Tapped out – 4'000'000 taps is what Chord's new two-box Quartet upscaler [£25K] promises to do for hardware not convolution-based resampling. This operates across 5 x Xilinx FPGA to amass the required computing power. It's also tapped for a 108-bit ten-shelf lossless digital EQ of ±18dB range. A pulse-array A/D converter even allows vinyl and tape to this upscaling party. The shown Choral Ensemble stand adds £1'595 per tier.
