[zachchen1996]

What would be the best dap for chord hugo?

 
According to Rudi,
 
It is an idevice combined with the VentureCraft GO-DAP DD Limited 12V w/ MUSES02 opamps.
 
Then using the coax out of the DD limited to go into the coax input of the hugo.

 

[ouchia]

Man this thing needs a balanced connector.  Especially at this price.

 

[seeteeyou]

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[audionewbi]

Lets not forget colorfly C4, I am still due to a more indepth comparasion of DD socket 1 and C4 coaxial out but C4 is incredibly useful. Its resampling chip seems to improve soundstage. 

 

[zachchen1996]

  Lets not forget colorfly C4, I am still due to a more indepth comparasion of DD socket 1 and C4 coaxial out but C4 is incredibly useful. Its resampling chip seems to improve soundstage. 

I just ordered a DD Limited for use with the hugo, best of both worlds, you get the great coax out sq & apple's ui

 

[zachchen1996]

   
Tough question to answer for sure, VentureCraft Go-DAP DD Socket 1 and CLAS -dB could be hard to beat for their coaxial outputs. Of course they're more like DDC and the SQ would depend on the source feeding them via USB.

A maxed out Empirical Audio Off-Ramp 5 would probably the best for feeding the Hugo though right? 

 

[audionewbi]

 
I just ordered a DD Limited for use with the hugo, best of both worlds, you get the great coax out sq & apple's ui

It also has an optical out which what Mr Watt prefers as the more natural sounding connection. 

 

[masteryd]

According to Rudi,

It is an idevice combined with the VentureCraft GO-DAP DD Limited 12V w/ MUSES02 opamps.

Then using the coax out of the DD limited to go into the coax input of the hugo.

Thank you so very much for your input

 

[masteryd]

Tough question to answer for sure, VentureCraft Go-DAP DD Socket 1 and CLAS -dB could be hard to beat for their coaxial outputs. Of course they're more like DDC and the SQ would depend on the source feeding them via USB.

Then we could also get this dock for HM901 and compare its coaxial output with the ones mentioned above

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=38220250560

I'd expect someone in China offering mod for the latest QLS QA360 soon and its coaxial output could be one of the best, previous ones such as QA550 and QA660 were already modified with better SQ

http://www.qlshifi.com/wzcp/qa360.htm

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=8933894460

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15682453549

Marantz PMD-761 is transportable at best but it's hard to tell the SQ of its coaxial output until we try it

http://usa.d-mpro.com/us/denon/products/pages/productdetails.aspx?catid=AudRecPlayback%28DMPro_US%29&subcatid=HandPortRecorders%28DMPro_US%29&pid=PMD671%28DMPro%29

My money is on RME HDSPe MADI FX for the very best coaxial output at home without costing an arm and a leg, just wait for next 15% off sale and grab one from Rakuten

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/key/10024812

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/reckb/rme-hdspe_madifx

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/miyajimusic/ka-r-10031302

http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/blog/en/uncategorized/xmax-promotion-15-price-off-on-all-rakuten-items.html

I appreciate your comment
Thanks

 

[soundblast75]

An interesting video sent to me from a friend. In the interview the pianist (Krystian Zimerman) talked about problem with audio recording/ reproduction where in the process of capturing perfect detail sound the music flow is lost. He made a very funny (but spot on) comment at the end of the first video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PpDQ6miBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GznevkSGktA

Thank you for sharing, was great to hear his point

 

[seeteeyou]

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[SleepyOne]

At that type of prices for USB interface would it not worth considering a network streamer type solution instead? Some of those device like Auralic Aries, Sonore etc can do PCM, DSD etc.

 

[SleepyOne]

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[elviscaprice]

I don't see why I would want one of those portable devices with their own DAC and amp port, which I'll never use with my Hugo, just for their player/memory/digital output.  They are spendy for what your using them for.  Better to just use a tablet with a full operating system like Surface Pro 2 or a cheaper Asus, both have a usb port and windows 8.1.  Can use JRiver for your player.  With the right bag, which your going to need anyways, your portable and you have a tablet for browsing/work station.  Just my 2 cents.
 
As someone said earlier, concerning portable ie devices, Sounds like a solution for creating more problems.

 

[cheznous]

Got my optical cable from sys concept.
Works wonderfully with the AK240,24/192 no problem.
Great advice and service as well. Canada to UK in 5 days.