A review of the Chord Hugo TT2 DAC, amp, headphone amp and pre-amp including comparisons to the Topping A90, Chord Qutest, Auralic Taurus Mk2 and Bottlehead Mainline.
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HUGO TT2 SPECIFICATIONS
Tap length filter: 98,304-tap 16FS WTA 1 – 10 element design
Connectivity (input): 1x USB Type-B, 2x Coax BNC, 2x Optical & Bluetooth
Connectivity (output): Stereo XLR, Stereo RCA, 2x 6.5mm Headphone jack & 1x 3.5mm Headphone jack
Connectivity (digital output): 2x DX BNC (expansion outputs)
Weight: 2.53kg
PCM support: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 358.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6 and 768kHz
DSD support: DoP DSD 64 to DSD 512 – native via Windows
Volume control: Digital
Line-level mode: Activated within the menu
Driver support: Driverless with Mac OS X and Linux, driver required for Windows OS
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Desktop Sources
Playback software: Roon [ Ссылка ]
Primary DAC: Chord Hugo TT2 [ Ссылка ] with Chord M-Scaler [ Ссылка ]
Secondary DAC for active speakers: Topping D50s [ Ссылка ] upgraded with Muses02 op-amp [ Ссылка ]
USB cables: AudioQuest Diamond [ Ссылка ] and AudioQuest Coffee [ Ссылка ]
Active Speakers
Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 3 Speakers
Amps
Massdrop x THX AAA 789 Amplifier [ Ссылка ]
Bottlehead Mainline DIY kit tube amplifier [ Ссылка ]
Burson Audio FUN: [ Ссылка ] with Sparkos Labs SS3601 op-amps: [ Ссылка ]
Headphones
Open: Meze Audio Empyrean [ Ссылка ]
Open: Focal Clear [ Ссылка ]
Semi-open: Beyerdynamic DT880 Premium LE massdrop.7eer.net/L6633 or [ Ссылка ]
Closed: AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon (these may have been discontinued)
Closed: Audio Technica ATH-M50x [ Ссылка ]
Closed: Meze Audio 99 Neo [ Ссылка ]
Portable
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S10+ [ Ссылка ]
DAC for phone: Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt [ Ссылка ]
Digital audio player: Astell & Kern AK240 Stainless Steel [ Ссылка ]
Earphones
Audiofly AF1120 Mk2: [ Ссылка ]
Noble Kaiser 10 custom IEM (discontinued) - universal version available via Drop [ Ссылка ]
SIMGOT EN700 PRO [ Ссылка ]
Shozy Form 1.4 [ Ссылка ] or massdrop.7eer.net/499YL
Bluetooth Headphones
Nuraphone [ Ссылка ]
