Your mom probably knew you better than yourself.I took over the kitchen and cooked well. She liked my cooking. My mother made sure that I know how to cook both on the stovetop and inside the oven.
Micro-USB on anything premium today feels so outdated that as a savvy consumer of expensive audiophile gear, one cannot help but feel the engineering team is completely out of touch with "state of the art" - it's either laziness or cost cutting, both of which are unacceptable for a product that's nearly $3,000. With so many worthy competitors to be considered if this is your budget that just seeing micro-USB immediately discards Hugo2 from any serious consideration.
That may well be true, but what's the point if the performance doesn't justify that increased cost?
But it does!
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Yes, some people take their fantasies too far.
You got me!
I'll concede that one. All the same, do we know that it's *audibly* better than anything else?
www.head-fi.org
I do!You got me!
Yes, so Yanks are greedy! What else is new?
Well I do, when I see one and can be bothered.
www.head-fi.org
An cell phone as a source with a dongle is much cheaper and offers the same or better performance as a DAC and only slightly less power as a headphone amp (for example the E1DA 9038S for $99 with a nominal output power of 340mW at 32 Ohm versus the measured of 464mW fro the Hugo2). But this additional power is hardly needed for any phone. If you want additional battery life, take the Hidizs DH80S for $119). Maybe the Hugo2 was competitive 2017 (technically, not considering price), 2022 for sure it isn´t.I won't defend those pricing, I would never go for it, but at the end of the day X5, X10 compared to what? I don't really see the benefit myself of such a large battery powered "portable" DAC amp. but what I do see is that no portable battery powered in these pages seem to be performing better, unless I a missed it. When you are the very best at what you do, you can put any price you want, I am ok with this, If you want the top, and you have the dough for it, that's the prerogative of the fortunate For products to be overpriced. it means thew competition do the same for cheaper and then the market adjust itself and buyers will purchase with a choice, with information. So the question remains, if it's too expensive, I personally think it is but then other manufacturers may take a shot at doing this for cheaper. The only thing I can remember of a portable battery powered DAC AMP having similar power was the C Entrance M8, it performed pooorly, was 750$ and was extremely industrial/Utilitarian looking.
This is clearly better. I know there are maybe stuff from IFI and FIIO and of course not everything is measured here, but bottom line, when you're the champ, you deserve the big bucks, it's true with everything. I am not saying it's the champ, but if not who is, and only then we can say Chord is asking to much. They priced it that way, because they can, who would blame them, if no one went for it, they would price it lower. That's up to the industry to adapt.
CEntrance Hifi-M8 V2 Review (DAC and headphone amplifier)
This is a review and detailed measurements of the CEntrance Hifi-M8 V2 portable headphone amplifier and USB DAC plus Bluetooth. It was kindly sent to me a member who waited over a year for it to ship! The Hifi-M8 V2 costs US $750. Yes, popcorn blew out of my nose too when I saw that price...
Again, I would be very grateful for constructive criticism. I still read that the Hugo is not competitive, etc., but I have not yet found any alternatives that subjectively sound better up to the same price, nor have they been mentioned here. The same is for the Hugo TT2.
So, you are willing to invest (I would say waste) tons of money in most probably non-existing, or if so very tiny differences another DAC may deliver, but not in the most simple and relevant one of a proper EQ for headphones (done digitally for example via SoundSource for $39 on the Mac) ? I would say you should reconsider your priorities.
Hidizs DH 80S
Did you read my reply ? I mentioned a dongle and a portable little dac/headphone amp with battery. They both have less power than the Hugo2, but should be sufficient for most headphones and all IEMs. Soundwise there is most propably no difference.
Who's "he"? Do you mean the designer? But if the filters don't do anything different then wouldn't he know that from measurements, or do you mean the designer changed something about how the filter achieves it's goal that he thinks he can hear a difference when in fact each filter ends up doing the same thing? Does that mean the designer is measuring some other aspect of the filter rather than the cutoffs you measured in the following pic?
A robust case on a portable like the Hugo is very welcome but simply a waste on a home device. I understand, however, the psychological impact doing this will make on the buyer.
Except it's a portable device - so subject to accidents outside the home
The QBD weighs 7kg and is mains powered so It's not portable but I see you deliberately took my quote out of context to make it look like I was talking about the Hugo. Bravo.
