Honestly, it is not the ZH1Es fault, more like the Z1R fault. zH1Es is beautiful with Utopia for that matter
Sounds good. Maybe in some point I will sell my HD800 and buy Utopia to enjoy Holy Trinity of Z1R, Utopia and ZH1ES
Honestly, it is not the ZH1Es fault, more like the Z1R fault. zH1Es is beautiful with Utopia for that matter
Thanks Daroid. Not going to use those analog inputs though, but instead planning it to be the one and only workhorse between Z1R and PC. What I've heard is that Hugo2 may sound even better than TT so that's why I was interested in it. TT is currently out of my budget. Also I'm going to sit right in front of the desk all the time so I won't have that long chord -issue. Also along with "proper" desktop unit you are always paying extra for more inputs and outputs that I'm not going to need. Just want the most enjoyable sound with 2500€, Z1R and PC - preferably in a "compact" (ie. not several components that occupy a lot of desk space) package.
Good to hear (again) that ZH1ES works for somebody and that someone is questioning the missing star. After listening Z1R with 10+ different sources, I'm now convinced that our friends from Sony know something about sound. But still, why is not everybody with Z1Rs screaming and buying ZH1ESs?
The failure to upgrade the TT at the same time has caused confusion in the the marketplace; a real faux pas on Chord's part.
John Darko by the way ( http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/) compared my DAC, the Aqua LaScala II to the Hugo TT and according to him the LaScala was better. So I lost all interest in buying the TT. If I could find a used one at a bargain price, I might be interested. It does has some very nice features. It is relatively portable and it has a much better PSU than the Hugo,
I would like to see some more professional reviews on the Sony. HiFI Choice gave it four stars and gave the original Hugo five stars.
I'm pretty sure that the extra prong Whitigir added wasn't connected, so it was still a two prong connection.Me too. I suspect that the Sony is a solid 5 star product with the three prong mod.
I'm pretty sure that the extra prong Whitigir added wasn't completely connected,so it was still a two prong connection.
I'm also pretty sure Sony knew what they were doing when they made it two prong.
thanatosguan on page 8 of this thread reports that it does rotate with remote.
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Well the volume knob is click-less like the aperture/iris ring on a cinema lens. Volume level is directly shown on the screen and therefore there's no stop when you've reached infinity. This design is a bit idiosyncratic.
Of course the knob magically rotates when you use the remote : ) Always loved this feature."