edwardsean
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Well then, you're not going to like this either (grin). Here's some more praise of Chord. (I have no affiliation to the company whatsoever. They "paid" for these endorsements by earning them through the hard work it took to create these devices).
An Ode 2 2Go, or what I learned from my Project Dave:
I've always known that Hifi comes down to one thing: noise. Great sound can be achieved any number of different ways. But, no matter how good your digital section, no matter how good your analog section, it can all be corrupted by noise. High fidelity is only possible to the degree that you can remove noise from your system and retain the fidelity of that signal. The Dave is a truly awesome machine, but it can be rendered mediocre by a noisy system. The hefty expense of setting up Dave is about removing noisy components and power supplies and all their jitter and masking effects. This is all simply to reveal what Dave can do in a more pure form, and the results are astonishing. However, it can take a massive amount of time, effort, and expense (it has for me).
For the Hugo2, the 2Go is the answer.
It may be your functional nightmare, but it is a Hifi dream.
It's not just that it allows you to go mobile. When you untether from your PC or laptop, you remove a (the) major source of noise. However, network players also produce noise and the cabling to your DAC further degrades sound and introduces noise and jitter. Bits are bits–but only in theory. Once those numbers get converted to actual signal they operate in the real world and are vulnerable to loss.
In 2Go, you're getting all the advantages of a high grade/low noise network server/streamer in a compact unit, and it interfaces with Hugo2 with minimum transmission loss. It elegantly solves both the problem of mobility and fidelity in 1 tiny 2Go package.
I know frustrations continue for many users. I'm just sharing my rationale for why I'm willing to wait and work through these issues. I get that's not for everybody, but my own aggravation is considerably assuaged by joy. So I guess this is actually my Ode 2 Joy of 2Go.
An Ode 2 2Go, or what I learned from my Project Dave:
I've always known that Hifi comes down to one thing: noise. Great sound can be achieved any number of different ways. But, no matter how good your digital section, no matter how good your analog section, it can all be corrupted by noise. High fidelity is only possible to the degree that you can remove noise from your system and retain the fidelity of that signal. The Dave is a truly awesome machine, but it can be rendered mediocre by a noisy system. The hefty expense of setting up Dave is about removing noisy components and power supplies and all their jitter and masking effects. This is all simply to reveal what Dave can do in a more pure form, and the results are astonishing. However, it can take a massive amount of time, effort, and expense (it has for me).
For the Hugo2, the 2Go is the answer.
It may be your functional nightmare, but it is a Hifi dream.
It's not just that it allows you to go mobile. When you untether from your PC or laptop, you remove a (the) major source of noise. However, network players also produce noise and the cabling to your DAC further degrades sound and introduces noise and jitter. Bits are bits–but only in theory. Once those numbers get converted to actual signal they operate in the real world and are vulnerable to loss.
In 2Go, you're getting all the advantages of a high grade/low noise network server/streamer in a compact unit, and it interfaces with Hugo2 with minimum transmission loss. It elegantly solves both the problem of mobility and fidelity in 1 tiny 2Go package.
I know frustrations continue for many users. I'm just sharing my rationale for why I'm willing to wait and work through these issues. I get that's not for everybody, but my own aggravation is considerably assuaged by joy. So I guess this is actually my Ode 2 Joy of 2Go.
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