Believe you me, I so wanted this lovely little unit to sound right, I really did. Now there is a school of thought that all digital transports sound the same, after all, it’s just a data stream taken from the source file, right? Well I used to think that as well. But unfortunately my ears have...

As I think I mentioned on an earlier post, I needed a new USB transport for Hugo2. My existing Opus 1S is beginning to show its age, and I was looking to get away from micro USB completely. Although I own a few DAPs, I’ve never used them as stand alone devices, they have always been digital...

Thanks for that. Unfortunately my issue with gapless play has always been audible gaps rather than changes in level. In fact gaps between tracks that are musically separate don’t bother me at all, it’s the gaps that are placed in the middle of continuous performances, particularly orchestral and...

Seriously looking at this DAP as a USB transport to use with Hugo2. Just a couple of issues that maybe a current user could help me with. 1) SDXC card compatibility. is it really limited to 512gb (as per website)? Have a number of quite elderly DAPs, and none of them have had any trouble...

Been using two Pure II Pros with Hugo 2 for a while now, if there’s a better sounding headphone amp on the planet I’ve yet to hear it (portable or desktop)! Not heard the new AK amp yet but if it’s anything like the SP2000 DAP sound it’s not really going to be close. I’ve not heard Mojo 2 yet...

The lack of a balanced output on the Pure II was a huge problem for me as well. Not least because Ultrasone’s Active X system doesn’t really work that well on single ended, which is ironic because Ultrasone have only recently introduced balanced cables for headphones, 3.5 & 6.3 s/e was their...

Sorry yes I did mean the Pure II PRO. I changed expecting not much of an improvement either, I just got frustrated that no new portable amplifier (or any amplifier for that matter) could provide a sound that competed on any level with the pure II+ to drive my much loved (and IMHO hugely...

Having used the pure II+ almost daily for 3 years, and the pure II max for almost a year now, I can tell you that in spite of Vorzuge’s own masterpiece of understatement, the new amp is much much better in just about every conceivable way possible.

On the eve of Chord releasing their hugely unanticipated 2go upscaler, knowing this thread shall shortly be filled with headfiers ruminating over the best way to fund the Dave plus sampling rates on offer (let’s face it, there won’t be much change out of £2k, maybe £3K!). I just want to take...

Of course this is an in house modification, I wasn’t going to spend hundreds of dollars for some American to do a half job (when quite frankly, they should have got it right the first time). But it’s no big deal, the 20 magnets that form the headband adjusters on each side are now permanently...

I believe the Diana discussion thread it is strewn with people having a magnet displacement issue. Abyss have been doing warranty repairs and people have been repairing their own for some time. I think the issue was fixed for V2 (I’m not certain). Rest assured it can never happen for these...

Owned from new. Tested only but never regularly used. Probably still requires burning in. All original packaging and accessories including stock cable & 6.3mm adapter. Completely immaculate as new throughout. All original condition apart from the following modifications: 3.5mm s/e connector...

Have this for sale if you are still looking.

Certainly the adjustable filter does make an audible difference, but does not in any way affect the musical representation so is therefore redundant. As regards CF, why you would want to design something so incredibly natural sounding as the FPGA/WTA filter which is quite frankly an act of...

Broadly agree, but you have to remember when the Hugo was first released, it was intended for use as a desk top unit as well as a portable, (there was no TT then). That’s why it had RCAs (and excellent AC isolation) in the first place. And the same design concept was obviously retained for Hugo...