[rostak]

Just opened mine and the buttons rattle quite a bit and the volume button occasionally makes a friction noise when turning it... a bit disappointing as it's quite a noticeable rattle when I pick it up...

 

[musickid]

it is a deliberate design feature. must be as its been commented on before with no apparent downside as far as i know.

 

[rostak]

I know. Just not a great first moment with a £1800 baby lol. Will charge it overnight and have a listen tomorrow evening. Looking forward to it

 

[x RELIC x]

for Relic: hugo 2 showed as clock source straight away. happy there. only thing why does source read default? thanks again. hugo really comes alive with EDM. "Feel Mahmut Orhan" crossfeed on max adds great 3 dimensionality a must for EDM.

I'm no expert on the Midi setup, but I would surmise the Source refers to the location of the music being played. If playing music from software on the Mac (iTunes, Audirvana+, etc.) then the Source Default will be displayed, I believe. I can't test as I haven't hooked up another source for my music files to loop through the Mac.

 

[musickid]

that makes perfect sense. all is good now. i'm looking at roon for it's music discovery with tidal as an option later. i'll have to get my head around those settings later. for now i'm enjoying tidal lossless with exclusive mode and force volume ticked to enable bit perfect playback through the desktop app. i've also cancelled MQA decoding in favour of the WTA filters.

 

[Whazzzup]

roon is good

 

[Jawed]

I am using Jriver with ASIO and no EQ, am i right to assume that when sending bit perfect redbook files to Hugo2 then i should use 'No Dithering' option over 'Jriver bit-exact dithering' ?

Correct.

Now playing: Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic - The Hymn of the 7th Illusion

 

[musickid]

seamless transition through the glass window indicating tidal lossless, red, to tidal master, orange. 44.1-48khz in this case listening to pink floyd the division bell HD.

 

[MacedonianHero]

Any impressions of Hugo 2 with Daft Punk?

Funny you should mention this...I was using my Hugo2 with the LCDi4 last night with this album and wow! Simply one of the best renditions I've heard of this classic recording!

 

[Whazzzup]

Funny you should mention this...I was using my Hugo2 with the LCDi4 last night with this album and wow! Simply one of the best renditions I've heard of this classic recording!

Listened to Hugo 1 and encore fantastic with daft punk, can't wait to hear 2

 

[bk12]

I ordered mine at the beginning of June and they told me now I’m #3 on the waiting list, should get mine after the 24th of July.

I am hoping yours was silver....I ordered my black version from Moon in April, no first shipment delivery and they told me that I was 3rd in line last week

 

[Deftone]

Correct.

Now playing: Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic - The Hymn of the 7th Illusion

Thank you

 

[Currawong]

I've been trying different combinations of inputs and music with the DACs I have on hand. One thing that is apparent is that they each have their subtle character, but more than anything all bring a sense of realism and enjoyment I've been searching for since I started in the hobby.

That being said, level-matched into a Master 9 with Utopias (Yggy and R2R 7 balanced, Hugo 2 SE) listening to Three Guitars, where with the Yggy and R2R 7 sting plucks are a bit more "one note", with the Hugo 2, I can make out the underlying texture and vibration of the note decay.

 

[captblaze]

That being said, level-matched into a Master 9 with Utopias (Yggy and R2R 7 balanced, Hugo 2 SE) listening to Three Guitars, where with the Yggy and R2R 7 sting plucks are a bit more "one note", with the Hugo 2, I can make out the underlying texture and vibration of the note decay.

In your estimation would the synergy between H2 and the Utopias be the reason, or does the H2 just have a higher degree of resolution regardless of HP?

 

[DMck2000]

Funny you should mention this...I was using my Hugo2 with the LCDi4 last night with this album and wow! Simply one of the best renditions I've heard of this classic recording!

Yay! Good to hear as Daft Punk is my favorite music group ever and it's essential for them to sound good on all of the audio stuff I own haha. Am definitely looking into getting Hugo 2 for an upgrade from Mojo and Gungnir Multibit...