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product_id: 63328951
title: "Chord Electronics Hugo Portable DAC and Amplifier"
brand: "chord"
price: "€ 8.97"
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# Chord Electronics Hugo Portable DAC and Amplifier

**Brand:** chord
**Price:** € 8.97
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

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- **What is this?** Chord Electronics Hugo Portable DAC and Amplifier by chord
- **How much does it cost?** € 8.97 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The Hugo is an incredible device that betters my pre-amp that cost, errr, rather a lot more.
  

*by T***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2015*

In the past years I have migrated from using CDs to FLAC files and up to now have used the Sonos Connect box to stream music into stereos in two rooms of the house - in one room I took a digital coax out and used the DAC in my Classe pre-amp and in the other I used the DAC in the Connect box and connected with phono cables. I was unhappy with the sound out of the Connect box DAC and took the plunge to buy a Hugo. My regular hifi shop even told me not to bother to audition the Hugo as there is nothing else comparable at the price (or some way above).  Note that I am using the Hugo as a DAC only, so I can't comment on its performance as a portable headphone amp.First the easy conclusion - the Hugo has transformed the music in the second listening room at home, where I was using the DAC in the Connect box. So it should given it costs 6x the price of a Connect box, but the improvement in music quality cannot be stressed enough.  It adds clarity, detail, and "body"/depth to the music all at the same time (I find most bits of hifi struggle to do all three) . It can be a bit "full" and is over-whelmed by particularly powerful rock music, but the performance with any music that is electronic, acoustic, vocal, and pop music and even well produced rock music is, well, transformational.In fact the Hugo was so good I thought I would see what difference it made running the digital signal out of the Sonos Connect box and through the DAC in the Chord compared to that in my Classe pre-amp. Given the price of the Classe pre-amp I was surprised (and perhaps a little annoyed) that the music of out the Hugo is on balance "better" (to my ears). The was no denying it pulls more detail from the music (lots of little touches that I either had not noticed before or which were just more available) but it also provides a bit more body and presence to the music compared to my pre-amp. If actions speak louder than words, I have bought a second Hugo for the main listening room as well.Like so much in hifi, I'm sure the Hugo's sound might not suit everyone, but I strongly suspect it will suit 90-95% of listeners. With the exceptions noted below it really is the best thing you can do to your Sonos system (if you are using Sonos as a source into a regular hifi) and given its outperformance of my Classe pre-amp I suspect it will improve almost any static or portable system which includes any DAC costing below £2,000 (and probably a lot more than that).In terms of rock music (the only genre where I have had mixed results from the Hugo), on my listening so far the Hugo has struggled with tracks from Auf der Maur, Girls Against Boys,  and ... Trail of Dead. But it loves Garbage, Tool and a host of others (well produced) as well as anything electronic or industrial (including "full on" stuff like Alien Vampires, Psychlon Nine, NIN, Ministry, etc), all acoustic or lighter rock (Martha Tilston, Sinead O'Connor. Fleetwood Mac) and vocal, such as Lisa Gerrard / Dead Can Dance. It might be that even the rock music where it has struggled is more an issue with the rest of my system(s): mostly Linn and Classe pre-/power amps and B&W speakers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Stupid name, brilliant hifi
  

*by L***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2015*

Astonishing piece of kit.  I use on the move with a pair of Audeze headphones to wonderful effect.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Perfect compliment. Controls could be better labeled though - ...
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2015*

Needed a portable DAC/Amp combo that rivaled my Fostex HP-A8C to power my Fostex TH900's.  Perfect compliment. Controls could be better labeled though - had to constantly refer to my user manual.

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