Chord Electronics' Qutest Wins WHF?'s Product of the Year for the Fourth Time

Qutest wins Product of the Year for the fourth time

The Qutest DAC has won a prestigious What Hi-Fi? Product of the Year Award every year since launch

4th November 2021, Kent, UK: Chord Electronics’ Qutest DAC has won What Hi-Fi?’sProduct of the Year Award in the DACs category for the fourth year in succession.

The UK designed, engineered and manufactured Qutest, has won the biggest award in the audio industry every year since launch: 2018, 2019, 2020 and now, 2021.

The overall category win follows two 'Best DAC' awards for the Qutest and Hugo 2 in their respective price categories, Qutest won Best DAC £500-£1,200 and Hugo 2 won Best DAC over £1,200.

Chord Electronics’ dominance of the What Hi-Fi? Awards in recent years is testament to the company’s near 20-year insistence on using proprietary digital technologies and programmable chipsets (FPGAs).

The company’s FPGA-based DACs and DAC/headphone amps are custom coded by Rob Watts, Chord Electronics’ digital designer, and offer class-leading technical and sonic performance, thanks to unrivalled digital audio know-how.