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Mojo 2 is the most advanced DAC/headphone amplifier in the world.  It plays your favourite music with class-leading detail and clarity, right up to studio-grade levels. The British designed and built Mojo 2 is the most advanced portable DAC and headphone 

Mojo 2 DAC/Headphone Amplifier

Five digital inputs: coaxial, dual-data coax, optical, Micro-USB and USB-C Dynamic range 125 dB A wt. Noise 2.7 uV A wt., no measurable noise floor modulation Distortion and noise 0.0003 % at 2.5 V 300 ohms Power output 1 % distortion: 90 mW 300 ohms (5.2 V RMS) 600 mW 30 ohms (4.2 V RMS) 0.06 ohms output impedance 118 dB stereo separation 1 kHz 300 ohms 2.5 V Dimensions: 83 mm (3.26 in.) x 62 mm (2.44 in.) x 22.90 mm (0.90 in) weight: 185 g (0.4 lbs)

Mojo 2 is the most advanced DAC/headphone amplifier in the world.  It plays your favourite music with class-leading detail and clarity, right up to studio-grade levels. The British designed and built Mojo 2 is the most advanced portable DAC and headphone amplifier in the world today.  Winner of Best DAC (£300-£500) in the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2022, the Mojo 2 is entirely engineered around a powerful, custom-coded FPGA processor and benefits from several unique technologies.  Central to the new Mojo 2 is the world’s first lossless DSP, an advanced ‘digital tone control’ without any degradation in sound quality. The ‘UHD DSP’ gives Mojo 2 unrivalled compatibility with today’s wide-ranging headphones, plus unparalleled flexibility with partnering equipment.  A further key feature is the new menu system, navigated via the new (fourth) control sphere, bringing mute, crossfeed, button-lock and tone control adjustment.  Mojo 2 offers greatly improved battery management, with faster charging rates, a huge 75 % reduction in power loss, plus a 9 % capacity gain.  A new USB-C data input adds greater flexibility, transparency has been greatly boosted, thanks to an improved noise-shaper, lower distortion and greater neutrality, plus Mojo 2 can even be taken wireless with the Poly streamer/server.  Handmade in the UK with a robust CNC-milled aircraft grade aluminium chassis, Mojo 2 offers unrivalled performance, class-leading sound and peerless build quality.

In 2014, we introduced Hugo, a revolutionary portable DAC and headphone amp that became a landmark product in the audio landscape. Advances in digital technology, including the latest FPGAs and WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filters, have enabled us to int

Hugo 2 Transportable DAC/Headphone Amplifier

Chipset: Chord Electronics custom coded Xilinx Artix 7 (XC7A15T) FPGA  Tap-length: 49,152  Pulse array: 10 element pulse array design  Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 0.2dB  Output stage: Class A  Output impedance: 0.025Ω  THD: <0.0001% 1kHz 3v RMS 300Ω  THD and noise at 3v RMS: 120dB at 1kHz 300ohms ‘A’ wighted (reference 5.3v)  Noise 2.6 uV ‘A’ weighted: No measurable noise floor modulation  Signal to noise ratio: 126dB ‘A’ Weighted  Channel separation: 135dB at 1kHz 300Ω  Power output @ 1kHz 1% THD: 94mW 300Ω  740mW 32Ω  1050mW 8Ω  Weight: 365g  Dimensions: 2.1cm (H) 10cm (W) 13cm (D)

