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CHORD ELECTRONICS HUGO M SCALER STANDALONE UPSCALING UNIT WITH PLIXIR ELITE BDC.
WHAT A COMBINATION! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING SOUND.
BY FAR THE BEST UPSCALER WE HAVE EVER OWNED.
MASSIVE CREDIT TO THE MAKERS.
RRP FOR BOTH UNITS COMBINED – £4090
BASIC SPECIFICATIONS AND WHATS INCLUDED:
BOTH THE CHORD HUGO M SCALER & PLIXIR EXTERNAL PSU ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SALE. THEY ARE BOTH BOXED WITH THEIR INTERNAL PACKAGING PRESENT. THE CHORD COMES WITH ITS ORIGINTAL REMOTE CONTROL (BATTERIES INSTALLED), THE POWER SUPPLY FOR THIS IS THE PLIXIR – BOTH OWNED BY A SINGLE PREVIOUS OWNER AND HAVE ALWAYS LIVED TOGETHER. WERE ON A HIFI RACK, NOT MOVED FROM DAY ONE. THERE IS ALSO A USB AND OPTICAL CABLE WITH THE M SCALER. MANUAL AND STARTUP GUIDE ALSO FOR THE M SCALER BUT NO MANUAL FOR THE PLIXIR.
HUGO M SCALER…
USES TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS FIRST SEEN IN THE FLAGSHIP BLU MKII DIGITAL/CD TRANSPORT.
IT IS A STANDALONE UPSCALING DEVICE CONTAINING THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED DIGITAL FILTER. WHEN USED WITH A DUAL-BNC-INPUT CHORD ELECTRONICS DAC, IT IS CAPABLE OF REDEFINING DIGITAL AUDIO SOUND QUALITY.
IT USES ROB WATTS’ (OUR DIGITAL DESIGN CONSULTANT’S) UNIQUE FILTER TECHNOLOGY, THE MOST ADVANCED IN THE WORLD, TO UPSCALE STANDARD 44.1KHZ DIGITAL AUDIO UP TO 705.6KHZ (16X CD’S 44.1KHZ NATIVE RESOLUTION), READY TO BE PASSED TO A SUITABLE DAC; HUGO M SCALER EXTENDS ITS UPSCALING PERFORMANCE TO 768KHZ (FROM 96KHZ INPUT DATA).
GROUND-BREAKING FPGA-BASED WTA (WATTS TRANSIENT ALIGNMENT) FILTERING TECHNOLOGY TO DIGITALLY CONNECTED AUDIO DEVICES, DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING SOUND QUALITY. ALTHOUGH OPTIMISED FOR USE WITH SELECTED CHORD ELECTRONICS DACS (FOR THE MAXIMUM 768KHZ UPSCALING/DECODING BENEFIT), THE HUGO M SCALER CAN BE USED WITH OTHER DACS WITH SUITABLE INPUTS, SUBJECT TO THEIR DECODING CAPABILITY.
THE DEVICE FEATURES A NUMBER OF ILLUMINABLE FASCIA-MOUNTED SPHERICAL CONTROLS, GOVERNING INPUT SELECTION, OUTPUT SAMPLE RATE AND VIDEO MODE FOR LOWER LATENCY.
THE CONTROL SPHERES DISPLAY DATA VISUALLY INCLUDING INPUT SOURCE AND THE INCOMING SAMPLE RATE, USING A POLYCHROMATIC SCALE.
TAP-LENGTH FILTER: 1,015,808 (16FS FILTER)
CONNECTIVITY (INPUT): 1X GALVANICALLY ISOLATED TYPE-B USB, 2X COAX BNC AND 2X OPTICAL
CONNECTIVITY (OUTPUT): 1X GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DUAL BNC (ENABLES UPSCALING TO THE MAXIMUM 768KHZ), 1X BNC S/PDIF AND 1X OPTICAL
PCM SUPPORT: 44.1KHZ, 48KHZ, 88.2KHZ, 96KHZ, 176.4KHZ, 192KHZ, 352.8KHZ, 384KHZ, 717.6KHZ, AND 768KHZ. 16 – 32BIT
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
THE MOST ADVANCED DIGITAL FILTER IN THE WORLD
ADJUSTABLE SAMPLE RATE OUTPUT (WITH PASS-THRU MODE)
VIDEO MODE (FOR LOWER LATENCY)
AUTO VIDEO AND SOURCE SELECTION
‘DX’ CONTROLS FOR A FUTURE PRODUCT DESIGN
CHORD CUSTOM CODED FPGA
UPSAMPLING TO 768KHZ
SOLUD ALUMINIUM CASE
PLIXIR ELITE BALANCED DC POWER SUPPLY…
15V 4A, WITH 20-240V INPUT
BENEFITS FROM TWO STAGES OF REGULATION- AN OPEN-LOOP FIRST-STAGE AND A CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK SECOND STAGE. THIS MEANS THAT THE ELITE BDC CAN SCRUB NOISE OUT OF YOUR POWER SOURCE, HELPING YOUR HIFI SETUP SING.
DESIGNED TO REDUCE ALL THE NOISE TYPES PRESENT IN A DC POWER SUPPLY. UPON DEEP STUDIES, IT IS APPARENT THAT TRADITIONAL DC POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT CANNOT ELIMINATE THEM ALL. THESE INCLUDE GROUND LOOP CURRENT AND DIODE RECTIFICATION/POLLUTION NOISE.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
OUTPUT- LESS THAN 1MVRMS RESIDUAL NOISE AT DC OUTPUT. OUTPUT CURRENT AVAILABLE IN 2/4/6 AMPS CURRENT CONTINUOUS.
CASING FINISH- BLACK ANODIZED, SANDBLASTED ALUMINIUM
DIMENSIONS (IN MM)- 230 X 160 X 70, 3.2KG
PHOTO’S ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM – PLEASE SEE ALL PICTURES, SIMPLY STUNNING. THE REAR OF THE REMOTE HAS A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES. THERE WAS A SMALL MARK ON THE FRONT OF THE PLIXIR WHICH HAS BEEN TOUCHED UP.
