[dallan]

Just got mine back from service and the volume knob is so tight that I have to push with all my force to change it. I remember when new it was tight and loosened over time but this is crazy tight!

 

[uzi2]

Just got mine back from service and the volume knob is so tight that I have to push with all my force to change it. I remember when new it was tight and loosened over time but this is crazy tight!

I'm sure there's a surfing equivalent, but in Hang Gliding, it was "Happiness is a tight 360"
 
Edit: just wondering - what is there to "service" on the Hugo?

 

[dallan]

I'm sure there's a surfing equivalent, but in Hang Gliding, it was "Happiness is a tight 360"

Edit: just wondering - what is there to "service" on the Hugo?

I have had the Rca get loose and I had the mini jack pop into the chassis and rattle around inside.both times they fixed and replaced the accompanying circuit board.

 

[mentt]

Hello, can you recommend audiophile grade optical cable that fits Hugo?

 

[Rearwing]

Sys Concept do a neat one for the AK 100.

 

[headwhacker]

Sysconcept cables are proven to be of high quality and can transmit high data rate that supports 24/192 sampling rate. Here are 3 different cables I have to stack/mix and match hugo, mojo AK100MK2 and AK120 titan

 

[mentt]

Thank you for reply. I need regular size . It will be for speaker system not mobile .

 

[dallan]

I use the Moon cable after having a sysconcept cable fail on me after a month and company said something like they would give me 10% off my next cable. Thanks but no thanks. I went to Drew at Moon and that cable has gone through the wringer for 9 months without a hitch.

 

[gzone3lement]

I use the Moon cable after having a sysconcept cable fail on me after a month and company said something like they would give me 10% off my next cable. Thanks but no thanks. I went to Drew at Moon and that cable has gone through the wringer for 9 months without a hitch.

Were you offered a full refund in the end? I bought a Moon Audio USB cable and it works wonders for the past seven months.

 

[dallan]

No. At sysconcept they offered nothing but 10% off a replacement. I really couldn't believe it. If you buy from them you just have to hope for the best.

On the other hand, no problem with the Moon product.

 

[rgs9200m]

I just have to say that while the chatter about the original Hugo has been eclipsed this year by many new dacs, even from Chord itself,
I could easily be fooled that this tiny cool rectangle sitting on my desk is some 17-inch wide heavy behemoth maybe even filled with tubes and serving double duty as a space-heater.
It may be small, but it's a big miracle, and when I listen, I don't think about what could be better.
It's just as sweet and musical as all heck.
So I would not agonize if you don't have the space or money for the other new DACs, just get one, 
maybe plug it into your favorite amp like I do, let it break in for a while, and listen to the music.
[edit just for grammar typo]

 

[Rearwing]

  I just have to say that while the chatter about the original Hugo has been eclipsed this year by many new dacs, even from Chord itself,
I could easily be fooled that this tiny cool rectangle sitting on my desk is some 17-inch wide heavy behemoth maybe even filled with tubes and serving double duty as a space-heater.
It's may be small, but it's a big miracle, and when I listen, I don't think about what could be better.
It's just as sweet and musical as all heck.
So I would not agonize if you don't have the space or money for the other new DACs, just get one, 
maybe plug it into your favorite amp like I do, let it break in for a while, and listen to the music.

+ 1
 
Let the music do the talking! I like to relax and stick Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album on the AK100, plugged in to the Hugo and get lost in being in my teens again.

 

[Whazzzup]

Made me smile

 

[StryGR]

Yeah, Hugo is wonderful!
 
Do any of you guys try the diy mod of adding 5F supercapacitors in parallel to the internal batteries?
 
Guys from Taiwan managed to get TT-like sound by doing so.

 

[Whazzzup]

No but i just bought a TT