In 2014, we introduced Hugo, a revolutionary portable DAC and headphone amp that became a landmark product in the audio landscape. Advances in digital technology, including the latest FPGAs and WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filters, have enabled us to introduce a next-generation version, Hugo 2, featuring flexible new features, plus next-generation technical and sonic performance.  Winner of Best DAC (£1,500+) in the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2022, and a What Hi-Fi? Best DAC winner every year its inception (2017-2022), Hugo 2 is a proven class-leader.  Hugo 2 can be used both at home and on the go, either with headphones or within a conventional audio system. Its line-level output and full-function remote control adds real flexibility to full-size and desktop systems.  The device offers four digital inputs (optical, coaxial and HD USB) plus extended-range Bluetooth, with high-resolution file playback up to 768kHz and up to DSD512 (Octa DSD), via its HD USB input. Analogue outputs include 2x RCA, plus 3.5mm and 6.35mm headphone outputs.  A four-function switch filter offers a useful degree of user-selectable frequency-shaping, bringing warm and soft or transparent and incisive presentations, giving additional flexibility and user control. For headphone listening, Hugo 2 retains the popular digital crossfeed function of the original and offers three operation modes. The system duplicates the effect of listening to speakers and is based on advanced binaural audio research.  Hugo 2 features four spherical control buttons, which illuminate with colour-coding information and control power, input, filtering, plus the unit’s crossfeed functions.  Battery playing time is around 6 hours + (depending on headphones) and two modes of automatic charging are included using the dedicated Micro USB charging port; an indicator shows charging and battery-charge status.

Hugo TT 2 has been radically redesigned from the ground up, not only with beautiful new casework by Chief Designer, John Franks, but with 5x the processing power of the original Hugo TT and double that of the multi-award-winning Hugo 2. Hugo TT 2 distils 

Hugo TT 2 DAC, Preamplifier & Headphone Amplifier

Dynamic range    127dB ‘A’ weighted  Noise  4 uV ‘A’ weighted (high gain), 1.7 uV ‘A’ weighted (low gain) with no measurable noise floor modulation  Distortion  0.00008% @ 2.5 V 300Ω; 0.00016% @ 6 W 8Ω  Output power (unbalanced)  (@1% THD) 288 mW RMS 300Ω; 7.3 W RMS 8Ω  Output power (balanced)  (@1% THD) 1.15 W RMS 300Ω; 18W RMS 8Ω  Power consumption:  Full power – 30 W  Standby – 10 W  Output impedance  0.042Ω  Stereo separation  9 V RMS 300Ω -138dB  Dimensions  5.2cm (H) 23.5cm (W) 23.8cm (D)

Hugo TT 2 has been radically redesigned from the ground up, not only with beautiful new casework by Chief Designer, John Franks, but with 5x the processing power of the original Hugo TT and double that of the multi-award-winning Hugo 2. Hugo TT 2 distils over 20 years of digital development by Rob Watts and takes advantage of the very latest technology.  As expected, it delivers radically improved technical specifications and measurements across the board and exhibits drastic sonic benefits over its predecessor with 768kHz PCM and DSD 512 playback. Hugo TT 2 sets a new benchmark in table top audio, only being eclipsed by DAVE.  Delving deeper, in comparison to the 256-tap filters that traditional chip DACs may run at, Hugo TT 2’s beating heart is a powerful Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA, custom-coded by Chord Electronics’ Rob Watts, with 86x 208MHz cores running in parallel to create an advanced 16FS WTA 1 filter with 98,304-taps. Double that of its multi-award winning transportable brother, Hugo 2 (49,152). Hugo TT 2 also benefits from an upgrade from a 4-element design to a 10-element design, which works in harmony with the radically upgraded FPGA and code to deliver unrivalled audio.  A brand new high-power discreet output stage coupled with second-order noise-shaping integrated between the DAC output and filter is also employed to massively reduce distortion. Further improvements have also been made to the power delivery. Hugo TT 2 eschews the Li-Po battery power supply of the original and ushers in six super capacitors capable of delivering huge, linear dynamic currents when the music demands it with peak output of 5A, 9.3V RMS.  Hugo TT 2 also brings home the much loved four-stage user-selectable filter controls introduced with Hugo 2 and retains the three-stage user-selectable digital crossfeed function for headphone users who want to improve the perception of depth, similar to that of speakers.  Hugo TT 2 can be upgraded at any time with the addition of M Scaler, our 1M-tap digital upscaling device.

