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Chord Electronics Huei Phono Stage

Chord Electronics Huei Phono Stage

Based on 30 years of amplifier-building expertise, Huei offers MM/MC compatibility and integrates turntables to our amplifiers.

Regular price £1,150.00 GBP
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Description

Based on 30 years of amplifier-building expertise, Huei offers MM/MC compatibility and integrates turntables to our amplifiers.

Entirely conceived, engineered and manufactured in Great Britain, Huei has been carefully designed to provide turntables with the same high standards of amplification that Chord Electronics has become known for over the past 30 years.

Benefitting from both Moving Magnet and Moving Coil functionality, Huei offers compatibility with a huge range of cartridges thanks to comprehensive gain and impedance-matching options; Huei’s high- and low-gain switching settings are easily accessible via front-panel controls, introducing welcome flexibility.

Huei’s advanced design offers (for the first time in a Chord Electronics phono preamp) ultra-low-noise microprocessor control of its main features, including a convenient memory function. With multiple options for impedance-matching, seven-stage switchable gain and a switchable rumble filter, Huei’s design offers comprehensive compatibility.

Precision-machined from solid aircraft-grade aluminium billet, Huei has a similar form factor to the company’s Qutest DAC and also offers a top-mounted viewing window into the illuminated electronics within. The design also shares the same polychromatic control spheres the company has become known for in its digital products. The illuminated front-panel spheres offer direct access to Huei’s gain and impedance settings, selection for MM/MC cartridges and access to the on-board rumble filter.

Huei is a stylish, practical and high-performance solution for integrating turntables into Chord Electronics’ (and other) systems and features both unbalanced (RCA) and balanced outputs (XLR) with RCA inputs. A high-quality 12V external power supply is also supplied.

Specifications

Input Impedance:
Moving magnet: 47,000ohms
Moving coil: 100ohms – 3,700ohms, 12-step user selectable

Gain Range:
Moving magnet: 21dB – 42dB, 8-step user selectable
Moving coil: 49dB – 68dB, 8-step user selectable

Input Noise:
1.1nV/Hz

Max Output Voltage RMS:
20v RMS

Equalisation Response:
RIAA Curve

Equalisation Accuracy:
+/- 0.1dB

Frequency Response:
RIAA Curve = 12Hz to 25kHz

Rumble Filter:
Rausch Slope -24dB per octave below 50Hz

Output Impedance:
520ohms (resistive)

Input Power Supply:
12v – 100v to 240v 50/60Hz PSU

Dimensions:
4.5cm (H) 16cm (W) 8.8cm (D)

Weight:
657g

Awards & Reviews

Hi-Fi Choice

"The Huei’s appeal extends all the way from its rock-solid build and playfully colourful, sphere-based control and communication system to its impressive knack of extracting the best from a turntable/cartridge combo without being too painfully honest about the ropier aspects of a less-than-pristine recording."

RECOMMENDED AWARD | READ MORE

The Ear

"If you are thinking about upgrading to a device at this price point I would earnestly suggest that you include the Chord Huei in your shortlist for audition. It is going to reward you with excellent sound and a build quality which belies its price."

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AVForums

"even when dealing with the output signal of a record player costing less than double its price, the Huei is a balanced, eloquent listen."

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AWARD | READ MORE

Stereonet

"On every metric I can think of, it seems too good for the money – it is built superbly, has a versatile feature set, a sophisticated and distinctive user interface and also sounds a blast."

APPLAUSE AWARD | READ MORE

3 Year Warranty

The warranty period starts from the date of purchase and covers you from manufacturing defects & unexpected faults through normal use. It does NOT cover you from accidental damage, damage caused by usage outside of product specifications or expected product wear and tear.

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Delivery Information

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Orders under £100.00 will incur a delivery charge of £3.50.

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