Popular Post audio.bill Posted February 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, sdolezalek said: Other than the fact that it is its own piece of hardware, does the Hugo M-Scaler do anything more than what HQPlayer does when running on a standalone computer (assuming you set its outputs to match those of the M-Scaler)? If I remember correctly, you don't use upscaling in your reference system, but it would be interesting to compare hardware vs software solutions. My guess is that the purpose designed hardware of the Hugo has some noise benefits, but the software solutions is far more easily upgradeable on a continuous basis. This has been discussed by Rob Watts (Chord's digital designer) over at the head-fi forum where he claimed that his hardware solution cannot be equaled in software like HQPlayer. As you'd expect HQPlayer's designer (Miska here) claimed otherwise, that their solution implemented on a suitably powered PC can actually exceed the performance provided by Chord's HW solution. That's a somewhat simplified view of their relative positions from my recollection. Guess it's up to each listener to decide which is best in a given system for themselves as the ultimate test. austinpop and The Computer Audiophile 2 Link to comment
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