I like HD800 a lot. But to my ear the Utopia is more accurate and very close to real world sound. So yes, I do think Utopia worth the price.

Hi there, this is my first post in this thread. Just upgrade my Focal Utopia with Danacable Lazuli Reference. Here is what I thought about it. My first impression about Lazuli Reference was that it's punchy. There's more body in the bass. However the mids and highs were a little bit muddy. It...

Cosmetic-wise the CF-126 is a good looking match with HUGO. I used it with a new pair of Mundorf silver-gold wire. The SQ is as good as Neotech's NEI-1001.

I would say that Chord's customer service is excellent. They respond to my question almost lightning fast. And they promised to give me a consignment in 7 days through local dealer.

I can confirm that Furutech CF-126 can be used with 1st gen. HUGO.

Thanks a lot for the advise. The phone bill would be too expensive if I call them directly from Taiwan. I just send them an e-mail. Hopefully someone will take care of it very soon.

I don't know the exact setup of my friend's. For myself please refer to my profile. But my HUGO is at Chord waiting for repair since a month ago. It broke before I can do the comparison.

Thank you very much for your prompt reply. It's amazing that HUGO sounded so well even plugged in.

Hi Rob, Thanks so much for your genius work to bring HUGO to the world. We all enjoy it very much everyday. I have a couple of questions regarding the power supply performance of the HUGO. Would you please kindly explain to me if you know the answer. Q1. Do you know the PSRR of the HUGO's power...

  I doubt if it exist. Before Apple or others make it you still can use a lightning CCK and a USB A to micro B cable.

I have tried both and prefer Audirvana Plus. It has the best price/performance ratio IMO.

For one of the upset customer of the early Hugo adopter I've tried every effort to connect the RCA output to my head amp. Though I could barely connect my inventory RCA cable to the tiny RCA hole, it's easily lose connect even with a slightly volume adjustment.   Since there's no information...

Thanks a lot.

  Hi project86,   Have you upgraded your Audiophilleo1 to support 384KHz/DSD128? I'm very curious about how it sounds.

After comparing Hugo with my reference DAC - DAC202U on the USB input I had to admit that Hugo outperforms DAC202U in every aspect. Hugo's highs are more crystal clear. It's not analytic but a shimmering high. The mids are sweeter and the lows are darker. In terms of speed and depth Hugo wins...

  Me too.

  If you're using Mac you can find it by:     1. Clicking the Apple icon on the top left corner     2. Press "About This Mac" button     3. Select "More Info..."     4. Select "System report..."     5. On the left hand side select "USB" under "Hardware"     6. Look for "Hugo" and press...

      Looks like Chord ships out different version of HUGOs, mine is default at USB. I have version 1.89.

Totally agree with you. I prefer Audivana Plus over Amarra for its simplicity and flexibility.

You're very welcome. :)

      For mac users Audirvana Plus is a very good music player.  It can play back FLAC/wave/DSD and almost all other audio format files. The DSD file can be converted into PCM if the DAC is not DSD ready. In the case of HUGO you can configure Audirvana Plus to use DOP standard to listen to...

    Another place to download and compare DSD vs PCM. It's fee BTW. http://www.ayre.com/insights_dsdvspcm.htm

I can confirm that my iPhone5 can play back DSD, DXD, FLAC, etc. files. When playing DSD file the LED indicator on the HUGO is showing WHITE color. While playing DXD file the color change to PURPLE. Here is what you need: CCK and Onkyo HF Player (you'll need to purchase it to enable HD music).

Already deeply addicted. Ha ha!

Hi SleepyOne, a nice kitty avatar! ;)