Chord Electronics Anni Integrated Amplifier / Headphone Amplifier

The new Chord Electronics Anni is a small desktop analogue headphone amplifier designed to power the most demanding headphones. Anni also doubles up as a compact integrated amplifier with 10 watts of power, so you can also power a small set of bookshelf speakers. Designed to work perfectly with the Qutest DAC and Huei phono stage, with the same design, you can now build a micro system perfect for a small room or office.

Anni offers the recently announced dual-feed-forward error-correction circuit topology whether using headphones or compact loudspeakers. Anni’s advanced technology allows it to drive any headphone load, error-monitored and compensated amplification at all times.

Benefitting from both 3.5 mm headphone outputs and ¼-inch (6.35 mm) outputs, so two can listen simultaneously, plus 4 mm banana-type loudspeaker outputs, Anni delivers 10 watts of quality ULTIMA amplification, controlled by a fascia-mounted volume control that also doubles as an input selector switch for Anni’s two line-level inputs. A two-stage gain control for loudspeakers provides additional flexibility with a wide range of desktop monitors.

The key features of Anni include: 

• Compact CNC-milled chassis
  (Robust high-grade aluminium)
   
• Dual-feed-forward error-correction topology
  (Correcting any distortion in the signal by the amplifier)
  
  
• 10 W of ULTIMA amplification
  (Capable of driving any headphones as well as powering compact loudspeakers with error-monitoring)
  
  
• Two-stage gain control
  (Provides extra flexibility with a wide range of desktop monitors)
  
  
• Qutest range power adaptor
  (Used to power Qutest and Huei from a single power source when used as a full system)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 

Power Output: 10 W 8 ohms
THD: 0.02%
Signal to Noise: -92 dB
Noise floor: -110 dB
Frequency response: 5 Hz – 60 Khz (-3 dB)
Dimensions: 160 mm (W) x 42.50 (H) mm x 96.60 (D) mm
Weight: 625 g