Have issues when I power up the Hugo TT2. Using an Aurender N100, using USB connection, it doesn’t lock in and I get distortion. What would cause that? I have to cycle through the inputs to correct it.

You know what? Thanks for explaining how to use the gain switch correctly. I was listening to the Vali on Aeons and couldn’t figure out why it suddenly felt so muddy… turned the gain switch down… much better control, speed. Thanks!

Yggy sounded very organic and dynamic to me.

Until Schiit bothers to distribute properly to the UK at a decent price (and stops discontinuing products they haven't actually replaced), I can't and won't consider them good value. Trying to get hold of their stuff at a fair price isn't usually worth my time. Every other HiFi manufacturer seems to manage just fine.

Are you touching the driver there around 21:00? Does that risk damaging the unit?

As a "high-end" manufacturer of audio components, Great American sound Co. or GAS Co. was continually approached by "golden-eared audiophiles" claiming the amplifier or preamplifier they owned clearly sounded superior to any of the GAS Co. products we were producing. I would always invite these individuals into the sound room with their preferred audio component and proceed to connect it to the switching system. I would have them select a comparable GAS Co. component that I also connected to the system and then carefully adjusted both components with a precision AC voltmeter for equal levels. Before the testing commenced, I would give the audiophile the remote lanyard--a small handheld box with a toggle switch labeled A or B. I always told them that the "A" position was their piece of equipment and the "B" position was the GAS Co. equipment. After exhaustively auditioning the two components, the golden eared individual would always have a litany of subjective terms that negatively described the sound of the GAS Co. component such as: "overall dullness", "lack of transparency", "ill defined bass", "irritating midrange", "shrill highs", "lack of depth", "unstable imaging"..... ad nauseam. While the audiophile was espousing these opinions, I would bring the level of the music back up, then casually walk over to the components, switch off the power to the GAS Co. component and ask the audiophile to please toggle the lanyard switch between A and B. Unbeknownst to the audiophile, I had connected the switching system exclusively to their component only. During the test when they switched from A to B, the sound audibly dropped-out during the switching process for a few milliseconds cueing the listener that something had changed. When the audiophile realized that I had clearly demonstrated that their golden ears were not golden at all, they would quickly disconnect their component from the system, and while stomping out of the listening room, turn around, and, depending on how invested they were in believing they had golden ears, generally espouse a litany of profanities directed at me. Don't shoot the messenger! I repeated these same A/B listening tests many times with various individuals and groups and determined there was a direct correlation between audiophiles and lovers of music; audiophiles were always angered; music lovers were always enlightened, especially women! This same switching system was also utilized for loudspeakers and phono cartridges since GAS Co. was selling "Sleeping Beauty" "moving-coil" phono cartridges made by Coral Corp. in Japan. There was no need try to fool the listener as I did with electronics, switching between different loudspeakers and phono cartridges always produced easily discernible audible changes in the musical timbre characteristics. David Riddle

Want ittttt

4:45 ......to ensure as many RMAs as possible

What is amplifier name, pleas. Thanks!

Look... I love hifiman. I have several of their products, in a range of prices. With that said.... There is absolutely no way that they're making a product that is 100% worth gambling 8k on. Their customer service leaves me wanting, most of all. I have no confidence in them to mass produce a product that will ship without issues 100% of the time. I have no confidence in them to treat a customer fairly, and replace a faulty part, 100% of the time. Batting out of order in my opinion. More power to those of you with the sort of disposable income that allows you to essentially just throw 8k in the trash (potentially).

What cable are you using with you HD800S? Thanks!

I'm just wondering if you know this and am not sure if you mentioned it on this video, but why does the volume have the option of going to a maximum of 100 or 120 for the M17? Could you please explain the difference of them

if this was around $200 then maybe but $500 Hell No

Hi! Great informative video, most of which I sadly could not understand. However, I liked how well you tested and covered the nuances. I want to buy a portable dac possibly bluetooth for hd560s to use with Android phone in budget, would you say btr7 a good recommendation?

