Aaand we are, somehow, back to normal.
I suppose the wifi gods are in a good mood this fine Sunday morning
I bet you are a relieved man this morning, and thanks for all the help So far Along with a couple of other members who have helped me on this Chord journey.
Yesterday I popped into Maidstone obviously the home of Chord to check up on our Apple store there, as we like so many affected with COVID have had to shut around 30 stores from Exeter all the way up to Inverness, including our store in Selfridges. We also shut all our Bang & Olufsen stores around London, as well as our Harrods level. 5 technology department selling most high end audio gear.
This leads onto the understanding of the challenges I can see Chord facing with supply.
If it’s anything like Apple, and the other brands we supply, in 10 years of working with the Apple, it’s been horrific.
Minimal supply of iPad or Airpod Max into mainstream distribution to fulfill the desire in over 3 months and I could have sold everything supplied to me.
Brexit challenges have multiplied this issue by 10, so I Personally understand the radio silence from Chord and Matt Bartlett, because I think all their projected supply strategy has gone out the window briefly, delays in single components can put back launch of product months, it’s a catalyst effect. I think working with consumers although I deal with business supply, people focus on the negatives of a brand not always the positives, and I get that. We are not interested in the challenges, we just want our product, but companies can’t always disclose why they can’t supply it, and it causes upset.
All in all, I think they are a solid brand, well run, incredibly diligent on quality and I’m sure have a very exciting roadmap of product for the next 3 years.
This headphone journey is all new to me, i Literally bought my first pair before Christmas, some Diana V2, and Diana Phi, and a Burson conductor 3XR. I’ve pretty much changed the whole lot in the last month, sold them for a Focal Arche and some Utopias, and now I need a portable solution for working in the garden this coming summer, so I’ve been looking for an additional source as dragging the Arche under an umbrella on the patio just doesn’t seem to cut it.
After great advice I went to RicherSounds in Maidstone and picked up a Hugo2 yesterda, I know the guys there and head office really well and they always support me well,
I’ve also ordered the 2Go and case which I will get in about a week.
Ive read the negatives on here but am hoping the positives will outweigh them, and this will be a stellar combination to give me some great sounds during summer without having to worry about a wired connection. Im so used to Usb-C it is a shame on the connection as mentioned previously, but this Hugo2 journey for Chord I’m sure started 5 maybe 6 years ago on paper so understand it with the limitations of space at the time.
Hugo3 with internal streaming capabilities seems a natural progression, but I can’t see this happening until sales start to tail off for other competitor products on the market.