Chord Electronics Hugo 2

The Chord Hugo 2 is a powerful DAC and headphone amplifier that builds on the Chord Hugo introduced in 2014. As with the groundbreaking original, the Hugo 2 can be used both at home as a conventional audio streamer and on-the-go as a headphone amplifier. The operation of the Hugo 2 is very simple. The DAC / headphone amplifier has only four spherical buttons including a power switch, input selector, digital filtering and a unique crossfeed setting.

The Hugo 2 has a digital optical, coaxial, USB audio and Bluetooth input. Via USB audio, the Hugo 2 can handle a maximum resolution of up to 32bit / 768kHz PCM and up to DSD512. Analogue out, this Hugo 2 has both a 3.5mm and 6.35mm headphone output and a single-ended stereo line output.


The digital filtering has four settings: neutral, neutral HF roll-off, warm and warmer HF roll-off. Crossfeed simulates a so-called speaker effect while listening via headphones and is based on advanced binaural audio research. The playing time on a battery charge is approximately seven hours and can be recharged using the special Micro USB port. A smart indicator shows the battery charge status.
Additional functionality with the Chord 2go

New from Chord Electronics is the Chord 2go module for the Hugo 2. With this Chord 2go you can quickly and easily add ethernet, wireless streaming and microSD storage up to 4TB to the Chord Hugo 2. Simply click this 2go on the Hugo 2 and experience the Chord Hugo 2 with even more functionality and ease of use.

Specifications:

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: 390g
Dimensions: 2.1cm (H) 10cm (W) 13cm (D)