{"product_id":"cho-cho-dav-45907","title":"Chord Hugo the Dave Preamplifier","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe DAVE — Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis — is Chord Electronics' reference DAC, preamplifier, and headphone amplifier. Three boxes in one chassis, and the only one of them that doesn't involve a compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWhat separates the DAVE from virtually every other DAC at any price is what's inside: a custom Spartan 6 FPGA running over a million lines of code, implementing a 164,000-tap reconstruction filter. Standard chip-based DACs use a filter with a few hundred taps. Chord's approach — developed by DSP engineer Rob Watts over two decades — addresses the timing errors that conventional DAC designs paper over. The result is a noise floor of -127.5dB and dynamic range to match. On paper it looks like a specification. In a room, it sounds like the recording exists in front of you instead of behind a screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(253, 183, 22);\"\u003e$14,950 MSRP\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Chord Hugo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849995866249,"sku":"CHO-DAV-45907","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/4557\/0185\/files\/Dave.png?v=1780978251","url":"https:\/\/echohifi.com\/products\/cho-cho-dav-45907","provider":"Echo Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}