Qutest is our ‘pure’ DAC (it does not contain headphone amplification or rechargeable batteries like some of its range stablemates) and is designed to improve sound quality in the home. It is the latest evolution of our most affordable standalone DAC, the

Qutest DAC

Chipset: Chord Electronics custom coded Xilinx Artix 7 (XC7A15T) FPGA  Tap-length: 49,152  Pulse array: 10 element pulse array design  Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 0.2dB  Output stage: Class A  THD: <0.0001% 1kHz 3v RMS 300Ω  THD and noise at 3v RMS: 117dB at 1kHz 300ohms ‘A’ weighted (reference 2.5v)  Noise 2.6 uV ‘A’ weighted: No measurable noise floor modulation  Channel separation: 138dB at 1kHz 300Ω  Weight: 770g  Dimensions: 4.5cm (H) 16cm (W) 8.8cm (D)  Boxed Weight: 1500g

Qutest is our ‘pure’ DAC (it does not contain headphone amplification or rechargeable batteries like some of its range stablemates) and is designed to improve sound quality in the home. It is the latest evolution of our most affordable standalone DAC, the multi-award-winning 2Qute, which it directly replaces.  Qutest, which is What Hi-Fi?’s Best DAC (£500-£1500) and a What Hi-Fi? Best DAC winner every year its inception (2018-2022), is a proven class-leader and is based on our award-winning proprietary FPGA technology developed for the class-leading Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amp, giving it proven class-leading technical and sonic performance. Perfectly equipped to bring the benefits our digital technology to a wide range of connected devices, it features a galvanically isolated USB-B, optical and coaxial digital input, giving an instant performance upgrade, plus the ability to modernise ageing digital source components.  The Qutest chassis is all-new, too. It has significantly greater mass than its predecessor and has been precision-machined from solid aircraft-grade aluminium billet. The Qutest PCB nestles within a shallow cavity in the solid aluminium chassis, giving the circuit board greater protection within the casework and additional isolation from external vibration compared to previous designs.  Qutest offers Hugo 2’s proprietary user-selectable frequency-shaping filters and input selection controls, available via two fascia-mounted spheres, introducing useful flexibility. It also features RCA analogue outputs for connection to integrated amplifiers, preamps and headphone amps, plus high-resolution dual-data digital inputs for connection to future Chord Electronics products.  A further new feature is a user-selectable output voltage available in 1, 2 and 3V RMS outputs for flexible connectivity with a wide range of partnering devices.

DAVE is our flagship DAC, a reference-level device containing the latest-generation FPGA technology. Put simply, it is the most advanced DAC in the world.

DAVE Reference-level Digital to Analogue Converter, Headphone Amplifier and Preamplifier

DAVE is the most advanced DAC we have ever made. It features the very best conversion technology available, using proprietary techniques never seen before, making DAVE the most advanced DAC/preamp amplifier in the world. DAVE stands for ‘Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis’, a moniker that best reflects the product’s capability; a device so advanced and with so few compromises, that it is truthful in the extreme.  DAVE, which is also a reference-level headphone amplifier and digital preamp, distils over twenty years of Chord Electronics’ research, development and advanced engineering into one device. At its heart lies the advanced Spartan 6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) with 1,000x the processing power of a traditional mass-produced chip DAC. DAVE’s FPGA is loaded with over a million lines of code to confront complex timing issues head-on, with speed and precision.  The FPGA’s extraordinary capability enables a number of key sonic benefits, including significantly improved timing and the best noise-shaper performance of any known DAC. DAVE’s technology delivers music with unmatched reality and musicality, with an unrivalled timing response. The device’s lossless digital volume control outputs the signal direct to your power amplifier for the purest experience.  DAVE has a large LC display, showing input, sample frequency, volume and set-up configurations options, within our famous porthole design. On its fascia, DAVE also features a rotary encoder with a large stainless steel controller and ball buttons, enabling direct interactivity in addition to the supplied remote control.

