with much balanced cable str8 from crazy lee

im not joking

at least the hugo 1 was

not sure about the new one

```There isn’t another DAC around at anywhere near this sort of price able to communicate so torrentially, so unambiguously or so effortlessly. We like it a lot.

Read more at https://www.whathifi.com/chord/hugo-2/review#wEmHhZXWbXKIwZbs.99```

@bentech i bet it's measurably, objectively no better within human hearing range than whatever reasonably-recent $50 dac you could compare it to

yea but who cares about measurements when all my hi fi blogs tell me it's godo

it does look good tbh

as in physical apperance

lol

disagree there too, looks like a star trek TOS prop

not even tng

```Even so, the Hugo 2 provides supreme sound quality that threatens DACs many times its price point with a capable headphone amplifier to boot.

```

there's an easy, easy way to tell if a dac is actually worth more than $50

@maito received a pair of the Xiaomi ANC yesterday. Coming from Piston 2s I'm not impressed

after that price point they stop calling them dacs

and start calling them AFEs

afe?

er, wait, got my acronym backwards'd, analog frontend is the adc worth past that price point

aw fuck what was the opposite direction of those called

The Xiaomi ANC has way too little bass, although droidbot told me yesterday there's a mod to help that. Feel like the soundstage is extremely narrow

it has a special "this is for special science shit, not your stereo" name too

Although the noise cancellation is really cool

basically you've got jellybean audio ICs and then v expensive instrumentation stuff

i guess if u are real musician its ok to spend a lot in stuff like that

lol a real musician wouldnt use this

yeah nah

actual studio gear uses cheap jellybean ics

i mean the dac

or something

idk

what they use

anyone got cheap (lapel) mics to recommend?

@Lefteris the oens on a budget go for whatever cheap pcm290* box they get recommended, then the price goes up as you gte into interfaces with more channels

digital monitors are becomming more common now as well

as in speakers you just plug a digital source straight into

cos they use tons of dsp

ye

like, $2400 for some shitty stereo audio dac, or a clarett 8prex for $1100

26 in/28 out, 24/192, phantom power for the inputs

for less than half the price of the audiophool dac

it's that cheap damn

but dude

```Line & Monitor Outputs
Dynamic Range (Line Outputs)

119dB

Dynamic Range (Monitor Outputs)

117dB

Maximum Output Level (0 dBFS)

+18 dBu

THD+N

0.0007%

```

only 117DB

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chord-electronics-hugo-2-the-official-thread.831345/page-112

hugo is =177DB

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/9783943.jpg

lol

the one i mentioned has 119dB dynamic range :^)

also 177dB is silly

also "no measurable noise floor modulation" is just a straight-up lie

no matter how much filtering they've done there's gonna be some rf noise

also: wtf do they think rf means, that is way outside human hearing range lmao

i had a cables salesman tell me that RF came through the speakert cabling

it isn't even relevant to the application

so i should buy his 6000$ speaker cables

and power cables

actaully was it speaker cables or power cables

cant remember

i mean, it does, but it's irrelevant

so i dont need 6000$ cables?

no, you need $10,000 cables

from me

damn

nobody else makes their cables from solid mithril, they only use a thin mithril plating that wears off

wow

```A custom cable might give you more bass without adding an amp into the audio chain.
``` @Kaytee is this true

some guy on head fi

jhfg

same

@Kaytee rf can still manifest audibly though cant it?

i can hear my phone sending/recieving shit if i have it ontop of my amp

only metaphysically

my friend's microphone picked up a nearby mcdonald's drivethrough radio

you just need stronger ferrite cores

god damn

im reading in here thinking this some kinda sci fi high tech alien weapons equipment or some shit

tf are ferrite cores

magnets

that go around cables or some shit

useful for digital

@Battlebizone These mfs

Ahh yeah ferrite cores.. those that ones where your cables loops tru them

Uses solely to pass certain radiation tests

I'm starting to warm to these Xiaomi ANCs

Really detailed

Just short on bass

3.5 ones?

@HEKTIK how is fiio x1 as a dap?

w8

hybrid 4s for $12

$13*

Since I have yet to see a review;
Has anyone actually ordered these memes so far?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Spinfits/32808604943.html?

those look just like basic silicone tips?

@Sdeck37 I have

They're ok

Id say to try them

@Julian Yeah, but they're like 6~10bucks, while normal one are available for less then 1...

either they have some magic silicone in them