Chord Electronics
Qutest
Introduced 2018$1,895 MSRP
Compact desktop version of the Hugo 2 DAC stage with Rob Watts' FPGA WTA filtering and selectable output voltage. A long-running used-market staple.
MSRP
$1,895
Used market · Excellent
$1,025
-46% vs MSRP
as of Sep 26, 2026MSRP to used market
From $1,150 at launch to $1,025 today.
Specifications
- Type
- delta-sigma DAC
- Inputs
- USB, 2x coaxial (3.5mm), optical
- SNR
- 124 dB
- Max DSD
- DSD512
- Max PCM
- 32-bit/768kHz
- Outputs
- RCA
- THD
- 0.0001%
- Chip or architecture
- Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA, 49,152-tap WTA filter, 10-element pulse array
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