[bigfatpaulie]

Im sure it is, if you want to afford the cost

More than that, what I am meaning to say is that the Hugo2 is not a 'mini DAVE' by any measure.

 

[GreenLeo]

Are you implying that the HE1000 V2 cannot be driven sufficiently by the HUGO2 for away from home use? My understanding was that the HUGO2 was more powerful than the HUGO1 and could drive HEK2??

No and I don't care. What I care is the SQ of HEk V2 vs BHSE+009 when both are driven by DAVE.

 

[Matez]

No and I don't care. What I care is the SQ of HEk V2 vs BHSE+009 when both are driven by DAVE.

This seems to be a very reasonable approach

 

[tunes]

More than that, what I am meaning to say is that the Hugo2 is not a 'mini DAVE' by any measure.

So once you have the HUGO2 for portable use would it make sense to move up to the DAVE alone or add the Blu2 Mscaler to the HUGO2? Wouldn't then you have 1 million more taps than the DAVE?

 

[Triode User]

So once you have the HUGO2 for portable use would it make sense to move up to the DAVE alone or add the Blu2 Mscaler to the HUGO2? Wouldn't then you have 1 million more taps than the DAVE?

I would have thought that could only be decided upon by listening. There are more influences on the sound that just tap length. eg power supply etc. Hence why HugoTT sounds better than Hugo.

 

[Beolab]

Maybe DAVE would sound even better with the SuperCaps from the TT who knows, even thoug i know Rob have said the DAVE are not in need of SuperCaps, but it would be interesting to test out.

 

[hmartin]

Hi @Rob Watts,

Another question that has been swimming in my head for some time if you don't mind.

So this is about the DX0 inputs on Dave and Hugo2 and home theater (HT) (and possibly implementing digital crossovers) and the volume control commands on the dx0-inputs.

For example, for HT a nice product would be a 5.1 digital pre-amp with 6 channel USB and HDMI inputs and DX0 outputs with volume control so that you could connect 1 Dave and 1 Hugo2 to create a 4.0 HT pre-amp or 1 Dave + 2 Hugo2s for a 5.1 HT pre-amp.

Is this possible i.e. controlling the volume control of a set of Dave/Hugo2s in this way using the DX0 inputs?

Thanks
//Martin

 

[Rob Watts]

Hi @Rob Watts,

Another question that has been swimming in my head for some time if you don't mind.

So this is about the DX0 inputs on Dave and Hugo2 and home theater (HT) (and possibly implementing digital crossovers) and the volume control commands on the dx0-inputs.

For example, for HT a nice product would be a 5.1 digital pre-amp with 6 channel USB and HDMI inputs and DX0 outputs with volume control so that you could connect 1 Dave and 1 Hugo2 to create a 4.0 HT pre-amp or 1 Dave + 2 Hugo2s for a 5.1 HT pre-amp.

Is this possible i.e. controlling the volume control of a set of Dave/Hugo2s in this way using the DX0 inputs?

Thanks
//Martin

Yes it's technically possible, in the future, to add more data to the DX protocol to suit different products. There are plenty of spare bits.

 

[hmartin]

Thanks, so for current Dave it is not supported but it could be added to the dx-protocol in the future.

 

[paulchiu]

Trying to use optical cable from current iMac to DAVE.
can play up to 96 khz but cannot get it to play higher.
can someone show me how to get to higher res?
thanks!

 

[Triode User]

Trying to use optical cable from current iMac to DAVE.
can play up to 96 khz but cannot get it to play higher.
can someone show me how to get to higher res?
thanks!

Are the option settings the same for optical and usb? You appear to be on the settings for the built in output ie the internal speakers. My screen shot shows what I get on USB..

 

[bigfatpaulie]

I think the difference here is @paulchiu is using optical and @Triode User is using USB. I don't if the iMac can output higher than 96khz. I believe you are seeing a limitation of your Mac, not DAVE, here.

 

[miketlse]

Some optical cables are only capable of 96, and you have to use a better (that could mean shorter, or using glass fibres instead of plastic, or better end caps to the fibres) cable to manage 192.

 

[Sonic77]

Are the option settings the same for optical and usb? You appear to be on the settings for the built in output ie the internal speakers. My screen shot shows what I get on USB..

I thought we were talking about optical?

 

[paulchiu]

OK. good point. I am using a rather cheap Mapleshade Optical cable
that could be the reason for the 96khz limit
I will try finding a higher grade and/or shorter optical cable.
in the meantime, does anyone here use the Mapleshade and finding 192khz as an option?

Some optical cables are only capable of 96, and you have to use a better (that could mean shorter, or using glass fibres instead of plastic, or better end caps to the fibres) cable to manage 192.