Chord Hugo - The PORTABLE discussion thread

[warrior1975]

duncan Did you root the Note 4 yet, or are you not going to? Since purchasing a DAP, I don't think I will root mine, at least until they figure out how to theme.

 

[Duncan]

duncan Did you root the Note 4 yet, or are you not going to? Since purchasing a DAP, I don't think I will root mine, at least until they figure out how to theme.

No, no root - as I've insured the handset, and no way to dodge the Knox 0x1 yet

 

[warrior1975]

Damn knox. I just turned my rooted Note 3 in, tmobile jump for the Note 4.

 

[sp3llv3xit]

Chord Hugo with the AK Titan on Moon Audio's Silver Dragon toslink IC.

Sounds fantastically detailed and bass is large!

 

[Spidermeng]

 

Chord Hugo with the AK Titan on Moon Audio's Silver Dragon toslink IC.

Sounds fantastically detailed and bass is large!
 

Nice~! love that color mood

 

[sp3llv3xit]

Nice~! love that color mood

Blue LED atop my table.

 

[sp3llv3xit]

Has anyone ever paired the Chord Hugo with the Sennheiser HD800?

 

[isquirrel]

 

Has anyone ever paired the Chord Hugo with the Sennheiser HD800?

Yep, at the risk of the firing squad, I can say for my tastes it was too bright, big soundstage and lots of detail though if you are into that. I found it to sibilant. I know that some Head-Fiers mode them to ameliorate that aspect of the sound.

 

[sp3llv3xit]

Yep, at the risk of the firing squad, I can say for my tastes it was too bright, big soundstage and lots of detail though if you are into that. I found it to sibilant. I know that some Head-Fiers mode them to ameliorate that aspect of the sound.

Really? Which dap served as transport?

 

[isquirrel]

MacBook running A+ & iPhone using HQ player with CCK

 

[frankrondaniel]

 
Yep, at the risk of the firing squad, I can say for my tastes it was too bright, big soundstage and lots of detail though if you are into that. I found it to sibilant. I know that some Head-Fiers mode them to ameliorate that aspect of the sound.

 
I'm with you on that isquirrel.  No matter the source - optical from AK240, coax from DX90 or X3 - I find the HD800 with the Hugo to be too bright for my tastes.  My HD650 pairs much better for me.

 

[R Scott Ireland]

 

Has anyone ever paired the Chord Hugo with the Sennheiser HD800?

 
I may be in the minority, but I think the HD800 sounds superb with the Hugo. I use it portably fed with coax from a DX90.
 
Then again, my Hugo is not entirely burned-in yet; I probably only have 30 hours on it.  Not sure if that matters.

 

[Duncan]

Just making sure that all participants mentioning HD800 are talking about portable use? If not there is a whole different thread that covers home use...

 

[isquirrel]

   
I may be in the minority, but I think the HD800 sounds superb with the Hugo. I use it portably fed with coax from a DX90.
 
Then again, my Hugo is not entirely burned-in yet; I probably only have 30 hours on it.  Not sure if that matters.

I found that the sound of Hugo did not change much with time. Got me thinking about the HD800's again.

 

[ALRAINBOW]

For me the hugo is fine with the hd800. Overall
Not many dacs or combos pull off the hd800 well. The headphones blow up plenty of setups giving the headphones a bad rap.
But good source materials play well.
But one must like the hugo sound signature
It's very neutral