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Document DEVICE REPORTProduct-brochure-2021
Chord Electronics Product Brochure 2020
Product Brochure

The Pumphouse, Farleigh Lane, East Farleigh, Kent, ME16 9NB, United Kingdom +44 (0) 1622 721 444 chordelectronics.co.uk
2021

WELCOME TO THE EXTRAORDINARY
Welcome to Chord Electronics, an extraordinary breed of hifi, of sound-producing devices where music, no matter what its origins, is presented in its purest and most unadulterated form. In our pursuit of resolution and absolute clarity, we develop multi-award-winning proprietary processes without compromise; technology at the apogee of its game. It is these very same processes which afford us the ability to question how you can enjoy our products the most. This is why when you experience our designs, they are unapologetically unique: they don't follow convention, they provide extraordinary sound and a mechanical design to suit your lifestyle.

CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY. MULTI-
AWARD-WINNING SOUND.
THE ANALOGUE: Errors at 30,000ft simply cannot happen. Where safety nets do not exist, electrical engineering for aircraft must only be first-rate. Infallible. However, back in the 1980s where control systems were mostly analogue, engineers had encyclopedic knowledge. One such engineer was John Franks. John was not only a skilled engineer, but a passionate audiophile and knew that there was a clear crossover between avionics and high fidelity.
For his amplifiers, intelligently shielded switch-mode power supplies, able to refill the capacitors at a much faster rate than toroidal transformers, were the only way to reproduce bass frequencies with true precision, and for the amplification devices themselves, the MOSFETs, John worked tirelessly to develop his own unique and utterly transparent devices. Free of distortion and so musical, Chord Electronics' analogue technologies are in a class of their own.
THE DIGITAL: Our digital master, Rob Watts, has been designing and perfecting DACs for decades but Rob was not just an engineer he was an audiophile, a surprising rarity amongst the profession. Disappointed by the constant limitations dictated by the package size and the obvious budget restrictions to make a chip a realistic commercial opportunity, he began designing his own using FPGAs, remarkable programmable chips. Restricted only by their physical processing power or `canvas size', not by design, Rob developed the scalable WTA filter and Pulse Array technologies, and it is these incredible proprietary technologies, protected by military-grade encryption, which extract far more information from the original recording than ever before. As a result, our digital devices are unique, multi-award-winners and have up to 600x the resolving power of a chip DAC.

John Franks
Owner and Chief Designer
Rob Watts
Digital Consultant

ABBEY ROAD METROPOLIS MASTERING SKYWALKER SOUND SONY MUSIC JAPAN AIR STUDIOS
AUDIO ENGINEERS AFFILIATED WITH CHORD ELECTRONICS LTD.
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MASTERING ENGINEER
TIM YOUNG
GRAMMY NOMINATED MUSIC PRODUCER
MICHAEL BEINHORN
GRAMMY NOMINATED MASTERING ENGINEER
STUART HAWKES
BRIT AWARD WINNING PRODUCER AND MIXER
MIKE CROSSEY
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MIXER
DOM MORLEY

FROM MUSIC MAKER TO
MUSIC LOVER
If you've listened to music produced within the last 30 years, then there's a good chance that Chord Electronics was a part of the recording process. Our vast family of professional mix engineers, producers and mastering engineers, choose our precision amplifiers and DACs for their reliability and the incredible window into the music that they bring back to the original recorded performance.

CRYSTAL CLEAR CLARITY BY MASTER CRAFTSMEN FOR 30 YEARS
When you invest in a Chord Electronics product, you're investing in hi-fi built like no other. For over 30 years, we've manufactured our products exclusively in Great Britain, where every facet of production is intimately controlled and perfected to tight tolerances. We use a harmonious marriage of traditional processes and the very latest machinery, to achieve our pursuit of excellence.
Before a product leaves our factory, each and every element is checked and poured over by both a master craftsman and a computer program, to ensure that it arrives to you in perfect condition, ready to take your music playback to the extraordinary.

DISCOVER THE
EXTRAORDINARY
There is power and mystery in music. It can alter your mood, evoke old memories, spark ideas, send shivers down your spine, break (and mend) your heart, take you out of yourself and unite you with a million others. What you hear is important: but it's what you feel that really matters. We design our products to deliver a deep, immersive, visceral experience, opening the window between you and the recording as it takes you right into the music, revealing every note and nuance, every beat and breath, exactly as it was originally performed. From portables to full-size Reference hi-fi, discover how with power, precision, speed and clarity, we'll transform the music that you love most.

