Yes sorry that the Chord website is a bit misleading, implying its BNC only, but for sure Hugo 2 works with the full 768kHz dual data mode, you just need to use 3.5mm to RCA cable, plus RCA to BNC adaptors. Or simply make up your own BNC to 3.5mm cables. I have clocked up 50 hours on flights with Hugo 2, and I can't be without the M scaler now...
Big day for Chord. Congrats to John, Robb, and the Chord team. Exciting stuff!
I'm gonna be saving for a long time before I can afford an M-Scaler, lol, but I really want to hear it. Given the size, weight, and power requirements, I'd really need to reconfigure my office and find a way to get more power in. But very very cool.
If I'm lucky, the next product to be announced will be the 2Go, which is at least something I can have on my desk, and also walk around with a little more easily.
Can somebody explain exactly what the Hugo 2 to Hugo M-scaler cable would look like. What inputs on the Hugo 2 would it use and how would they/it connect to the M-scaler?
The reason I ask is that the only input on the Hugo 2 that can take 768KHz is the HD USB. The coax can only accept 384KHz according to the specs. Does this mean that the M-Scaler would not be used to its full capability when connected to a Hugo 2?
Yes sorry that the Chord website is a bit misleading, implying its BNC only, but for sure Hugo 2 works with the full 768kHz dual data mode, you just need to use 3.5mm to RCA cable, plus RCA to BNC adaptors. Or simply make up your own BNC to 3.5mm cables. I have clocked up 50 hours on flights with Hugo 2, and I can't be without the M scaler now...
H2 manual: 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
Yes you are. The coax jack looks from the inside not unlike a stereo receptical. One gets a Y splitter type connector to connec to the two coax connections of the M Scaler, or whatever two separate sources of coaxivity to which you want to hook up. One might have a CD Player on one side of the connection, and a coax supported DAP on the other: i.e. FiiO X5 etc. Hope this clarifies this.
A big thanks to Rob Watts for clarifying the issue about the Hugo 2's compatibility with the M Scaler! Now I just need to know where to place an order for one in the U.S.
You're basing things on an assumption since the Blu2 CD player works? We're not talking about that product and Chord themselves (so far at least) has in fact stated the Hugo M Scaler does not work to full potential with the Hugo 2. They may be wrong, but we should not assume so until we get the official word, or they update their specs for it.
The designer stood up at Scaler unveiling, and answered a question after first Chord PR chap repeated that statement of compatibility which excluded Hugo 2. Rob said Hugo 2 works fully with m-scaler and in fact that’s how he has been using it for months. Did you not see my reply yesterday?
The designer stood up at Scaler unveiling, and answered a question after first Chord PR chap repeated that statement of compatibility which excluded Hugo 2. John said Hugo 2 works fully with m-scaler and in fact that’s how he has been using it for months. Did you not see my reply yesterday?
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