Chord Electronics Hugo 2

Chord Hugo 2

Portable DAC/Headphone amplifier

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. Operation of the Hugo 2 is very simple. The DAC/headphone amplifier has only four spherical buttons including a power switch, input selection, digital filtering and a unique crossfeed setting.

High-res audio

This Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amplifier features digital optical, coaxial, USB audio and wireless Bluetooth input. Via USB audio, the Hugo 2 can handle up to 32bits/768kHz PCM and up to DSD512 resolution. Analog out, this Hugo 2 features both a 3.5mm and 6.35mm headphone output and a single-ended stereo line output.

Functionality

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 through headphones and is based on advanced binaural audio research. Playing time on a battery charge is about seven hours and can be recharged using the dedicated Micro-USB port. In doing so, a smart indicator shows the battery charging 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 quickly and easily add Ethernet, wireless streaming and microSD storage up to 4TB to the Chord Hugo 2. Simply click this 2go to the Hugo 2 and experience the Chord Hugo 2 with even more functionality and ease of use.

Awards & Reviews

EISA award for best DAC 2018-2019

"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 aluminum case is a custom-coded digital converter and filter that sounds like nothing else around."