Mobile
Your headphone listening experience, revolutionised Discover multi-award-winning sound on-the-go with our pocketable and truly portable product range.
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1.0

Mobile Range

2.0

Qutest Range

Mojo
Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier
Mojo is the world's most advanced pocket-sized DAC/ headphone amplifier. Despite its size and unrivalled affordability, Mojo is hand-built in the UK using the same custom-coded FPGA technology as its bigger siblings.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Truly portable

Made for headphones

768kHz
768kHz playback

DoP
DSD 256 via DoP

7hours Battery life

Poly
Music Streamer and Music Player for Mojo
A music streamer/player that combines with Mojo for wireless music streaming and playback from its Micro SD, all with smartphone control. With Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and AirPlay, Poly streams from Tidal, Qobuz, Roon, DLNA devices and more.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

WiFi Connectivity

Bluetooth Connectivity

Micro SD Storage

768kHz
768kHz Playback

9hours Battery life

Qutest
A big performance without the big box Size doesn't always matter. A multi-award-winning compact and stealthy range of separates, sitting at the cutting edge of hi-fi.
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1.0

Mobile Range

2.0

Qutest Range

3.0

Hugo Range

Qutest
Digital to Analogue Converter
With DAC architecture based on the award-winning Hugo 2, Qutest offers class-leading digital conversion, four-stage filtering and a powerful custom-coded FPGA. Wide-ranging connectivity, including Dual Data, adds versatility.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

FPGA
49,152 tap FPGA DAC
design

Galvanic isolation

768kHz

768kHz playback

Up to DSD 512 via DoP & Native

Selectable line level

Huei
Phono stage
Based on 30 years of amplifier-building expertise, Huei is a compact powerhouse with all the hallmarks of Chord Electronics' legendary design. Huei offers MM/MC compatibility and integrates turntables to our amplifiers.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Moving magnet compatible

Moving coil compatible

Selectable gain

Selectable impedance

Rausch slope rumble filter

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1.0

Mobile Range

2.0

Qutest Range

3.0

Hugo Range

Anni
Integrated Amplifier
The new Anni brings award winning ULTIMA tech to desktop setups. Anni is perfect to pair with high-performance headphones, desktop monitors and high-resolution audio sources.

Aluminium Jett

finishes:

black

10 W
10 W into 8

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

Fully balanced circuitry

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

-92
dB
-92dB Signal to noise ratio

Qutest Stand System
Stackable stand system for the Qutest range
Designed to compliment the sharp edged look of Qutest range systems, the Qutest Stand System takes into mind, stackability and unprecedented build quality with an additional thermal pad for improved heat dissipation.

Aluminium Jett

finishes:

black

Stacks with existing Chord
equipment

Solid aircraft grade aluminum

Precision Machined in Great Britain

Hugo
The last word in transportable audio Elevate hi-fi and headphone performance at home or away with benchmark performance and ground-breaking connectivity. Convenience is guaranteed.
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2.0

Qutest Range

3.0

Hugo Range

4.0

Table Top Range

Hugo 2
Transportable DAC and Headphone Amplifier

AWARD 2017
Chord Electronics Hugo 2

A powerful and class-leading 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 cutting-edge technology.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

FPGA

49,152 tap FPGA DAC
design

Transportable design

768kHz

768kHz playback

Up to DSD 512 via DoP & Native

8hrs Battery

2go
Music streamer/player for Hugo 2 and more
2go is a game-changing music streaming and MicroSD (up to 2TB) playback module for Hugo 2 and more, that enables wired ethernet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. Effortlessly stream and playback from digital libraries, all with app control.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

WiFi or Ethernet Connectivity

Bluetooth Connectivity

768kHz
768kHz Playback

2x Micro SD Storage

8hours Battery life

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Qutest Range

3.0

Hugo Range

4.0

Table Top Range

2yu
Audio interface for 2go
2yu is a musically transparent interface that connects directly to 2go to offer its best-in-class streaming capabilities and musical performance to other devices.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

WiFi or Ethernet Connectivity

Bluetooth Connectivity

768kHz
768kHz Playback

2x Micro SD Storage

BNC Output

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Table Top

Hi-fi without convention

Bring big-box performance

to the table top with a

convenient,

sophisticated,

stackable mechanical design,

supercharged with Chord

Electronics'

proprietary

technologies.

