I don't fall into the trap of naming a percent better on anything. How much % better is Hugo versus centrix? How much % better is Dave versus TT.? How much % better is 846 from an ear bud?
What is illuminating is you have not listened to TT and made a blanket statement on it, and if you read Hugo posts, you are not alone in making an incorrect assumption with no direct knowledge.
I have stated in the Hugo thread of doing a dozen a/b of Hugo and TT and finding it more appealing in every way. From larger sound stage, better authority, more bass slam with more detailed and salient Mids.
Rob watts the desighner of chord explained quite detailed why Hugo offers a better more darker sound than Hugo and the differences are not isolated to galvanic USB.
I will agree in this hobby there is diminishing returns and Dave may or may not be four times better than TT as reflected in its price differential, TT at present may be chords sweet spot as it were, it presently represents an end game dac for me, and Dave is not in my price range.
I don't amp, and Hugo TT offers plenty of authority to power hd800S for me. Plus I need not introduce an external distortion of an amp to my dac chain.
First for most. Yes I have 846 (I love them btw
) , but I also have HD800S. So in terms of headphones, we are on the same level.
Second, just look at the picture below: it is the same DAC board!!! and
yes wires are used internally to expand the board to an amp. So what wrong with wires again? not to mentioned all studios around the world use them! if XLR wires are so sensitives to external noise then trust me the whole world will be in terrible, lol.
It is really hard not to have an external amp if you are in this hobby. TT may work with current headphones but good luck using amp with I don't know Stax or a better amp! In hugo, no problem, everything is separated. In TT, just use it as a DAC and ignore the amp; what a wast of money then!
>> I will agree in this hobby there is diminishing returns and Dave may or may not be four times better than TT as reflected in its price differential, TT at present may be chords sweet spot as it were, it presently represents an end game dac for me, and Dave is not in my price range.
I respect your opinion, but it is just not the case here. The portable hugo is the sweet spot. I listened to it one day ago, and there are noticeable differences between hugo and mojo.