What is the best Headphone rid upgrade


I have Focal Utopia headphones,Chord Hugot TT2, Chord Mscaler, and a Manley Absolute headphone amplifier but listen with a IPad via a Frey 2 USB B to C cable. What would be my best upgrade for musically and soundstage - such as it is with headphones - to replace my iPad. I listen to Qobuz and mostly Jazz.

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I'm confused. The Hugo TT is supposed to have an excellent headphone stage. Why aren't you using that or the Manley?

I didn’t know I could listen to Qobuz with the Hugo or the Manley? How do I do that?. I only started listening with a headphone rig in May so I am still new to this. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. I read about the Aurender streamers but wasn’t sure it that was the way to go.

OP,

Very good move. I moved my system along in similar fashion. You want a great streamer. I recommend a Aurender N100. It is what I use to drive my headphone system (see my UserID). You are in for a treat. I also have Sennheiser HD800… and some other high end headphones. You are in for for a treat. Get a good streamer… don’t go budget. Match your streamer quality with the rest of your equipment.

Thanks for advice. I was heading in that direction but wanted to get advice from someone who has that in their system before I made that investment. What cables do you recommend to hook up to my Mscaler?