Chord

Blu MkII/DAVE DAC CD player £16,990 View online review whf.cm/ChordBlu2 Want to know the best CD player we have heard? It’s Chord’s Blu Mk II transport combined with its range topping DAC, the DAVE. Quality costs – in this case a hefty £17,000 for the pair. But regardless of price, we haven’t heard a more insightful or transparent CD playing alternative. We already know the DAVE DAC (£8995) is brilliant, but the Blu MkII transport (£7995) doesn’t have to be partnered with it – Chord’s Hugo 2 (£1800) works well too. While the transport is capable of working with all DACs, you really need one that will accept sampling rates of 768kHz to make full use of it – and there aren’t many alternatives to these Chords in this respect. Why 768kHz when we are…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2022

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