[MarkusBarkus]

...maybe I should raise the price on my HMS classified: $3,450.00 USD. $3,999.00 USD for HMS *and* Farad3 with upgrades.

 

[Redwingnine]

TOTL headphones may be the single most overpriced item in all of audio.

 

[DJJEZ]

TOTL headphones may be the single most overpriced item in all of audio.

They give you the biggest performance gain as well so I disagree

 

[LCMusicLover]

TOTL headphones may be the single most overpriced item in all of audio.

Hold my beer!

 

[Redwingnine]

...maybe I should raise the price on my HMS classified: $3,450.00 USD. $3,999.00 USD for HMS *and* Farad3 with upgrades.

They give you the biggest performance gain as well so I disagree

You are certainly entitled to your view.

I think one can purchase loudspeakers that will provide more enjoyment for the kind of money some headphones cost.

I also subscribe to the assertion that superior playback setup such as Chord with more moderate cans will sound better than some TOTL cans with a more pedestrian playback chain.

As always, YMMV.

 

[Redwingnine]

BTW, I own Abyss 1266 phi cc cans, and very much enjoy them.

 

[Amberlamps]

The price rise is probably due to a few factors, fixing the click problem, all affected boards need to be replaced with new ones, the world wide shortage of electrical components driving up prices due to covid , and on top of that, I cant even get the latest gen of nvidia graphics cards, bloody things are selling for thousands, I remember better days when the nvidia 6800gt was insanely good value price v performance at only 400 quid, it’s predecessor, the 5900 ultra wasn’t such a bargain. Yeah I roll like that, I roll deep, deep undacuva.

We need to introduce new laws regarding miners, shoot them in the kneecaps first, and on a second offence they get shot in the face by a 50 cal browning.

 

[Redwingnine]

A bit harsh, don't you reckon?

 

[Amberlamps]

A bit harsh, don't you reckon?

What, shooting miners being harsh, nope, the lack of high end gpu’s is because they buy them in droves.

A gpu is meant for gaming, if they wanted number crunching they should of bought all the useless physx processors, yeah I still have mine.

 

[LCMusicLover]

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I also subscribe to the assertion that superior playback setup such as Chord with more moderate cans will sound better than some TOTL cans with a more pedestrian playback chain.
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Well, I don’t know if this counts, but I would prefer

Cowon Plenue II ==> Utopia
or
Gumby ==> LP ==> any of my TOTLs

over

TT2 ==> HD-6XX
or
TT2 ==> DSHA-3F ==> HD-6XX

Perhaps those are too moderate.

 

[Malevolent]

In Singapore? What are the the current local prices there?I got my Qutest in Singapore and my Mscaler in Malaysia when both had basically just been released and paid about the same price one obviously has to pay for just the Mscaler today, for a Qutest and an Mscaler combo!
I sometimes almost regret that I did not buy a DAVE in Asia when I could still have had a new one for little more than 6K Euro.
Then again, my little Qutest sounds just fine with my Mscaler and both have travelled quite extensivley until Covid hit..
I suspect my Q/HMS combo has been to more National Parks in South East Asia than any other pair sold.
Cheers CC

The local prices for the Hugo TT 2 and the Hugo M Scaler are S$8,000 and S$7,000, respectively. I don't know if the Singaporean distributor will raise these prices in accordance with the recent hike. I'm just (very) relieved that I bought the 2 units in August, just before the spike; otherwise, I'd expect to pay another S$1,000.

 

[Triode User]

A friend is considering using a LPS with his TT2 but wonders how many amps the TT2 draws. I sold my TT2 a while ago so I cannot measure it but I wondered if anyone on here knows the answer for him?

Thanks.

 

[ZappaMan]

A friend is considering using a LPS with his TT2 but wonders how many amps the TT2 draws. I sold my TT2 a while ago so I cannot measure it but I wondered if anyone on here knows the answer for him?

Thanks.

I thought rob said 3 but could be wrong

 

[miketlse]

A friend is considering using a LPS with his TT2 but wonders how many amps the TT2 draws. I sold my TT2 a while ago so I cannot measure it but I wondered if anyone on here knows the answer for him?

Thanks.

It will be very dependant on whether he wants to drive speakers at 18 W, or headphones at a fraction of a Watt.

 

[kopeli]

Don’t forget that, last we heard, using an LPS with TT2 would void the warranty