[Hooster]

It sounds better, once equipped with good audio HATs.

Ok, I disagree. I can see the appeal if you are on a third world budget and this is all you can afford, but you are not on a third world budget if you are buying a Hugo2, are you? I can see how this would be a fun thing for hobbyists to play with, but that is not me.

 

[dontfeedphils]

Ok, I disagree. I can see the appeal if you are on a third world budget and this is all you can afford, but you are not on a third world budget if you are buying a Hugo2, are you? I can see how this would be a fun thing for hobbyists to play with, but that is not me.

Have you listened to one of these solutions? Also, maybe try to be less condescending when talking about pricing on things. Not everything has to cost 4 figures to sound good.

 

[Widell]

Mine does not turn off while in desktop mode when not playing. It is on the coax input if that means anything.

Tested it and mine does turn off first after 15min idle then after 24hrs while plugged in and restarted it shows purple and in desktop mode, problem clarified....

Thx all.

 

[Ike1985]

Raspberry Pi's have no screen or UI?

 

[AndrewH13]

Raspberry Pi's have no screen or UI?

Nor do a couple of Room Endpoint 'streamers' I've seen highly rated, costing £600-700, and they are based on the pi. Why would they need the potential electrical interference caused by a screen, when controlled by a separate remote?

 

[dontfeedphils]

Raspberry Pi's have no screen or UI?

They're almost always run as headless network streamers. The UI is dependant on the OS you run on the Pi. You could install something that is an all in one solution and plays files right from the Pi, some use UPNP/DLNA and other protocols to stream from another data source to the Pi, and the simplest (IMO) is to install an OS that can act as a Roon endpoint.

 

[iulian_sip]

Hi, I would like to build a cable for myself to connect Chord M - Scaler to Hugo 2
On the page below I found the necessary information, the question is whether I can use a normal stereo jack.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chord-electronics-hugo-2-the-official-thread.831345/page-648

Coax 1 configuration = Tip and sleeve, Coax 2 configuration = Ring and sleeve. The 3.5mm digital coaxial jack input supports ‘dual data mode’, where 768kHz files can be input as two separate 384kHz data streams

it is ok this schematics
https://i.postimg.cc/tRNVbxt0/Mini-Coax-Digital-Cable-For-Chord-Hugo-2-to-Hugo-M-Scaler.png

 

[dmance]

@iulian_sip
You don't want to do this. High speed 384khz SPDIF finds all flaws with your connector joint and solder work. You will get dropouts. I tried china brand solid adapters and found that only the Audioquest - 3.5mm Mini-Plug-to-2-RCA Adapter (rigid and short flexible) worked 100%
Dan

 

[JaZZ]

He wants to build a complete dual-BNC → 3.5-mm coax cable, not an adapter. There's no way around soldering.

 

[iulian_sip]

For the BNC ends I will use the crimp, but at the jack I will have to use the solder.

Well, here's how the jack connector is fixed ?
https://www.moon-audio.com/black-mini-coax-hugo-2-hugo-m-scaler.html

 

[tonyl59]

2go must be getting close now, surely?
chord electronics.pdf
The question is, how much will it be? I'm guessing £1300 (but hoping for less!).

 

[miketlse]

2go must be getting close now, surely?
chord electronics.pdf
The question is, how much will it be? I'm guessing £1300 (but hoping for less!).

Well it is the Shanghai Show this weekend, so maybe there will be some news.

 

[tonyl59]

Well it is the Shanghai Show this weekend, so maybe there will be some news.

Fingers crossed!

 

[Vyyy]

So it is true, that having 2go attacked to hugo2 it is not possible to have m scaler...? Hope 2go and m scaler could recognize themselves and can work in this chain.

 

[dontfeedphils]

So it is true, that having 2go attacked to hugo2 it is not possible to have m scaler...? Hope 2go and m scaler could recognize themselves and can work in this chain.

The digital signal has to go through the MScaler first, so no, 2Go will almost certainly not work with this setup.