[Duncan]

Haven't been in this thread for a long time, and my photography (and backdrop) skills suck, but - here we are:

 

[catoval55]

Hey Duncan, can you give me a reading on your portable rig pairing of the fiio x5 & chord Hugo. I have a chord Hugo in shipment right now and aiming at getting the fiio x5 for pairing, really wanted the astell & kern ak120.have you compared the fiio x5 with chord Hugo against any other dap and if so which one? What are your cans being used with this pairing. Have you tried coaxial input versus toslink input and which is more preferred? Thanks in advance for any info or experience.

 

[Duncan]

Hi catoval55...

I have only used Hugo with coax output of the Fiio, so a very one sided biased view, however - what I can say is that I have absolutely no concerns, and - unless the digital brigade tell me otherwise, then so far as I am concerned the 1's and 0's coming from the fiio digital out will be exactly the same as those coming from the AK120, AK240, Sony Z2 etc etc

Compared to other DAPs, nothing too recent I'm afraid, Sony X and Z series players, alongside an old rockboxed Toshiba gigabeat...

Compared to my Samsung Galaxy Tab S, what I can say there is that the sound of he Hugo is much more analogous, organic, the Tab S sounds very 'digital' by comparison.

 

[turo91]

My rig for the trip in Miami
 

 
 
Aurender #Flow
Hidizs Audio #Ap100
Apollo Audio Lab #Viper6
AudioFly #AF78

 

[knights]

 

[mathi8vadhanan]

nice pic, what rig is that?

Thanks. This is AK120 II and SE846 with custom sleeves.

 

[Mimouille]

Thanks. This is AK120 II and SE846 with custom sleeves.

you're all set then

 

[fiascogarcia]

Hey Duncan, can you give me a reading on your portable rig pairing of the fiio x5 & chord Hugo. I have a chord Hugo in shipment right now and aiming at getting the fiio x5 for pairing, really wanted the astell & kern ak120.have you compared the fiio x5 with chord Hugo against any other dap and if so which one? What are your cans being used with this pairing. Have you tried coaxial input versus toslink input and which is more preferred? Thanks in advance for any info or experience.

 
 

Hi @catoval55...

I have only used Hugo with coax output of the Fiio, so a very one sided biased view, however - what I can say is that I have absolutely no concerns, and - unless the digital brigade tell me otherwise, then so far as I am concerned the 1's and 0's coming from the fiio digital out will be exactly the same as those coming from the AK120, AK240, Sony Z2 etc etc

Compared to other DAPs, nothing too recent I'm afraid, Sony X and Z series players, alongside an old rockboxed Toshiba gigabeat...

Compared to my Samsung Galaxy Tab S, what I can say there is that the sound of he Hugo is much more analogous, organic, the Tab S sounds very 'digital' by comparison.

I've been thinking about the Hugo also, and assume that with the Hugo functioning as the DAC, any DAP connected to it is merely a music transport.

 

[axax]

 

[Bluess]

X3K, Dx50 and Dunu Titan :3

 

[acain]

Supper portable and light weight!
 
 

 

[mathi8vadhanan]

you're all set then

yes, sir!

 

[ShreyasMax]

Great pic.

 

[mackie8]

  Going wireless today Astell & Kern AK100II with Momentum Wireless.
 
 
 
 

 
 
how is the bluetooth quality? 

 

[Scorpion667]

gym setup