oh, I love the term "Chord awakening." My Chord awakening happened in 2013, when a friendly fellow at Acoustic Sounds in Kansas convinced me that spending over $1K for a DAC would be worth it big time...my first 4-figure purchase for a DAC. That Chord QuteHD unit blew away my first standalone...

I much understand buying audio toys out of sheer curiosity. That's me too, big time. And me too, with the HMS. Totally love its major big time improvements. However, reconsider this statement: "I don't want to move on to other gear because of the sonic attributes of the two." Other gear? Are...

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On the remote, the OS SR (output sample rate) button, bottom right, will let you cycle through the four settings. Red Green Blue White

Yes, among other HMS features, the grade-C manual does NOT describe what the DX OP orb-button does, which is kinda simple: The orb-button's color lets you know the sample rate of the incoming file. So, like with most of Chord's digital toys, it's useful to remember our acronymical rainbow...

Related to recordings like 1950's Verve, I've found that acoustic instruments in general tend to glow and expand their space with the M Scaler feeding my DAVE.

The Arrival soundtrack, at least on Qobuz, is a 48kHz encoded album. So this album, among others, shows up the major snag when you set the M Scaler's Video Mode button to automatic. The automatic mode -- which looks for a 48kHz signal, according to the manual -- forces the Video Mode to go from...

Yes, my phrase "totally delighted" kinda implies that. Hey, why spend $5K on audio toys that fail to excite!?! Hope you find some musical delight too.

Okay! My silver Hugo M Scaler arrived yesterday, and is already married to the DAVE that's been my main DAC for over two years. Married for life, I'd say. Skipping past my mediocre metaphors, I am totally delighted with what the HMS does for my music. At this point, I've mainly listened to the...

Quick disappointment burst. I am supposed to get my HMS delivered today. But I see from the tracking number that the box is headed back to the seller. Darn it to forever. Shipment mistake? Or did the box get damaged already? Dave, who says if the box got damaged then it's good to go back to...