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3.0

Hugo Range

4.0

Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

Hugo M Scaler
1M-tap Digital Upscaler
Hugo M Scaler is a revolutionary upscaling device, capable of redefining digital audio quality when used with a dual-BNCinput Chord Electronics DAC. It contains the most advanced digital filter in the world, outputting 16x the resolution of CD.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

FPGA

1M-tap digital upscaling filter

User selectable upsampling

768kHz

768kHz playback

Up to DSD 512 via DoP & Native

Galvanic isolation

Hugo TT 2
DAC, Preamplifier and Headphone amplifier
Developed from the multi-award-winning transportable Hugo 2, the Hugo TT 2 is bigger, better and more advanced in every way. TT 2 sets a new benchmark for table top DACs, eclipsed only by our flagship DAVE.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

FPGA
98,304 tap FPGA DAC
design

Supercapacitor energy storage

768kHz
768kHz playback

Up to DSD 512 via DoP & Native

Galvanic isolation

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3.0

Hugo Range

4.0

Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

TToby
100W Stereo Power Amplifier
With technology derived from our SPM range, TToby doesn't compromise on power or prestige. Despite its space-saving dimensions, TToby is every bit a thoroughbred Chord Electronics stereo amplifier.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

100W
100W into 4

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

-83
dB
-83dB Signal to noise ratio

High frequency switch mode power supply

Fully balanced circuitry

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Choral
One giant leap in hi-fi Forget tradition: loaded with vanguard technology, Choral defies its meticulously crafted compact chassis to provide an out-of-thisworld reference-quality experience with extraordinary flexibility.
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4.0

Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

6.0

Full Size Range

Symphonic
Phono stage
Our reference-level phono stage, the Symphonic brings advanced features plus our proprietary amplifier technology to vinyl replay, enabling the easy integration of turntables into any system thanks to a multitude of switching options.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

Moving coil compatible

Selectable gain

Selectable impedance

Rausch slope rumble filter

Fully balanced circuitry

DAVE
DAC, Preamplifier and Headphone amplifier

AWARDS 2016/17
BEST USB DAC CHORD ELECTRONICS
DAVE

DAVE is our flagship DAC, a true reference-level product, loaded with our latest-generation (and most advanced) FPGA technology. With preamp and headphone amp functionality, DAVE offers tremendous value, too.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

FPGA
164,000 tap FPGA DAC
design

Preamp functionality

Supports 800
headphones

768kHz
768kHz playback

Up to DSD 512 via DoP & Native

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4.0

Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

6.0

Full Size Range

Prima
Five Input Preamplifier
The Prima preamp has been designed to harmoniously complement the incredible Etude power amp. Fully balanced with five inputs including XLR, Prima also offers real flexibility with six independent input gain adjustments.

Aluminium Jett

finishes:

black

Argent silver

5 Stereo analogue
inputs

1 Stereo output

-98dB -98dB SnR

Fully analogue signal path

Fully balanced circuitry

Étude
150W Stereo Power Amplifier
Featuring technology derived from the aerospace industry, the Étude is an incredibly compact stereo amplifier with stunning power, speed and resolution. With dual feed forward error correction, Étude is a standout performer for the price.

Aluminium Jett

finishes:

black

Argent silver

150W
150W into 4

300W

A/B

Bridgeable to 300W into 4

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

Class A/B sliding bias

Fully balanced circuitry

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Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

6.0

Full Size Range

Ensemble Stand
Choral System Rack
Precision machined from a solid block of aircraft-grade aluminium billet, and a work of art on its own, the Ensemble Stand is irrefutably the best way to secure, display and optimise the Choral system components.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

Stacks with existing Chord
equipment

User configurable height - S, M, L

Solid aircraft grade aluminum

Machined in Great Britain

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Table Top Range

5.0

Choral Range

6.0

Full Size Range

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Full Size
Pursue the pinnacle of audio artistry Supremely reliable and effortlessly powerful, journey deeper into the music that moves you most with the purest, most transparent audio separates, as used in the world's finest recording studios.
Leg and side block options:
We all appreciate music in different ways, as we do design, which is why with many of the products within the Full Size range you can customise the leg colour to suit your taste, or even opt for our elegant piano black acrylic side blocks. Discuss how you can customise your next purchase with your retailer.
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6.0

Choral Range

7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

CPM 2650
120W Integrated Amplifier
Our most affordable integrated, the CPA 2650 combines the legendary low-distortion of the SPM 650 with the precision and control of the CPA 3000, to produce a desirable solution which is every bit a Chord Electronics product.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

120W
120W into 8

6 Stereo analogue
inputs

1 Stereo output

Fully balanced circuitry

Fully analogue signal path

CPM 2800 MKII
120W Digital Integrated Amplifier
Unique in the range, the CPM 2800 MKII is a 120-watt amplifier that includes a high-performance Chord Electronics DAC. Sporting both analogue and digital inputs, the amp is the perfect `digital hub' for any modern system.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

