Hugo TT 2 by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread

[ZappaMan]

I tend not to use what i don't use

But you’d flagellate another member for his lack of knowledge about a feature he tends not to use.

 

[Whazzzup]

No I don’t flagellate, not familiar with the term but if you mean joking around in lighthearted fun, then yes

 

[Rob Watts]

I corrected someone recently who thought that the TT2 drove 3V in line-level.

I said it was 2.5V according to the manual. I just checked now because you said 3V. However page 41 of the manual, 'DAC mode' - it does say 2.5V.

Whereas I thought -3L and -3H were 3V. Plus you just said that in a post. Am I being daft?

No it's me that's daft. I tweaked down DAC mode to 2.5v, as that's the knee point in the distortion curve with low gain - so yes DAC mode is indeed 2.5v. And 3v can be a little too hot for a lot of pre-amps.

 

[dawktah2]

I hope that's the wrong word, since no one should have a flagella...

 

[ZappaMan]

No I don’t flagellate, not familiar with the term but if you mean joking around in lighthearted fun, then yes

 

[Whazzzup]

No that’s not what I was thinking

 

[ZappaMan]

No that’s not what I was thinking

There’s a lot of flagellation in Ireland.

 

[dawktah2]

Odd word to have multiple meanings! I guess as surgeon I thought of this one!

 

[GreenBow]

No it's me that's daft. I tweaked down DAC mode to 2.5v, as that's the knee point in the distortion curve with low gain - so yes DAC mode is indeed 2.5v. And 3v can be a little too hot for a lot of pre-amps.

OK thank you.

I thought it was me. I had a blinding headache and could barely see straight.

 

[musickid]

For Rob,

I notice when starting to play a new album/track with my mTT2 the sample rate light on TT2 flickers for a fraction of a second before and just when the album/track starts to play on the TT2. If i pause a track and restart it quickly before the red incoming SR light on the HMS goes out this doesn't happen. Is TT2 searching for a signal to lock onto or is it something else? thanks mk.

 

[Rob Watts]

M scaler and TT2 have different sample rate status protocols (I have more space on the FPGA so I look for digital silence on USB too) and the M scaler has a PLL - which TT2 needs to lock into - and this will change the way sample rate is displayed. I don't get the behaviour you see on mine, so I guess your source app is doing something different; it's a good idea to pad track changes with silence (JRiver) or re-sync delay (Roon). I use 5 seconds for myself as I like a decent pause between tracks anyway.

 

[greyforest]

got some weird humming noises coming from my iem when connected to the tt2, the iem have full metal casing and when i put my hand on the tt2 case that noise disappeared.

That noise even exists when the tt2 is powered off but connected to the psu.

There is only optical connection between tt2 and my pc.

What can i do?

 

[Afsa]

I pulled the trigger. Im picking up my TT2 this evening. Im paying cash so its really gona hurt.
But im still very exited.

 

[rkt31]

got some weird humming noises coming from my iem when connected to the tt2, the iem have full metal casing and when i put my hand on the tt2 case that noise disappeared.

That noise even exists when the tt2 is powered off but connected to the psu.

There is only optical connection between tt2 and my pc.

What can i do?

Operate tt2 off grid. Tt2 might not be getting the earth as psu has no earth connection.

 

[greyforest]

Operate tt2 off grid. Tt2 might not be getting the earth as psu has no earth connection.

its already plug directly onto the wall， anything else i can do?