@Rob Watts did you ever comment on the above findings from @dmance? The original posts and some graphs I believe are on page 486 of this thread. I find all this stuff interesting. If you’ve already responded and I’ve missed it, apologies.

Less calculations to do on higher res files I assume.

This question is directed to @Rob Watts primarily but feel free to chip in if anyone thinks they know the answer. Generally my Hugo2 is fairly static (due to it being attached to an M Scaler) so I have been running it off mains in desktop mode. To avoid any chance of ground loops in my setup, I...

I think you are wrongly assuming that there is a linear relationship between how much something costs and how well it performs. We all do this to a point as generally that’s how the world works, and it is a very hard thing to see past sometimes. But in HiFi, it isn’t always the case. Without...

Personally, now I’ve had the M Scaler, I would not want to be without it. It’s a hard one to describe but it does something very positive and different to your Chord DAC. If you like the Hugo2/TT2/DAVE transparent sound signature, I would highly recommend a lengthy demo of the M Scaler at home...

You’re quite right, our views do indeed differ. That’s one of the great things about this hobby. I use Mojo in the garden but primarily listen to the Aeon Closed via two systems indoors, a PS Audio Direct Stream into an Auralic Taurus mkii and an M Scaler/Hugo 2 combo. As you can probably...

If the Aeon Closed sounds bass light and constrained to you via Mojo, then perhaps you are after a different sound from a headphone than what the Aeon excels at? I could certainly see the pairing being described as neutral sounding (which to my ears is a good thing) but having heard them coming...

Has anyone compared the Sony TA-ZH1ES with the new(ish) Sennheiser HDV820? It seems the TA-ZH1ES and HD800s work quite well together so this seems an interesting comparison.