EdDale
New Head-Fier
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Ok Update on my my 2 go after a lot of testing.
First I want to say this is awesome when working properly. The number one thing (ironically given the next bit) is what I’ve seen others here call the darkness or blackness, The lack of any noise is really amazing and tracks where sounds are sparse and spread out - It’s magical. I Love it.
I also do love airplay (even though I think it’s responsible for my “LP style noise issues”)
My weird airplay specific use case is watching Netflix etc - and airplaying the 2go from the iPad 12.9/apple tv. The lack of cables and the Hugo2go complete silence and just the headphone cable is really cool - and airplay is awesome for syncing the video. Weird use case, but it’s fun to have awesome headphone sound without running cables from the Apple TV/iPad etc. No more 1o ft long headphone cables for me.
In theory, airplay is super convenient for streaming and except when the dreaded LP Noise hits it works well.
Pop and click - I have not tried SD playback yet but someone recommend using mconnect so I could stream tidal using UPnP instead of airplay. After two nights of 3 hour plus listening not one pop and click incident.
The pop and click is not a wifi style interruption or stutter. I’d love others to comment on this or see if I’m right. It occurs (randomly) when there is a sudden increase in volume. It’s also important to note the distortion is not a clipping style digital distortion, it’s much softer than that and as others pointed out its more like the noise you get from playing an LP. It’s totally random BUT (and this is where I’d like others help) it seems to me to be triggered by a sudden increase in volume In the source material. It’s a very analog style noise for a digital device!
It then sticks around it’s soft and subtle (not unlike modern tracks which add in analog noise after the fact) and disappears again until it will suddenly pop up again.
My next step is to get off my but and load up my SD card and test that. But UPnP via mconnectHD is pop and click free for me.
Hope this helps - To reiterate, I love the 2go, makes the Hugo 2 a whole different beast and it’s made me realise that there is something to this cable noise stuff. I should add I’m always on battery.
Ed
PS I’m also On Amplify HD and can highly recommend it as a mesh network for home use
First I want to say this is awesome when working properly. The number one thing (ironically given the next bit) is what I’ve seen others here call the darkness or blackness, The lack of any noise is really amazing and tracks where sounds are sparse and spread out - It’s magical. I Love it.
I also do love airplay (even though I think it’s responsible for my “LP style noise issues”)
My weird airplay specific use case is watching Netflix etc - and airplaying the 2go from the iPad 12.9/apple tv. The lack of cables and the Hugo2go complete silence and just the headphone cable is really cool - and airplay is awesome for syncing the video. Weird use case, but it’s fun to have awesome headphone sound without running cables from the Apple TV/iPad etc. No more 1o ft long headphone cables for me.
In theory, airplay is super convenient for streaming and except when the dreaded LP Noise hits it works well.
Pop and click - I have not tried SD playback yet but someone recommend using mconnect so I could stream tidal using UPnP instead of airplay. After two nights of 3 hour plus listening not one pop and click incident.
The pop and click is not a wifi style interruption or stutter. I’d love others to comment on this or see if I’m right. It occurs (randomly) when there is a sudden increase in volume. It’s also important to note the distortion is not a clipping style digital distortion, it’s much softer than that and as others pointed out its more like the noise you get from playing an LP. It’s totally random BUT (and this is where I’d like others help) it seems to me to be triggered by a sudden increase in volume In the source material. It’s a very analog style noise for a digital device!
It then sticks around it’s soft and subtle (not unlike modern tracks which add in analog noise after the fact) and disappears again until it will suddenly pop up again.
My next step is to get off my but and load up my SD card and test that. But UPnP via mconnectHD is pop and click free for me.
Hope this helps - To reiterate, I love the 2go, makes the Hugo 2 a whole different beast and it’s made me realise that there is something to this cable noise stuff. I should add I’m always on battery.
Ed
PS I’m also On Amplify HD and can highly recommend it as a mesh network for home use
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