[sutjahjo]

Hi Moe

Please Dont see at the silicon , please see My Friend set Up With his Hugo
You Will Love more Your Hugo With Coax cable

Hi curious, can you elaborate on the connections?

 

[seeteeyou]

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[warrior1975]

Wow... That's insanity for sure.

 

[cheznous]

The saying goes you work to live or live to work or work to listen to top hifi

No one ever looked back in their life and wished they had spent more time at work.

 

[cheznous]

The only reason why I am after an amp is because I don't like the silicon knob on the HUGO. 

Personally I love the knob.
God, did I really just write that.

 

[audionewbi]

Personally I love the knob.
God, did I really just write that.

I guess I just find it hard to turn at times with my sweaty fingers. It just does not give me the same lever of control I am accustom with volume knobs. But that is a minor thing, I am set for my so called DAC unit. I am happy to report I am getting close to 10 using 24/96 files set at the level just under green. 

 

[sutjahjo]

Personally I love the knob.
God, did I really just write that.

I love it!

 

[Hifi Nutter]

No one ever looked back in their life and wished they had spent more time at work.

Steve jobs

 

[sutjahjo]

You missed all the fun last night, it's from a pair of Crystal Cable Dreamline interconnects for $7,700

http://www.head-fi.org/t/633511/pictures-of-your-portable-rig-part-xvi/11970

That's beginning with a modified AK120 with coaxial output, Dreamline 3.5-mm to RCA coaxial cable, Hugo's coaxial input, Hugo's 6.3-mm output, 6.3-mm to 3.5-mm adapter, Dreamline 3.5-mm to 3.5-mm TRS cable, 3.5-mm female to female coupler, and FitEar 001.

DIY Dreamline should cost almost $1,000 a piece according to Rudi, that's his friend spent roughly $7,000 for the whole transportable rig.

Wow! While I respect the owner's decision, I will not spend that kind of money on cables and interconnects.

 

[Hifi Nutter]

Ok guy,can you get a chord cd transport with say the QBD 76 DAC REPLACEMENT and get the same results as the chord reference cd player and reference pre amp mate?

 

[rudi0504]

Rudi what is your view of ZX-1 and HD USB? Is coaxial still better? I currently use my C4 with HUGO for it and like it alot. 

Coaxial is the best SQ from Hugo

 

[kantana]

Coaxial is the best SQ from Hugo

Is that universal, as in the coax from all sources will sound better than optical/usb from any other source?  Does the Hugo have better coax in than optical/usb?  Or is it a preferance thing?

 

[rudi0504]

My experience of it popping in an out is use of 3.5mm optical adaptors, which do not work well. I asked Matt at Chord, and he kindly replied on a Sunday morning and said:

 " This sounds more like a problem with the optical cable or the 3.5mm optical adapter. The AK products and the Mac both use the 3.5mm optical connector which means you need the special cable or adapter. I have had various reports of the adapters not working or breaking the signal. We can supply a known working toslink to 3.5mm cable if required. Many of our distributors have spare stock of cables they can send out."

Hi VZ and Rob

So far I have not problem with my Hugo , I am still waiting the new chassis coming by end of this month.

I just know from joseph sys Concept , as my friend asked me why his sys concept toslink to toslink use mini plug adapter can transfer only 24 biit / 96 KHz .

Joseph answer :

Mini plug adapter block the flow from the optic signal reduce to 24 bit / 96 KHz

The best solution I must order toslink to mini plug , or mini plug to mini plug

 

[cheznous]

Hi VZ and Rob

So far I have not problem with my Hugo , I am still waiting the new chassis coming by end of this month.

I just know from joseph sys Concept , as my friend asked me why his sys concept toslink to toslink use mini plug adapter can transfer only 24 biit / 96 KHz .

Joseph answer :

Mini plug adapter block the flow from the optic signal reduce to 24 bit / 96 KHz

The best solution I must order toslink to mini plug , or mini plug to mini plug

I tried loads of 3.5mm adaptors and none gave above 96khz.
Answer is definitely 3.5mm to toslink for AK240.

 

[Sonic77]

Hi VZ and Rob

So far I have not problem with my Hugo , I am still waiting the new chassis coming by end of this month.

I just know from joseph sys Concept , as my friend asked me why his sys concept toslink to toslink use mini plug adapter can transfer only 24 biit / 96 KHz .

Joseph answer :

Mini plug adapter block the flow from the optic signal reduce to 24 bit / 96 KHz

The best solution I must order toslink to mini plug , or mini plug to mini plug

They should not charge for the new chassis (shipping charge ok), since they made the mistake of making the holes too small.