[Tony1110]

I just called 5 - 10 mins ago. Maybe delay?

Must be a delay. Unless Analogue Seduction are for some reason getting the new stock before Custom Cables. Doubt it though.

 

[SleepyOne]

Who knows, maybe Audio Seduction make an earlier order in the queue?

 

[flaco]

I was told the same from analogue seduction. But I ordered more than 2 weeks ago....

 

[BrainFood]

   
So I figured I'd give it a go....  I quickly discovered that trying to shoe-horn speaker cables into an rca phono socket wasn't going to work, so I cut the end off some patch leads instead and attached the bare wires to a pair of old Dynaudio Contour 1.3................

 
Nice!  True 8ohm, 90db + speakers would give the Hugo an easier time probably and provide more headroom.
 
Is that unusual volume control easy to operate or a little fiddly- and is it possible to accidentally go to max volume?
 
Could be hooked up directly to active speakers too, but you would need good control of the volume control to make that a practical proposition.  Is it possible to select variable output on the RCA outs?

 

[Neil08]

I was told 2 weeks 3 days ago.

 
I was told 2 weeks 2 days ago. By 2 different dealers.
 
So to recap, on Saturday I had one dealer telling me that there was a "Mk3" version of the Hugo coming, which was quickly refuted on here by another dealer. Now we find out on Monday that the lead time has doubled. 
 
I had some quality time with the Hugo over the weekend, and have placed an order. Looks like I'll be waiting a little longer

 

[Stormfriend]

   
Nice!  True 8ohm, 90db + speakers would give the Hugo an easier time probably and provide more headroom.
 
Is that unusual volume control easy to operate or a little fiddly- and is it possible to accidentally go to max volume?
 
Could be hooked up directly to active speakers too, but you would need good control of the volume control to make that a practical proposition.  Is it possible to select variable output on the RCA outs?

 
The RCA outputs and headphone output are all connected internally, so it's the equivalent of feeding your speakers from a really beefy preamp output and skipping the power amp.  I've now got some 3m interconnects, so I'll cut the ends off those and see what the BX1s sound like.
 
The volume control is easy to use and you won't max it out by accident unless you're really drunk, but if it resets to max volume when switched on (I've only turned it off once since getting it, so I can't remember if it does that) then you may need to be careful.

 

[BrainFood]

   
The RCA outputs and headphone output are all connected internally, so it's the equivalent of feeding your speakers from a really beefy preamp output and skipping the power amp.  I've now got some 3m interconnects, so I'll cut the ends off those and see what the BX1s sound like.
 
The volume control is easy to use and you won't max it out by accident unless you're really drunk, but if it resets to max volume when switched on (I've only turned it off once since getting it, so I can't remember if it does that) then you may need to be careful.

Look forward to your further findings.  Resetting to max volume everytime you switch on- I hope not!

 
Kind of wish they had incorporated a high quality bass EQ- I mean the subtle variety as utilised by JDS Labs and Neco in their Soundlab V4.  Bass frequencies get diminished outside even with good isolation. I would take that over Crossfeed.  It's no big deal though...)0

 

[Stormfriend]

 
Look forward to your further findings.

 
The BX1s are up and running, and it's working very nicely indeed.  I think the Topping TP20mk2 with AQ cables had a little more bass, but I'll give the new interconnects some time to run in and see what happens.  I'm running with the volume set to green as I do for my HD800s and at the moment I can't see me bothering to put the Topping back into the loop.

 

[BrainFood]

Good stuff.  Aren't the BX1's passive though?  (Monitor Audio?)

 

[Stormfriend]

  Good stuff.  Aren't the BX1's passive though?  (Monitor Audio?)

 
Yes, exactly.  The Hugo can drive speakers as though it was an integrated amplifier, so long as you use the right connectors.

 

[Mimouille]

Please buy MR Suyama San product like MH 335 DW Sudio Referennce

Now that you are friend with Mr. Suyama's wife, maybe you can get me a discount.

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

Suyama-san mentioned Hugo on his facebook but I dont know what he wrote in Japaness. Hope he will make a new ciem to pair with Hugo. Haha

 

[BrainFood]

   
Yes, exactly.  The Hugo can drive speakers as though it was an integrated amplifier, so long as you use the right connectors.

Gotcha.  Got confused when you mentioned using an i/c but obviously you pimped that to connect to passive speakers.
 
I usually prefer a preamp in the signal path compared to source with volume control though...

 

[rudi0504]

Now that you are friend with Mr. Suyama's wife, maybe you can get me a discount.

Business like usual No discount hahaha

 

[rudi0504]

Suyama-san mentioned Hugo on his facebook but I dont know what he wrote in Japaness. Hope he will make a new ciem to pair with Hugo. Haha

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