Yes the Chord Hugo TT, M Scaler and TToby have made a huge impression here at the Manchester store. So let’s start with a quick look around this triple threat from Chord Electronics.

A Totem Pole of Power

At the top we have the Chord Electronics Hugo TT2, which is your DAC and preamplifier.

Below that we have the M Scaler, which is the magic ingredient in this set up.

And finally, the engine room, the power house which is the TToby amplifier.

The M Scaler

The M Scaler takes a digital feed from a source of your choice, CD player or streamer, and upscales it using Chord’s proprietary filter technology. It simply takes a 44.1 kHz signal and upscales it to 705.6 kHz. We used a Naim NDX2 as our source. So it can upscale your 96kHz and 192 audio as well. Adding a sense of depth and cleaner backgrounds to your audio, no mean feat when your source is already the spectacular Naim NDX2.

Hugo TT2

Next up, the now legendary Hugo name from Chord makes it’s 4th appearance as the Hugo TT 2. The internal DAC’s are multi award winning and designed by Rob Watts (also legendary in DAC design). Using the preamp design from the “DAVE” DAC the Hugo TT2 delivers a nice clean signal to the TToby, and I know you’ve probably heard this before but, this is what makes the difference with lots of space between the instruments and an open soundstage.

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The TToby brings the muscle to the red carpet, with 100 watts of power and a very clever method of keeping things cool by using forced air-cooling through the casework, it seems unfazed whatever speakers you use with it. Our system was running with a pair of Dynaudio Contour 60is and for a period with our Dynaudio Confidence 20s.

So, to summarise this trio of boxes from Chord Electronics are astounding. The term box office used in the title is exactly what you get from this combo from Chord Electronics.

Our Dynaudio Contour 60is never sounded so good, pushing the volume up never fazed the TToby. Winding up the wick just sounded cleaner and more composed, urging you to turn up the volume even more.

It always surprises me how you start to look for tracks to play when a new hifi system gets your attention, digging up old Funk classics, German Electronica and even a bit of Punk. We had a blast, and this is just our day job 😏

So, considering how many different, great sounding, Hi-Fi systems we have at the store, the Chord Trilogy is a certified hit.

We have the Chord Electronics M Scaler, Hugo TT2 and TToby on demonstration at our Manchester store.

Please ring us for an appointment if you would like a demonstration of this Chord Electronics trio (or any other product for that matter).

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