Just bought a used Hugo OG - $600 - another level of goodness - very happy - skip mojo 2

This will be my next amp and the only one i'll ever need. Absolutely love the idea of a solid state having tube-like characteristics. For me, it doesn't get any better than this.

Thanks for the review! What do you think about running a Hugo 2 through a schitt amp like the magni or lokius to get more power? H2 seemed to lack on the e3, not able to push it to its capabilities...

Apos ray are more expensive than masses of quality NOS and old stock testing as new. Apos ray is sellin $25 tubes for $60 or $80. Sylvania Bad boy are $100

It's got a near 100% "on-sight" approval rating by the ASR crowd though, LOL - though most of them have NEVER listened to the great majority of their "recommended" components list, LOL.....

thank you

My TA30 has Sophia Electric Aqua Mark II 274 and Shuguang Black Treasures 12au7.

I listened to both at CanJam London last weekend. I really struggled to discern a difference between them.

Yeah. I heard a tt2 and mscalar in a shop and had a full on panic attack. Interesting.

Can you please explain in a little more detail the low bass shelf you are recommending?

Amos man, I enjoy how this channel is set up like a conversation, and one which takes place with you and I, and by that I mean you assume that I know or have had experience with each headphone you talk about, like many of us in the community have, and I like that. You never talk down to your audience, you speak to us like an equal, and it shows and is respectable.

Hey! I’m having a hard time choosing between iCan and Mjolnir 3. Which one is a better amp in your opinion?

How much? Lol let's end the video right there.

Very exspensive but, adjusted for US inflation, they’re about the same price as the originals at introduction.

My $180 M570 planars are AWESOME! Are $50,000 headphones better? I couldn't care less.

can we see graf like this for the aria and xs and thanks

I can barely afford the original Susvara, but thank you for the comparison, my fellow Aussie expatriate audiophile!

No plans to review the Yamaha??

Happy to know there's tiers above my spending ability. Don't want the best, just want enough.

The official research & development name was the Susvara Raw-Dawg ™

Excellent review, sound quality over bling always 👌 personally I think the no grill on the drivers is not a problem, a person who purchases these headphones is not going to poke things into the drivers or leave them exposed to harsh conditions, dust, direct sunlight etc.

@00:18 next to the Elite it looks like a piece of scrap

Great video as usual👍

The Problem is the worst workmanship of Hifiman, in 2 years i replaced 3 Susvara cause of self destruction...

Nice review, plan to up my upgrade my gear before I purchase the unveiled to fully reach its potential.

Those cicadas are LOUD. Great review!

NO

As a very happy owner of the OG Utopia and a tube amp, I got to hear both Susvaras at the London Can Jam a few days ago and the OG Sus on a Feliks Envy is pure audio bliss. Not as punchy as the Utopia but a wonderful complement to it in terms of being a highly transparent and airy headphone. I didn't get to spend enough time with the new Sus but my impression was that it sounded bigger (soundstage) and a bit more "polite". I didn't get to A-B them from the same source, though. I had previously found the OG Sus rather unengaging and never considered buying it but knowing what it can actually sound like on a great tube amp makes me want to pull the trigger and finally upgrade my HEKse... 😀

I'm still waiting for the susvara to come down to a price i can afford 🙏😢 I always heard susvara is the ultimate headphone for details and separation, so it's insane there's a new headphone that trumps the susvara

Remove your HD800S dust cover. It will sounds more resolving maybe even exceed Sus Unveiled.

I have Susvara unvield and Susvara OG. I think Unvield has fair price. It’s the best planar headphones in the world. Sound quality is on level of electrostatic headphones and better than Shangrila Senior.

They might sound great, but the build looks very cheap.

They cost a maximum of $200 to manufacture, yet they sell for $8,000. It's a disgrace to the industry. I'll stick with my 20-year-old HD650, which outperforms any headphone at any price, delivering authentic, lifelike sound and timbre. I've reached this conclusion after owning nearly all top-of-the-line headphones.

In your b-roll, was that an Audiovalve Lumiere that Susvara was atop? If it was, did you ever do a write up on that?

What website is this? 11:39 can anyone access the fr graphs