I have bad news for you... check the ports So what is this UHD DSP stuff? That seems to be why they added high speed usb. Could there be a portable scaler coming? :popcorn:

So, what is new here? How man taps? How many elements in the pulse array? Are they burying the lead here or is this not much of a change? If this is a Hugo 2 in a smaller/cheaper package, that would be something. The output is not quite there from the looks of it, but I'm going from memory...

My USB in needed to be resoldered and Chord did that for me. It took a few months, but it was free of charge and I was way out of warranty, so no complaints. If you can, just confirm the optical input works (you almost certainly have a TV or something with optical out around the house). If it...

You may be thinking of the V200 rather than the V280. The V280 is 2x V200 in a balanced configuration. The V280 and V281 would be pretty much impossible to tell apart in a blind test. They both are balanced amps. The V281 is just a touch more refined with a touch more power and lot more...

Are those monitors (speakers) VESA-mounted on some old apple display/iMac stands? I guess you'd need an adapter to make the stands VESA, now that I think about it. Why not get one of these and replace all of the keyboards...

I have a node 2 and a node 2i and they’ve both been able to send 192 out to both my mojo and TT2. That certainly can be. The optical in is a little wonky. I have a bluesound device on each TV in the house (Node 2i, Pulse Soundbar and Pulse Mini 2) and use optical in on two of them. First it...

interesting. i’m also on iOS, but haven’t found the browsable selection of album folders. Do you maybe have some playlists that are making that work for you? If there isn’t something easy in existence, maybe i’ll whip up a python script to crawl my sd card and generate a playlist per album.

When you say this, which app are you talking about? Are you using GoFigure to browse and playback your local files? I don’t have the issue you mention with any of the mpd apps. mconnect is so well-rounded in functionality and really could pull everything off between streaming and even mpd...

This is just growing pains for an operation learning how to do software development. Here is a pro tip: don’t do massive annual releases. Google agile My poly arrived today. I found it pretty easy to get going with airplay and mpd. Can anyone tell me what the benefit is of adding my...

Use optical from your source and if you are OCD or want to sit outside, get a 12v battery to run the TT2 off of. I use an inexpensive streamer (bluesound node 2) via optical and stopped using the battery because I can't hear a difference with the battery. I use an inexpensive Furman power...

Holy ferrets! Really interesting what you did with the batteries. Did you use any old DC connectors on the end of your speaker cable to wire that up to the TT2? 12v batteries, I assume? The larger battery in use around here, does have a lot of circuitry, though it is tough to tell...

I was speaking in the context of Chord streamers like poly and 2go. They get universal praise for audio quality but very divided critiques on software and user experience. It seems, though, that Roon users are universally happy with the user experience of Chord streamers (because it is Roon)...

Not sure if you saw, but they've had the 2Y in the pipeline which turns the 2go into a ~$2K desktop streamer for the mscaler/TT2 I think it is debatable whether or not Chord has the chops for streamers. They do kill it with the hardware, but the software is very much a WIP. I have a Poly...

since he is using a qutest, it would make no difference. Qutest only has rca, and chord dacs are always going to prefer running single-ended for most transparency. XLR in on the v280 gets converted to single-ended immediately, so it does not benefit from balanced. However, some sources my...

XLR input on the back makes no difference it isn’t even true balanced. XLR output on the front to the headphones makes a huge difference! It doubles the output and gives you one full amp per ear. keep your qutest (great setup you have!) on rca and make sure your headphones are wired for...

Streamers are generally plugged in which makes them more likely to introduce noise. Nothing will introduce less noise than a laptop running off battery outputting over optical. All streamers are computers. There is input, buffers, decoding and output. Audirvana is great at all those things...

My knowledge isn’t super fresh, but the pulse array handles the D to A conversation in rob’s designs. The current devices: mojo, qutest, Hugo, tt, DAVE are all capable of upsampling via the taps and wta of their fpga and outputting analog via their pulse array. The mscaler/blu2 are just...

With my money, I'd buy 2m of 75ohm BNC from bluejeans and call it a day. Not knocking the higher end cables, but honestly, RF and finicky BNC cables are part of what makes me not want to add the 'stress' of the m-scaler. I kind of hate the m-scaler thread, well, the parts I've read which I...

I must be missing a joke here! I don't get it. I'm sure it is funny, though. :dt880smile: I think plenty of audiophiles will stop at TT2 + mscaler. It is a hell of a stopping point! I 'only' have a TT2 and mojo and don't know what my next play is. I'm def mscaler-curious, but have no...

Actually I'm doubting myself now. I forgot the DX outs are on the TT2. Back to the drawling board. I'm sure I'll get this figured out before Rob.

I *think* it is straightforward to piece together what it will be. That would be something along the lines of a TT2 minus the 98K taps which get bypassed when the mscaler is in play. Likely the analog output will be even more robust than the TT2 and hopefully have a DAC as refined or more so...

I think your best option is going to be optical, but USB works just as well with battery-powered devices (even better in airplane mode) I'm surprised to hear this. Violectric must have really changed their sound signature because the V280 I have adds quite a bit of warmth to my mojo. Haven't...

Looking through my node 2 settings, I'm not quite sure what to make of the Audio Clock Trim setting for feeding into my Hugo TT2. I've been listening to it with the feature turned off, as I have turned pretty much everything I can find off--have had no problems--but curious what others think of...

How are you feeding that to the tt2? Optical?

Which platform are you using them on? Are you operating both in exclusive mode? If not, it is possible the volume slider is playing a role. Also make sure neither has sound normalization enabled. Finally, just make sure you are comparing the same mastering. The easiest thing to do would be...