As a "budget" idea to upgrade your current streamer, what about a DDC between your Vault and the Chord? It seems everyone who runs one, be it Singxer, Denafrips, Musician, etc., seems to hear a significant uptick in quality no matter the DAC.
So, I bought a Chord Hugo TT2...now what?
Hello all!
Today, I ordered a Chord Hugo TT2 DAC from my local dealer...should be able to pick it up late next week. It will be fed by a Bluesound Vault 2 that I'm using to stream Tidal and Qobuz, as well as play my ripped CD collection.
As the TT2 is definitely several orders of magnitude better than the on-board DAC of the Vault, I now have a quandary regarding what my next upgrade step should be. So, if you could only make one more upgrade, would you get the Chord M Scaler, which from everything I'm reading/hearing is the ideal pairing for the TT2 and takes it to near reference-class Dave levels? Or, would you upgrade the streamer, since the TT2 is only as good as the files/data you're feeding it?
For reference, the rest of my system consists of Audio Research's LS7 line stage, PH3 phono stage and (2) D240MKII amps running as monoblocks. Speakers are Kef Blade Twos (non-Meta versions) and my turntable is a Technics SL-1210GAE.
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!
Arvin