Price $3,700
Includes GST
Voted Australia's #1 Hi-Fi Retailer, Sound+Image Awards 2023. Family owned since 2010.
Hear the Hugo 2 before you decide
Book a private listening session in Belrose and ask for the Hugo 2: we will confirm what we can set up for you. Or audition it at home.
Delivery and collection
Free standard shipping on orders of $300 or more within Australia, and $15 on smaller orders. Western Australia is quoted on request.
Pick up from our Belrose showroom: call ahead so we can have it ready.
Set-up and installation
Our team can deliver, install and set up your system, from speaker placement to a full cinema calibration. Ask us for a quote when you order.
Returns
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Chord Electronics Hugo 2
Specifications
- Tap length filter: 49,152 – 10 element Pulse Array design
- Tap length filter: 49,152 – 10 element Pulse Array design
- Play time: In excess of seven (7) hours
- Charging: Nominal four (4) hours via Micro USB at 1.8amps (fast charge) – Nominal eight (8) hours at 1amp (slow charge)
- Connectivity (output): 1x ¼” jack headphone output
- Connectivity (output): 1x ¼” jack headphone output
- 1x 3.5mm jack headphone output
- 1x stereo (L & R) RCA output
- User Configurable Options:
- User Configurable Options:
- Filters (Digital)
- Incisive neutral (Ultimate reference) (White)
- Warm (‘Smooth’) (Orange)
- Warmer HF roll-off (High Frequency roll off) (Red)
- Crossfeed (Digital IIR)
- Off – No Crossfeed
- Level 1 – Light
- Level 2 – Medium
- Control options:
- Control options:
- Manual
- Remote control (included)
Materials: Clamshell precision machined aluminium casing with polycarbonate buttons, acrylic signal window, and glass viewing portal. Available in a choice of two colours – natural silver, and satin black
Battery: 2x Rechargeable custom Enix Energies 3.7v 9.6Wh Li-ion (lithium-ion (2600mAh) batteries*
Connectivity (input): Micro USB (White): 44.1kHz – 768kHz – 16bit – 32bit
Coax via 3.5mm Jack (Red): 44.1kHz – 768kHz – 16bit – 32bit
Optical (Green): 44.1kHz – 192kHz – 16bit – 24bit
Connectivity (input wireless): Bluetooth (Apt X) (Blue): 44.1kHz – 48kHz – 16bit
PCM support: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 358.8kHz, 384kHz, 717.6kHz, and 768kHz.
DSD support: Native playback supported. DSD64 (Single) to DSD512 (Octa-DSD)
Volume control: Digital, activated in 1dB increments. Last known state saved upon shutdown, with exception of line-level mode
Line-level mode: Activated via dual press of middle ‘Source’ and ‘Crossfeed’ buttons. Line level = 3v via all outputs. Reset by power cycle
Power saving mode: Auto-shutdown after ten minutes of input inactivity
Driver support: Driverless with Mac OS X and Linux, driver required for Windows OS
Incisive neutral HF roll-off (High Frequency roll off) (Green)
Level 3 – Heavy
In detail
About the Hugo 2
The Hugo 2 is a new and powerful DAC/headphone amplifier that builds on the ground-breaking original. Designed for easy use both at home and with mobile use, Hugo 2 completely transforms the sound you will hear from your headphones and your home audio system with its cutting-edge proprietary DAC technology.
Available in Black and silver finishes and comes with a full-function remote control that adds real flexibility in full-size and desktop systems.
Offering 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.
By appointment
Hear it in a real room.
Specifications only tell half the story. Book a private listening session in our Belrose showroom, bring the music you know best, and ask for the Hugo 2.
Voted Australia's #1 Hi-Fi Retailer, Sound+Image Awards 2023
- Family owned since 2010
- Talk to the people who will look after you.
- Listen in Belrose
- Private listening sessions, by appointment.
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- Cinemas and listening rooms by our own team. (02) 8088 3088
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