For those who’re heading to the Excessive Finish Munich 2024 showcase, Chord Electronics has a deal with in retailer for you. The British producer will probably be unveiling its new Suzi pre-amplifier and energy amplifier forward of the system’s official launch later this autumn.
Designed by Chord’s founder and proprietor John Franks, the brand new Chord Suzi idea features a preamplifier and an influence amplifier that boasts Ultima-derived know-how (as discovered within the firm’s flagship Ultima Pre 3/Ultima 6 and Ultima Built-in amps), with each items forming a mini pre/energy amplifier mixture.
The spotlight of the Suzi merchandise is that if you wish to add digital and streaming powers to the analogue Suzi items, you may mix them with the Award-winning Chord Hugo 2 DAC and/or the 2go streamer due to their modular designs.
Chord envisions three major use case situations for the Suzi which you can “construct”: as an analogue pre/energy amplifier combining a Suzi Pre with a Suzi amplifier; a DAC and amplifier combo which brings collectively a Suzi energy amp with a Hugo 2 DAC; and a full streaming system which connects a Suzi energy amplifier with a Hugo 2 DAC and a 2go streaming module.
The images above give an thought of what the Suzi pre/energy will appear like, nevertheless it’s arduous to gauge extra particulars or dimensions with out seeing them in particular person. Nevertheless, we all know the Hugo 2 and 2go combo is concerning the dimension of a paperback novel, which provides an thought of simply how compact the Suzi combo is.
The Suzi preamp and Suzi energy amplifier will probably be launching formally this autumn, at which period we’ll have full particulars, specs and pricing to maintain you up to the mark.
Earlier than that, nonetheless, we’ll be on the bottom on the Excessive Finish Munich present to convey you as many particulars and hands-on pictures as we are able to after we see Chord’s new Suzi merchandise on show. Chord has yet one more product – this time a digital one designed by Rob Watts – to nonetheless reveal, so keep tuned for all our Munich present information and protection because the occasion begins on ninth Might.
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