In 2014, we launched Hugo, a revolutionary portable DAC and headphone amplifier that became a milestone in the audio world. Advances in digital technology, including the latest FPGAs and WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filters, have allowed us to introduce a next-generation version, Hugo 2, offering flexible new features as well as next-generation technical and sonic performance.

Winner of the Best DAC (£1,500+) in the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2022, and a What Hi-Fi? Best DAC winner every year since 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 fully functional remote control provide true flexibility for full-size and desktop systems.

The device offers four digital inputs (optical, coaxial, and HD USB) plus advanced Bluetooth® wireless technology with high-resolution file playback up to 768 kHz and up to DSD512 (Octa DSD) via its HD USB input. Analogue outputs include 2 x RCA as well as 3.5mm and 6.35mm headphone outputs.

A four-function switch filter offers a useful degree of user-selectable frequency shaping that brings warm and soft or transparent and incisive presentations, providing additional flexibility and user control. For headphone listening, Hugo 2 retains the original's popular digital crossfeed function, offering three operating modes. The system duplicates the effect of listening to speakers and is based on advanced binaural audio research.

The Hugo 2 features four spherical control buttons that are illuminated with colour information and control the device’s power, input, filtering, and crossfeed functions.

Battery life is approximately 6+ hours (depending on headphones) and two automatic charging modes are included via the dedicated Micro-USB charging port; an indicator shows the 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% 1 kHz 3 V RMS 300 Ω

THD and noise at 3 V RMS:
120 dB at 1 kHz 300 ohms 'A' weighted (reference 5.3v)

Noise 2.6 uV 'A' weighted:
No measurable noise floor modulation

Signal to noise ratio:
126dB 'A' weighted

Channel separation:
135 dB at 1 kHz 300 Ω

Output power at 1 kHz 1% THD:
94 mW 300 Ω
740 mW 32 Ω
1050 mW 8 Ω

Weight:
365 g

Dimensions:
2.1 cm (H) 10 cm (W) 13 cm (D)

Boxed dimensions:
8.5 cm (H) 12.2 cm (W) 22 cm (D)

Herstellerangaben:

Chord Electronics Ltd. The Pumphouse
Farleigh Bridge Farleigh Lane
East Farleigh
ME16 9NB , Kent
United Kingdom
info@chordelectronics.co.uk

Verantwortliche Person:

Drei H Sales GmbH
8 Storms Way
22085 , Hamburg
Germany
info@3-h.de