So can totally vouch for the Tincogo (2 Pack) Adjustable Iron Display Stand Easel Foldable Tablet from Amazon drastically reducing the heat generated from 2go/Hugo 2. There is still heat but on a scale of 1 to 10 it is now 2 at most, previously had been 8 or 9
Of course I would reckon any kind of tablet/iPad support stand would do the trick.
Is it possible to play music from the USB card on the 2GO via USB Audio Player Pro over the network? If so could somebody please share how to do this?
If not what us the best player to use?
thank you.
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It works as a DLNA/UPnP Server as well as Renderer.
I donāt use Android, but on iOS mConnect can stream from the 2Goās USB card to other DLNA/UPnP devices on the network (works with my Linn Klimax DSM unit, Sonos, the control device itself and so on).
Iāve had Hugo 2 + 2go (H2go) for the last week, streaming Roon via a carefully built wired and wireless network (Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, AmpliFi). It works well except that 2go WiFi seems a bit fickle. For instance, placing the H2go on a wooden coffee table with metal legs causes Roon to stop and skip with the dreaded āloading slowlyā. As did placing my phone on the same (wooden) table as the H2go. Or even grabbing the H2go on the 2go side. All of this pretty close to AmpliFi meshpoints.
Thanks Torq.
I can see the Chord 2Go in the list of servers on UAPP, but I can only get UAPP to play songs from the SD card natively on my phone, rather than output to the 2Go. Would help if there was a UAPP manual lol.
Well, spoke too soon. For the first time, I had repeated Roon stutters and skips today. Sitting exactly in the same place just outside my first floor patio doors, but during the workday rather than on the weekend. Iām kind of suspecting that the local WiFi 2.4GHz environment is occasionally oversubscribed. Not sure what I can do to fix this, unfortunately. The closest mesh point on my AmpliFi network is no more than 10 ft away.
I sometimes find that if I have to power off 2go it can be ages before it will power on again by pressing the config button. Iāve sometimes seen it take 15 minutes before it will power on. Anybody else experience this?
What is normal start up time? I am considering getting one. I hope you resolve you problem!
It normally starts up fairly quickly when battery is full, it is only when battery is low and using charger it seems to take longer.
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Does anyone have experience with the 2go paired with the 2yu as a stand-alone streamer?
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From everything Iāve read, this is still not even shipping yetā¦
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Thatās what Iām waiting for. I want to use it as a battery powered Roon endpoint to use between my stereo, my home office, and the real office (when I am able to go back). Just seems like it can be a versatile piece of gear.
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Yeah, Iād like to use it as a stand-alone streamer (via Ethernet). The fact that theyāve included usb is very impressive at this price point.
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I really donāt see the value proposition in the 2Yu. And I say that as an owner of a Hugo2Go setup. The 2Go only really makes sense paired to the Hugo2, as it makes the Hugo2 a proper transportable solution that you can carry from room to room. (Which is specifically what I purchased it for ā to use Roon+headphones from any room while we are all stuck in quarantine because of COVID-19.)
Even putting aside the bugs with the 2Go (which I wonder if this is another reason they are delaying the launch of the 2Yu, so it isnāt rendered stillborn by the 2Goās issues), for a stationary setup, it seems to me there are much better (and more affordable) options than the 2Go+2Yu. ~$2500USD can get you a mighty nice streamerā¦
(FWIW, Iāve mostly had good luck with my 2Go. But I only use it with Roon, and a lot of the more serious issues seem related to playback from the SD card slots. I have experienced the āvinyl popsā, but only infrequently such that it hasnāt been much of an annoyance for me. My most consistent issue is having to do a full reboot of the 2Go every few days to get it visible to Roon again.)
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Thatās interesting. I was hoping that theyād of hammered out their streaming issues that they had with the Poly before releasing their next streaming device. Their hardware side is pretty fantastic and thatās whatās drawn my attention to is pairing.
What sub-$2500 streamers would you recommend?
Thanks for the input.
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Personally, I use an RPi4 with 7" display running RoPieee to feed my Phonitorxe via USB. But if you donāt want USB, there are plenty of good RPi HAT options.
If you want something turnkey, then things like the Auralic Aries G1 or Lumin U1 Mini come to mind. But there are many options, so best to do some googling.
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The problem here, is the streamers are effectively outsourced as I understand it. They arenāt really Chord devices. Hence why they donāt even support native DSD mode talking to the Hugo2. And why their DACs are good, but their streamers are steamersā¦
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You have something setup incorrectly, then. Native DSD up to DSD256 works fine with 2Go/Hugo2.
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@Torq, I know there arenāt any 2yuās out in the wild yet, but would you recommend this as a streaming solution? I do think Chordās hardware is pretty fantastic. A Chord streamer is very appealing.
Technically, itās not native DSD, itās DoP. The Hugo2 can do DSD512 if fed native DSD, but the 2Go doesnāt support it. Only their custom Windows driver can send Chord DACs native DSD512 (since they use a proprietary ānative DSDā streaming format instead of the more common XMOS/etc based ānativeā ā largely in part because they roll their own USB implementation in the DACs).
(Of course, DSD512 support is a bit academic, anyway, since Chord DACs convert DSD to PCM internally for Robās FPGA tap logic. And there is basically no native DSD512 content available ā its just an upscaling target. So you might as well just upscale to max PCM when sending to a Chord DAC.)
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