Chord Hugo / 2Qute

[jandl100]

I had a Hugo2 with a view to buying it.
I was expecting great things from the reviews.
But I couldn't bear it after about 2 hours.

Great rez and transparency. I mean, really great.
But I suspect it failed the microdynamics hurdle for me - the subtle musical inflections in the musicians' playing that bring the music to life and convey emotion were badly lacking.
A very frustrating product, I would have loved to have loved it.

Interesting comments from Jimbo above about the Chord DAVE - it seems that may have sorted the issue, but not at a price that I am willing to pay!

[Ninanina]

Unfortunately the Hugo I received did not have enough clearance around the phono sockets to fit my interconnects so I had to send it back

I didn't realise that there were two versions of the original Hugo; one which has very little clearance and an improved version with better clearance

I have now ordered the slightly later Hugo which addressed the problem with the clearance and it should be with me on Monday as well as a BNC to RCA cable from Mark Grant which will be used from the CD5 XS output into the Hugo

[Ninanina]

I've had a 'good grief!' moment with the Hugo. It is so real sounding

I can't ever remember having such a reaction to any piece of hifi gear before, can the Hugo really be that good ?

It is such a tiny thing as well

[Jimbo]

I've had a 'good grief!' moment with the Hugo. It is so real sounding

I can't ever remember having such a reaction to any piece of hifi gear before, can the Hugo really be that good ?

It is such a tiny thing as well

Even the Chord Mojo sounds extremely good so not surprised to your reaction to Hugo. When I first heard Hugo I was deeply impressed, then along came DAVE. That was an OMG moment in my hifi experience. Pity it's so expensive!

Glad you enjoying Hugo

[walpurgis]

Glad you're enjoying it Bev.

The last "good grief" moment I recall was a cartridge. The ZYX R50 Bloom H. I just did not believe an MC costing less than £500 could possibly be that good!

[r100]

haha

[Ninanina]

The little Hugo continues to amaze me and I wasn't expecting that

It sounds nothing like anything I've heard before so maybe all the fuss about it was correct

I've unplugged the mains so it's running off the battery at the moment

A truly amazing piece of kit

[struth]

Glad your happy with it. If I win the lottery I might get one

[Montanari]

it s a great dac
from when i got it i didn t have the itch to change my digital source anymore (usb)
a + is to be plugged trough spdif to a marantz cd6003 (i dont listen to cd anymore so often..)
it s pretty small so very easy to move from a system to another, compared to the qute2 and i din t notice any differences
the 2qute looks more solid, but need to be plugged to the electrical ... don t know the word! to work, hugo battery can works for more then 8 hours without any cable around
great headphone amp inside for low impedance/high sensitivity headphone like many dynamics or in ear (i t s a top source amp for any in ear, even top of range ones)
i enjoyd it very much with fostex th900 when i dont want to switch on all the other amps..
if you re going to use it only in a classical setup (amp speaker whithout the need of moving it and use it unplugged) you can save money with qute2, or even qute hd, that i also had and sound great for its price especially now if you can find a second hand one

[Ninanina]

it s a great dac
from when i got it i didn t have the itch to change my digital source anymore (usb)
a + is to be plugged trough spdif to a marantz cd6003 (i dont listen to cd anymore so often..)
it s pretty small so very easy to move from a system to another, compared to the qute2 and i din t notice any differences
the 2qute looks more solid, but need to be plugged to the electrical ... don t know the word! to work, hugo battery can works for more then 8 hours without any cable around
great headphone amp inside for low impedance/high sensitivity headphone like many dynamics or in ear (i t s a top source amp for any in ear, even top of range ones)
i enjoyd it very much with fostex th900 when i dont want to switch on all the other amps..
if you re going to use it only in a classical setup (amp speaker whithout the need of moving it and use it unplugged) you can save money with qute2, or even qute hd, that i also had and sound great for its price especially now if you can find a second hand one

Thanks Dani for your message

The reason I didn't got for the 2Qute is that it has 3v output which is far too high for my amps and the Hugo has a volume control so the output can be raised/lowered to suit the amp