120W
120W into 8

6 Stereo analogue
inputs

1 Digital USB input
(FPGA DAC)

1 Stereo output

Fully analogue signal path

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Choral Range

7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

CPM 3350
220W Integrated Amplifier
Our flagship integrated, the CPM 3350 combines the legendary low-distortion amplification of the SPM 1050 Mk. II with the precision and control of the CPA 3000 to produce our best one-box solution, taking power up to 220W.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

220W
220W into 8

6 Stereo analogue
inputs

1 Stereo output

Fully balanced circuitry

Fully analogue signal path

CPA 3000
Seven Input Preamplifier
Our flexible seven-input preamp routes and attenuates signals without `adding' anything. With flexible input and output options, it delivers the purest audio experience with absolutely no colouration and minimal distortion.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

7 Stereo analogue
inputs

3 Stereo outputs

-115dB -115dB SnR

Fully balanced circuitry

Fully analogue signal path
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6.0

Choral Range

7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

ULTIMA 6
180W Stereo Power Amplifier
ULTIMA 6 is the most affordable entry into full size Chord Electronics amplification ownership featuring our groundbreaking new error correction topology.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

180W
180W into 8

-83
dB

-83dB Signal to noise ratio

High frequency switch mode power supply

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

ULTIMA 5
300W Stereo Power Amplifier
With a verifiable professional heritage and huge amounts of reserve power the ULTIMA 5 is the most popular Chord Electronics stereo power amplifier.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

300W
30ww0W into 8

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

High frequency switch mode power supply

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

-83
dB
-83dB Signal to noise ratio

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6.0

Choral Range

7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

ULTIMA 3
480W Mono Power Amplifier
Featuring our all-new circuit topology, ULTIMA 3 is a thoroughly modern amplifier for the high-resolution age. Its capable of lightning-fast transient delivery with unparalleled resolution and incredible sound-staging.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

480W

480W into 8

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

Fully balanced circuitry

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

-84
dB
-84dB Signal to noise ratio

ULTIMA Pre 2
Eight Input Reference Preamplifier
The ULTIMA Pre 2 offers a substantially larger chassis than our Standard Series preamps and contains the latest proprietary ultra-high-frequency power supply.

Aluminium Jett

finishes:

black

Argent silver

8 Stereo analogue
inputs

-120dB -120dB SnR

Advanced power
shielding

Fully analogue signal path

Fully balanced circuitry

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Choral Range

7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

ULTIMA 2
750W Mono Power Amplifier
Updated for the modern age, the ULTIMA 2 carries the very latest Chord Electronics amplifier technology, bringing significant musicality gains over its predecessor, ready to take music to the next level.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

750W
750W into 8

-89
dB

-89dB Signal to noise ratio

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

Fully balanced circuitry

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Reference
The zenith of performance Unparalleled craftsmanship, unparalleled resolution. This is our Reference range, a statement of the highest order, hand-built without compromise.
Leg and side block options:
We all appreciate music in different ways, as we do design, which is why with many of the products within the Full Size range you can customise the leg colour to suit your taste, or even opt for our elegant piano black acrylic side blocks. Discuss how you can customise your next purchase with your retailer.
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7.0

Full Size Range

8.0

Reference Range

ULTIMA Preamplifier
Flagship Eight Input Preamplifier
The most accomplished preamp in our 30-year history, the ULTIMA pre is a musical tour de force, that adds nothing to the precious incoming signal. A world-class, no-compromise product the ULTIMA PRE is our finest achievement

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

8 Stereo analogue
inputs

3 Stereo outputs

-117dB -117dB SnR

Advanced power
shielding

Fully analogue signal path

ULTIMA
780W Mono Power Amplifier
ULTIMA was our first amplifier to offer our all-new circuit topology, the first since our inception 30 years ago. It is the pinnacle of our analogue engineering; built to complement the very best loudspeakers in the world.

Aluminium finishes:

Jett black

Argent silver

780W
780W into 8

-90
dB

-90dB Signal to noise ratio

Advanced dual feed forward
error correction

A/B
Class A/B sliding bias

Fully balanced circuitry

ONCE YOU PLACE YOUR
ORDER
As with all Chord Electronics products, our avionics heritage inspires only the highest quality: all of our products start life as a single billet of aircraft-grade aluminium. This is just one of the hundreds of processes that help shape our multi-award-winning devices; the same standards, care and attention run through the production of all of our units.
When you place an order for a device in the Table Top range and above, your purchase is assigned to an engineer who will begin the process of curating each individual component before carefully crafting the unit to the highest standards. Only once it has passed numerous measured and listening tests, will it qualify for a Chord Electronics name badge. Naturally, this is a bespoke process that takes time, however, during your products' build, you are more than welcome to ask your retailer any questions that you may have.
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