wldcohso
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It’s so good I thought my Chord Hugo 2 would be an easy winner but it ain’t that easy. I can’t keep both but I can’t decide which one to keep.
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It’s so good I thought my Chord Hugo 2 would be an easy winner but it ain’t that easy. I can’t keep both but I can’t decide which one to keep.
Got in our unit yesterday!
Got it set up with a AK380>HDV 820>HD660S 4.4mm
Playing it since yesterday burning in headphones and the 660S is not even that warm to the touch, and is pretty light weight wise.
Personally I think the HDV 820 offers much more versatility, balanced output, more power, analogue inputs and outputs... but in the end I suppose it also comes down to sound preference.
Quite digging the balanced out, was using the balanced out on the CMA600i for a while which made me really dig balanced. The HDV 820 plays quite well with the HD660S to the 4.4mm, plenty of gain and didn't need to really go past 9 o'clock. Only played with it for a song or two with a new headphone so would love to slap on my Ether Flow and see how well it drives a planar.What are your impressions based off initial listening over Balanced?
I am sorry perhaps there was a little bit lost in translation. Are you saying that it would be a what percent upgrade in using the 2qute over the hd 820's dac? i am hypothetically suggesting using the 2qute in conjunction with the hd 820.If he could “only” get one it would be the Hugo 2 but if money wasn’t an option he’d get both. The dac is better in Chord 2Qute which is a stand alone dac amp better in HDV820
Where will your review be posted?