Chord Qutest DAC

The Qutest packs a huge punch into a small, stout chassis. Featuring superb clarity and presence as one expects from a Chord DAC, the Qutest is a purist's dream, with simple connectivity and use, and a small footprint. It pairs extremely well with our range of headphone amps, particularly the similarly desktop-friendly GS-X mini, for an unassuming but uncompromising stack of audio performance. Qutest is Chord Electronic's ‘pure’ DAC (it does not contain headphone amplification or rechargeable batteries like some of its range stablemates) and is designed to improve sound quality in the home. It is the latest evolution of Chord's most affordable standalone DAC, the multi-award-winning 2Qute, which it directly replaces. Qutest, which is a What Hi-Fi? Star of CES 2018,  is based on the award-winning proprietary FPGA technology developed for the class-leading Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amp, giving it proven class-leading technical and sonic performance. Perfectly equipped to bring the bene