Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread
Sep 3, 2019 at 10:51 AM Post #8,131 of 18,489
If you also use it for video then you can keep the first light sphere yellow on the M Scaler and it will automatically switch to lower quality mode if 48kHz is detected in order to reduce the audio latency to 0.1 second, so the video and audio won’t get too much out of sync

Good point and that is why I have auto video mode switched off because I often listen to radio and I do not want the MScaler to switch away from full mscaling when it detects the 48k of the radio stream.
 
Sep 3, 2019 at 5:51 PM Post #8,132 of 18,489
Good point and that is why I have auto video mode switched off because I often listen to radio and I do not want the MScaler to switch away from full mscaling when it detects the 48k of the radio stream.

The Archers will never be the same again, a crusty 48k when only 768k will do :)
 
Sep 3, 2019 at 8:55 PM Post #8,133 of 18,489
You may have to manually adjust your pc to 48k out if switching to video. This happens with my imac if i view you tube videos.......so here even if the video is 48k with you tube the imac will not adjust for this so you have to do it manually.
 
Sep 4, 2019 at 8:06 AM Post #8,134 of 18,489
Roger waters pro's and cons of hitchhiking, omg the geetar in that album is nuts when using an mscaler, you can hear fingerprints on the strings, it's crazy good.

If only I could play the guitar, I would be like whoa Wild Stallions!
 
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Sep 4, 2019 at 4:28 PM Post #8,136 of 18,489
The mscaler came. Thanks to Charles at the Headfoneshop in TO for a most enjoyable ling distance buy. I will get the Moon cable for the H2 tomorrow. So:
Roon-wifi-digione-coax-mscaler-spdif to TT
Roon-wifi-digione-coax-H2

The TT sounds glorious. Wide soundstage, bass definition, accurate transients, ENGAGing!!
The H2 sounds kinda flat. It will shine tomorrow I’m sure.

HQPlayer is not a substitute for Chord dacs I can honestly say from many listening hours.

Sounds like I’m there. Worth the wait.

OK - goosebumps. Hooked!!
 
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Sep 4, 2019 at 7:03 PM Post #8,137 of 18,489
Just want to say that if any of you guys are in Hong Kong my thoughts are with you, hope you and your families stay safe.

It's ok, penon.com are still shipping, so everything is just peachy.
 
Sep 6, 2019 at 2:54 PM Post #8,138 of 18,489
Just spent about 8 hours listening to H2, TT2 and Dave with and without M-Scaler.

Dave + MScaler was so many magnitudes better I really couldn't listen to any other combination after that.

Depressing, as it was around $15k for the whole package. I had really hoped to love a cheaper combination.
 
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Sep 6, 2019 at 11:56 PM Post #8,139 of 18,489
Just spent about 8 hours listening to H2, TT2 and Dave with and without M-Scaler.

Dave + MScaler was so many magnitudes better I really couldn't listen to any other combination after that.

Depressing, as it was around $15k for the whole package. I had really hoped to love a cheaper combination.
MSC + Dave that much better than MSC + TT2???

Delta significant enough that it is obvious?
 
Sep 6, 2019 at 11:58 PM Post #8,140 of 18,489
Quite sure we will see DAVE 2 in 2020... with much better amp stage to rival TT2 and form factor that enables stacking with MSCALER as we will not see an MSCALER upgrade for 4ish years.

This combo Mscaler + Dave 2 will probably offer the best SQ on earth for several years.
 
Sep 7, 2019 at 1:15 AM Post #8,141 of 18,489
not according to rob watts who says no plans for dave 2
 
Sep 7, 2019 at 1:31 AM Post #8,143 of 18,489
and you know this how?
 
Sep 7, 2019 at 1:34 AM Post #8,145 of 18,489
yeah ok, that description clinches it
 

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