teh_chucksta
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| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? Allo Shanti dual LPS ordered. Reviews for this are great, cost was reasonable and I’ll be able to use it with both the Node & Chord Qutest (Step 2) | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? @jsalerno277 Thanks for that. | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? Bought the Node! (Step 1 of the master plan) @jsalerno277 With this purchase, the Chord Hugo2/ 2Go route is off the table. My system adheres to a budget ethos (for any one component that is) so the TT2 isn’t an option but compared to my curre... | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? @alerrico @dinov Your input is rock solid. I’m going to pull the trigger on a Bluesound Node this week. Guys from Chord will demo gear in my area in May, with special pricing, at which time I’ll buy the Qutest, and a LPS+ LINEAR POWER SUPPLY f... | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? I just read in a Chord Qutest forum that one of the RCA outputs can be used to run headphones (confirmed by R. Watts) so maybe I’ll go with Qutest, save $2k, add in a LPS and figure out the streamer later. I’m so changeable! | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? @mlsstl @hayas @verdantaudio @oddiofyl @carlsbad You guys rock! So, I think I’m going to spend the coin for a Hugo2/ 2Go combo because it solves several problems for me: high end DAC, streamer (removing PC noise), a headphone jack, and... | |
| Will a Chord Hugo 2 make a music streamer addition obsolete? Ok, thanks all. I was hoping your answers would read that the DAC is so good, a streamer wouldn’t make a noticeable difference. | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? So late to this…I’m a budget guy so buying a $6,300 Aurender N200 is out of the question, and will continue to plug a DAC directly into my MacBook Pro (which was a gift). With the $$, my path leads me instead to upgrade to a Mytek Liberty ii (repl... | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought @mesch The Novas are warm, clean & full with lots of detail (the characteristics I wanted). With the exception of my speakers, my system is budget-oriented so I can only imagine how they might sound with better gear (McIntosh tubes?) but yes, ... | |
| Interconnects matching @williewonka excellent recommendation. Thank you. | |
| Interconnects matching @soix @lak @elliottbnewcombjr Definitely considering Zavfino (makes sense right?). Appreciate the input. | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought Thank you to everyone who posted. It was a delightful mini-journey finding new cables. The Zavfinos OCC Cables I purchased are delightful, sounding better each day, in no small part to using the complimentary Tara Labs Cascade conditioning program... | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought @gillsysb Costs about the same as the Zavfinos. I've only had limited break-in time but so far the sound I'm getting is quite pleasing. More to come... | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought The Zavfino OCC Nova cables have arrived. They’re great looking, solid, well-made. Listened ~20 min to get a baseline. Now I’m using Tara Labs’ free burn-in broadcast which I’ll let it run ~15 hrs before I listen again. | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought Historically, I’ve connected in the following way:Amp: connect the positive cable to the bottom and the negative to the top.Speaker: both go to the bottom with jumpers to the top.I’ll A/B your set up today. |