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| UK & Europe | EU Standard | AV.com Standard | AV.com Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
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Key Features
Hugo 2 is a powerful DAC and headphone amp that builds on the ground-breaking original. Designed for both home and mobile use, Hugo 2 transforms headphones and audio systems’ sound quality with its cutting-edge proprietary DAC technology.
Product Ref: 204275
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“The Chord Hugo 2 remains impossible to beat.”
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“A stunning sequel from Chord.”
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“If you want the ultimate DAC performance, look no further.”
"Chord’s original battery-powered DAC/headphone amplifier was a hard act to follow, but the new Hugo 2 is a giant leap forward. Inside its ultra-modern aluminium case is a custom-coded digital converter and filter that sounds like nothing else around. Comfortably able to see off any conventional DAC at its price, it’s astounding for a compact music machine, with a vibrant and rhythmic sound."
"There isn’t another DAC around at anywhere near this sort of price able to communicate so torrentially, so unambiguously or so effortlessly. We like it a lot."
"The Hugo 2 does everything that the original Hugo does with improvements in every department. This is a truly outstanding piece of digital equipment – one that offers performance that is utterly unfazed by whatever you choose to play on it."
In 2014, Chord 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.
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 in 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 seven hours and two modes of automatic charging are included using the dedicated Micro USB charging port; an indicator shows charging and battery-charge status.
| 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 300Ω740mW 33Ω1050mW 8Ω |
| Weight | 450g |
| Dimensions | 130mm (L) x 100mm (W) x 21mm (H) |
| Boxed Dimensions | 220mm (L) x 122mm (W) x 85mm (H) |
| Included Accessories | 2amp USB Charger 1.5m Micro USB CableMicro USB to Micro USB OTG CableHugo 2 Owners Overview Manual |
