I had a lightning strike at my French house which killed the USB input on my very expensive Benchmark Audio DAC3L. It would have to go back to the USA for repair as there is nobody in Europe who can do a warranted repair. This would then involve customs complications in both directions and being...

Since the digital output from the Mac Mini is just 1's and 0's, as long as there are no high resistance joints in the cable, a high quality cable is pretty much a waste of money. I would go for an Amazon Basics cable as reasonable quality for a modest price. Wilson

Dekoni pads all fitted. Getting the last 2 to 3 mm into the quite tight slot on the rim of the T5P-2 headphones, without getting a wrinkle is quite a challenge. I used a tool on my mini Swiss Army knife which I think is meant for pushing the cuticle down on nails. Using the plastic ring might be...

Can someone who has tried them please confirm that the model of Dekoni sheepskin pads I require for my T5P Mk.2 phones are EPZ-DT78990-SK. How difficult are these to fit? Thanks Wilson

I bought a 2go early in its life when the wifi did not work properly and a number of other features were missing in action. I sent it back for a refund. Wilson

I have just some research on USB noise. It seems this is only an issue when the connection is transmitting powet, which in the Hugo 2 case it would not be. Even then badly smoothed or isolated power supplies appear to be the issue. I use Benchmark Media DAC 3L DACS in both U.K. and France. Now...

They aren’t.

Does anyone know of a company who can replace the horrible Hugo 2 Micro-USB charge socket with a more robust USB-C, where I don’t have to locate a pair of reading glasses to see the plug and socket orientation? My charge socket is becoming erratic again. Wilson

I think it is a race to the slowest between Spotify for lossless and Apple for their classical only streaming service. I will probably change from Qobuz to Apple as the classical selection on Qobuz is too biased towards early music, choral and baroque for my personal tastes. Wilson

I think that comes under the heading of "so far so good". They are not branded, so I suspect come from the usual cheap as chips Chinese factories. They look suspiciously like the blue 18650 lithium cells that come with Chinese made LED torches, which I usually replace with Nitecore ones, where...

My suspicion would be the internal lithium batteries on the 2Go. I don't think Chord use very good quality lithium batteries on their products. I had to replace the batteries on my infrequently used (but regularly recharged) Hugo2 after just 2 years. I bought replacement batteries from Audio...

You only have to look at the figures on my Krell amplifier. Its power output 250WPC but its power supply is 2.5 kW. In hot weather I direct a cold air fan towards its cooling fins. That is the excess power you need for class A and the Evolution 2250 is modified class A rather than pure Class A...

Desktop mode on the Hugo 2 is supposed to be automatic when the unit has been plugged into the charger for 24 hours but it just seems a bit of a coincidence that the batteries failed, soon after leaving it connected to the charger for just over a month. I would guess the batteries had previously...

You can but see my post 21474 above, that I suspect I damaged the rechargeable Li-Ion batteries by leaving the Hugo 2 plugged into the charger for a month non-stop, when using it as a system DAC, while my Benchmark Media DAC-3L was away being repaired. Wilson

Just had to replace the 2 lithium ion batteries in my Chord Hugo 2, as it would neither charge nor start up. Disappointing after less than 2 years. I wonder if it might have been when I used it for a month as a system DAC at my French house, while getting my Benchmark Media DAC 3L repaired after...