gollux Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) This is an excellent Digital to Analogue Converter and headphone amplifier. It's good enough to serve as a DAC in a high quality stereo system, and (because it has volume control) it can also serve as a preamp. I used the headphone amplifier with great success, both with highly sensitive IEMs and with my He1000 v2 planars. I only used it in my desktop setup at home, so it has remained in great condition. There are some light signs of wear, including a minor crack in the bluetooth / IR window. (I've tried to capture it in the photos, but it's hard to see unless you're looking for it.) I have checked the bluetooth and remote functionality, however, and everything works perfectly. Current RRP is $4,100; asking price includes 4% seller fees for SNA. Unit is Australian stock, purchased from Radiance AV. Comes with the original box, power supply, remote, and toslink cable. Let me know if you have any questions! You can find lots of great reviews on the 'net, but here are a couple: "There isn’t another DAC around at anywhere near this sort of price able to communicate so torrentially, so unambiguously or so effortlessly. We like it a lot." - What Hi-Fi? https://www.whathifi.com/chord/hugo-2/review "It almost certainly sets the benchmark for technical performance from a portable and versatile DAC/headphone amp. For those craving the highest levels of detail retrieval and speed, Hugo 2 delivers in spades." - Richard Barclay, the Ear https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/chord-electronics-hugo-2-portable-dac-preamp-and-headphone-amp/ Edited February 18, 2023 by gollux 1
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