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz flat within +/-0.1dB (HF filter off)  Tap length filter: 164,000  THD + N: 127.5dB (AWT)  Channel separation: >125dB @ 1KHz  Dynamic range: 127.5dB (AWT)  Sample frequencies: 44.1Khz – 768Khz (16 – 32bit) and DSD64 to DSD512 native DSD + DoP (input dependant)  Digital inputs:  4x 75Ω S/PDIF BNC Coax – 44.1kHz to 384kHz  1x AES XLR – 44.1kHz to 96kHz  2x Fibre Optic TOSLINK – 44.1kHz to 96kHz  1x USB Type B – 44.1kHz to 768kHz (16 – 32bit) – PCM and DSD     Analogue outputs:  1x Stereo Pair of Unbalanced RCA  1x Stereo Pair of Balanced XLR  1x ¼” TRS Jack Headphone Output

Dimensions (including connectors):  7.8cm (H) 33.5cm (W) 15.2cm (D)  Weight:  5kg

Using technology first seen in the flagship BLU MKII digital/CD transport, the Hugo M Scaler is a standalone upscaling device containing the world’s most advanced digital filter. When used with a dual-BNC-input Chord Electronics DAC, it is capable of rede

Hugo M Scaler

HUGO M SCALER Standalone 1M-tap digital upscaling device

The Hugo M Scaler is a highly advanced standalone upscaler capable of redefining sound quality from digital audio. It uses Rob Watts’ (our Digital Design Consultant’s) unique filter technology, the most advanced in the world, to upscale standard 44.1kHz digital audio up to 705.6kHz (16x CD’s 44.1kHz native resolution), ready to be passed to a suitable DAC; Hugo M Scaler extends its upscaling performance to 768kHz (from 96kHz input data) for our dual-BNC-input DACs: Qutest, Hugo 2, Hugo TT 2 and DAVE.  The Hugo M Scaler brings the unrivalled advantages of our ground-breaking FPGA-based WTA (Watts Transient Alignment) filtering technology to digitally connected audio devices, dramatically improving sound quality. Although optimised for use with selected Chord Electronics DACs (for the maximum 768kHz upscaling/decoding benefit), the Hugo M Scaler can be used with other DACs with suitable inputs, subject to their decoding capability.  The Hugo M Scaler’s compact form factor aligns with the TT (Table Top) series and has been designed to be stackable with other units in the range, including the TToby stereo power amp and the Hugo TT 2, to form a highly advanced yet space-saving system. In line with other models in the Hugo and Hugo TT series, the device features a number of illuminable fascia-mounted spherical controls, governing input selection, output sample rate and video mode for lower latency. The control spheres display data visually including input source and the incoming sample rate, using a polychromatic scale.  When partnered with either of Chord Electronics’ 768kHz-capable dual-BNC-input DACs, the Hugo M Scaler sets an astonishing technical benchmark for digital audio performance at it price point, redefining sound quality from digital audio.

Tap-length filter: 1,015,808 (16FS filter)  Connectivity (input): 1x Galvanically isolated Type-B USB, 2x Coax BNC and 2x Optical  Connectivity (output): 1x Galvanically isolated dual BNC (enables upscaling to the maximum 768kHz), 1x BNC S/PDIF and 1x Optical  PCM support: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 717.6kHz, and 768kHz. 16 – 32bit  Driver support: Driverless with Mac OS X and Linux, driver required for Windows OS  Additional features:   The most advanced digital filter in the world  Adjustable sample rate output (with pass-thru mode)  Video mode (for lower latency)  Auto video and source selection  ‘DX’ controls for a future product design

FPGA:  Xilinx XC7A200T  Filter tap length:  1,015,808 WTA taps  Power consumption:  Full power – 30 W  Standby – 10 W  Dimensions:  4cm (H) 23.5cm (W) 23.8cm (D)  Weight:  2.55kg

Using technology first seen in the flagship BLU MKII digital/CD transport, the Hugo M Scaler is a standalone upscaling device containing the world’s most advanced digital filter. When used with a dual-BNC-input Chord Electronics DAC, it is capable of redefining digital audio sound quality.

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