[JMR77]

Interesting. I had a chance to listen to Dave with Focal utopia and a pair of Yamaha hs8. Sorry but my opinion is that hugo cannot touch DAVE. For me, Dave was the real deal, if you know what I mean. Maybe the problem with your impression was the audeze? Cheers

Sure, the headphones used may help, but after all it can also be pretty subjective how two different ears/brains perceive sound. I'm sure if I were to spend a couple hours listening to Dave I'll be able to appreciate the difference with Hugo 2 much better. My whole point was that, to me, the difference was not as obvious as when jumping from the Mojo to the Hugo 2. I now understand why some may call Hugo 2 a mini Dave, and I think it make sense IMHO. Dave was not 7,000 Euros better to me.

I certainly wanted to test Dave with the Utopia but I didn't have time, lucky you

 

[Hooster]

two days at large retail electronic store trying to get questions answered about which speakers work with Hugo 2.

End result: frustration, conflicting info, unable to demo, more confused, but salesman bought a Mojo and drooled over H2.

Asking questions of people who know as little or less than you do is not likely to get you to a good place. Consider yourself fortunate that you where not advised/convinced to buy unsuitable equipment.

 

[Hooster]

i hope to have a dave by the summer. if anyone is patient enough i will post my impressions of dave vs H2 in exactly 8 to 9 months from now.............. time flies. i'm using mojo/roon till then with oppo pm1 and optical.

Wow, you really are going places . I look forward to your impressions of dave.

 

[Light - Man]

i hope to have a dave by the summer. if anyone is patient enough i will post my impressions of dave vs H2 in exactly 8 to 9 months from now.............. time flies. i'm using mojo/roon till then with oppo pm1 and optical.

Sure does, not long now before the Christmas madness starts and then we can look forward to a long dark Winter before the Summer flies by again!

 

[reddog]

My Hugo 2 has arrived, I am charging it up, and will learn how to use it tonight. Mostly plan to use the Hugo 2 with my IPad or Questyle QP1R. I will most use the H2 to drive my LCD i4 or MrSpeakers Aeon while out and about. I will use the H2 as a desktop dac, hooked up to my Cavalli Liquid Carbon or Schiit Audio Jotunheim. I have started listening to the Hugo 2 and it sounds superb, definitely better than the Schiit Audio Gungnir multibit and the Hugo 2 seems to approach the level of the Yggdrasil if not surpass it when I am using my LCD i4’s. And when you factor or in that’s this spectacular sound can be enjoyed while walking about, is so bloody surreal/ absurd.

 

[miketlse]

Asking questions of people who know as little or less than you do is not likely to get you to a good place. Consider yourself fortunate that you where not advised/convinced to buy unsuitable equipment.

Yes. A salesperson in a large retail store keeps their job because they can sell lots of gear, and not necessarily because they know anything about how/why the gear works.

 

[Joseph Lin]

My Hugo 2 has arrived, I am charging it up, and will learn how to use it tonight. Mostly plan to use the Hugo 2 with my IPad or Questyle QP1R. I will most use the H2 to drive my LCD i4 or MrSpeakers Aeon while out and about. I will use the H2 as a desktop dac, hooked up to my Cavalli Liquid Carbon or Schiit Audio Jotunheim.

Congratulations! I am looking forward to purchase one soon. Can you review how it sounds with Utopia? I have the same HP and like to know if I should buy Hugo 2.

 

[reddog]

Congratulations! I am looking forward to purchase one soon. Can you review how it sounds with Utopia? I have the same HP and like to know if I should buy Hugo 2.

Yes I will give a review on how well the Hugo 2 drives the Utopia.

 

[Joseph Lin]

Yes I will give a review on how well the Hugo 2 drives the Utopia.

Looking forward to your review!

 

[D2Girls]

Yeah please compare the yggy to the hugo 2 as much as possible this is the sort of objective review Ive been looking for and sadly only one I could find is by currawong and at this point hes not even subtle about his bias towards chord

 

[theveterans]

^ One user have compared both on YouTube and found that Hugo 2 is better than Yggy (which used to be his main DAC before the DAVE, but noted that Yggy is better than Hugo 1).

We're both mentioning currawong though

 

[D2Girls]

^ One user have compared both on YouTube and found that Hugo 2 is better than Yggy (which used to be his main DAC before the DAVE, but noted that Yggy is better than Hugo 1).

We're both mentioning currawong though

Do you mind linking me to this user?
edit. wait what are you also talking about currawong? Why did you reply me im so confused

 

[theveterans]

Just realized that after I posted so currawong is also an active member here so you can PM him if you want more info

 

[reddog]

Yeah please compare the yggy to the hugo 2 as much as possible this is the sort of objective review Ive been looking for and sadly only one I could find is by currawong and at this point hes not even subtle about his bias towards chord

I will simply listen to the music and then grok what I am hearing and compare the Hugo 2 to the Yggdrasil. I must admit I would very much like to own the Chord Dave but have not found any offers for my kidney lol

 

[D2Girls]

Just realized that after I posted so currawong is also an active member here so you can PM him if you want more info

Never. I don't want anything to do with him.