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    HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone

    ...which it turns to oxidized green (close to connectors area) after a few months.
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    HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone

    The SMC connector is very prone to "rotational torque" as a result from the rigidness / stiffness of the cable. If the latter is flexible (i.e. multi-strand copper with soft insulation) there is no problem.
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    HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone

    Never use such connectors.   Especially when driving HE-6 from a FirstWatt-type amplifier.   An accidental pull of the cable could extract the connector from the headphone and could short (damage) the output stage of the amplifier!   The best connector is the Hifiman screw type with a...
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    Amps that can drive the HiFiMan HE-6 planar headphones

    p-p Voltage > peak W, not rms!
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    Amps that can drive the HiFiMan HE-6 planar headphones

    ...Which means 14.5 V rms max. output voltage that cannot completely drive the HE-6 to its limits. Right?
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    Amps that can drive the HiFiMan HE-6 planar headphones

    What's the max. power that can be applied to the HE-6 when driven by a 25 W (@ 8 ohm) FirstWatt F5?
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    Chord Hugo

    IMO, the difference is in the output voltage not current.   Hugo suits especially well with sensitive headphones requiring no more than 2 to 3 V.   These include the low-impedance IEMs and some 50 ohm planarmagnetics.
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    Intona High Speed USB Isolator

    Guys, any experience with Raspberry Pi2 (running Moode or other Linux distro)? Does Intona work?   My current setup is: Raspberry > Wyrd > Chord Hugo.
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    Chord Hugo

    No. Hugo has only RCA outputs.   Correct me if I'm wrong, but Mr. Rob says that balanced design imposes double the number of components in the signal path, which means more distortion.
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    Echobox Finder X1 review/impressions/discussion thread

    Think Tidal as a huge library of music files for online streaming or for offline reproduction through local storage (for music on the go without data connection).   But everything stops (both online and offline service) when subscription expires. Offline content is also useless.   And what...
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    Chord Hugo

    Is Intona verified to work in all resolutions, up to 384 KHz, and DSD?
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    Chord Hugo

    Exactly the same.
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    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    I'm almost sure it has to do with the settings from software player side.
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    Echobox Finder X1 review/impressions/discussion thread

    Finder X1 owner here. Phones are partnered with Chord Hugo.   Very impressive sonic results, and especially in tranparency field (my reference pair is a modded Hifiman HE-6 on a Firstwatt F5).   Bass is very good as well as dynamics.   Mids are a little distant sounding and with less body...
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    CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE

    But what about the tap count in Mojo (with respect to Hugo)?   Will we ever have an answer on that?   Mr. Rob?
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