[SleepyOne]

Very easy to test, I will try to tape up +5V on the usb A end and see what happens.

 

[SleepyOne]

From my haphazard tape job (assuming a perfect insulation/ seal), taping up the +5V seems working ok. However, all this assumes a perfect seal which is hard to tell as tape get meshed up somewhat after removal for inspection. 

 

[PhilW]

Sorry all .25 is shortest length we can do.

Regards

 

[Delivery]

Received mine yesterday but not much time to listen, work and being my children's taxi, but initial impressions are wow!  Way better than my HiFi-M8!  I'm not great with descriptions but it just sounds more real!
 
I'm using Macbook air via the Vertere Cable Redbook and high res!  Hopefully I'll have time to try my iPhone 5 today
 
Great service from Phil at Custom-Cable!  Thank You Phil
 
(Anyone in the UK want to buy a hardly used M8 just pm me)

 

[holeout]

thanks.

3 leads it shall be then.

(out of curiosity, can you share with me how the GND helps in identifying the Chord when hook up to a PC?)

The usb ground is needed for usb host to determine that a device (Hugo) is connected to it. Without it, it will not recognise a connection. I have disengaged the +5V lead for all my USB cables from PC/CCK going into the Hugo and is working fine, no need to introduced unclean power into the cable if not needed. Haven't tried it with Android USBTG cable yet.

 

[SleepyOne]

Delivery - congratulation on your Hugo, and you got your Vertere usb cable yesterday, hopefully my Vertere usb cable will appear next week. Any news on that Phil?

 

[PhilW]

Delivery - congratulation on your Hugo, and you got your Vertere usb cable yesterday, hopefully my Vertere usb cable will appear next week. Any news on that Phil?

Yours will be with you very soon.

 

[SleepyOne]

Excellent news, thanks Phil! 

 

[ted_b]

Thanks to you guys here on Head-Fi I have pulled the trigger on the Hugo (4th US shipment, includes RCA case enhancements).  As some of you know (and thanks for the nice comments) I write reviews for Computer Audiophile (among other things) and have done one for the Qute HD...and now own a Qute EX with a Hynes SR3-12 eternal ps.  The external Hynes ps (among others) puts the Qute series into another level of DAC performance.  Some good audio ears I respect, as well as some posts here (that I know less but are clearly consistent and knowledgeable) say the Hugo (sans external ps cuz the portable battery-based design is not open to that) will out perform my setup in the home system.  I can't wait to give my feedback.  I will also listen via a few SPDIF converters (since the Qute series seems to excel via SPDIF) from the Matrix X-SPDIF to the Audiobyte Hydra-X+ to the Berkeley Alpha.  I will try to get an Audiophilkeo AP2 in here too.
 
Anyway, thanks for the push.  The Hugo is selling so well that demos weren't available, so I bought one.
Ted

 

[SleepyOne]

  The usb ground is needed for usb host to determine that a device (Hugo) is connected to it. Without it, it will not recognise a connection. I have disengaged the +5V lead for all my USB cables from PC/CCK going into the Hugo and is working fine, no need to introduced unclean power into the cable if not needed. Haven't tried it with Android USBTG cable yet.

 
Confirmed, I just opened up a cheap usb cable and chop up the +5V line inside and it works just fine with my laptop/ Hugo.

 

[tonyl59]

Sorry all .25 is shortest length we can do.

Regards

Sorry for putting the cat among the pigeons, Phil. When you said they were custom made I wondered whether there was scope for custom lengths.
The Vertere D-Fi v2 USB cable is allowing my Hugo to really sing, by the way....
Cheers,
Tony

 

[Crashem]

Thanks to you guys here on Head-Fi I have pulled the trigger on the Hugo (4th US shipment, includes RCA case enhancements).  As some of you know (and thanks for the nice comments) I write reviews for Computer Audiophile (among other things) and have done one for the Qute HD...and now own a Qute EX with a Hynes SR3-12 eternal ps.  The external Hynes ps (among others) puts the Qute series into another level of DAC performance.  Some good audio ears I respect, as well as some posts here (that I know less but are clearly consistent and knowledgeable) say the Hugo (sans external ps cuz the portable battery-based design is not open to that) will out perform my setup in the home system.  I can't wait to give my feedback.  I will also listen via a few SPDIF converters (since the Qute series seems to excel via SPDIF) from the Matrix X-SPDIF to the Audiobyte Hydra-X+ to the Berkeley Alpha.  I will try to get an Audiophilkeo AP2 in here too.

Any thoughts between the usb converters?

 

[seeteeyou]

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[podeschi]

Thanks to you guys here on Head-Fi I have pulled the trigger on the Hugo (4th US shipment, includes RCA case enhancements).  As some of you know (and thanks for the nice comments) I write reviews for Computer Audiophile (among other things) and have done one for the Qute HD...and now own a Qute EX with a Hynes SR3-12 eternal ps.  The external Hynes ps (among others) puts the Qute series into another level of DAC performance.  Some good audio ears I respect, as well as some posts here (that I know less but are clearly consistent and knowledgeable) say the Hugo (sans external ps cuz the portable battery-based design is not open to that) will out perform my setup in the home system.  I can't wait to give my feedback.  I will also listen via a few SPDIF converters (since the Qute series seems to excel via SPDIF) from the Matrix X-SPDIF to the Audiobyte Hydra-X+ to the Berkeley Alpha.  I will try to get an Audiophilkeo AP2 in here too.
 
Anyway, thanks for the push.  The Hugo is selling so well that demos weren't available, so I bought one.
Ted

Congrats!

 

[podeschi]

 I will also listen via a few SPDIF converters (since the Qute series seems to excel via SPDIF) from the Matrix X-SPDIF to the Audiobyte Hydra-X+ to the Berkeley Alpha.  I will try to get an Audiophilkeo AP2 in here too.
 
Anyway, thanks for the push.  The Hugo is selling so well that demos weren't available, so I bought one.
Ted

 
Welcome and congrats for joining the Hugo team. Please kindly keep us posted once you've compared those SPDIF converters.
 
BTW, thanks a lot for your SACD/PS3 guide as we Hugo owners could get access to much more DSD64 materials that way.

Can someone pls direct me to the sacd ps3 guide? I would love to rip some sacds I own.