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Chord Electonics launches the Indigo — The World’s most over-the-top iPod dock

Posted: 09 May 2009 10:52 AM PDT

To be fair the Indigo is far more sophisticated than a typical iPod dock. In fact, it’s designed to be nothing less than the ‘Universal control center’ for all your digital and analogue sources.

Chord Electronics Indigo iPod dock

The Indigo can handle sources via Bluetooth A2DP, SPDIF, AES, USB, iPod, and optical as well as utra-low distortion headphone jacks alongside the conrol panel and inside we find a fifth-generation Pulse Array DAC.

Chord Electronics Indigo iPod dock

Each Indigo comes with a modded iPod classic which transforms the machine into a glorified high-end music source and your iPod into a wireless device. It also wirelessly streams media from most mobile phones.

The supplied iPod classic comes with a special dongle which Chord claims allows “a true digital output can be obtained to feed directly into the DAC circuitry”. If you choose not to purchase the modified iPod you can attach you own via a standard dongle that links directly to the A2DP receiver.

If your appetite has been whetted you better start saving that $12,000 chord are asking for.

Specifications

  • Harmonic Distortion
    • < -103 dB (1kHz, 24-Bit @ 44.1KHz Sample Frequency)
    • < -110dB (100Hz, 24-Bit @ 44.1KHz Sample Frequency)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: > 120dB
  • Channel Separation: > 125dB @ 1KHz
  • Dynamic Range: 120dB
  • Switchable Digital Inputs:
    • 2 x 75Ω SP/DIF BNC Coax
    • 2 x AES Balanced XLR Input
    • 2 x Plastic fibre optic ( TOSlink )
    • 1 x USB ( B type )
    • 1 x Bluetooth supporting A2DP Stereo Audio
    • 1 x Digital iPod Dock input
    • 1 x Wireless iPod digital input
  • Switchable Analogue Inputs:
    • 1 x RCA/XLR stereo analogue input
    • 1 x Analogue iPod Dock input
  • Analogue Inputs:
    • Stereo RCA Phono and balanced XLR Line Level Direct Outputs
    • Stereo RCA Phono and balanced XLR Volume Control Outputs
  • Headphone Output: 1 x ¼" headphone jack socket
  • USB Hub:
    • 2 x Front panel USB sockets
    • 1 x iPod dock sync
  • RAM Buffer: 3 Settings – off, minimum & maximum
  • Phase Switch: 2 Settings – Positive or Negative output phase
  • Sample Frequencies:
    • 32KHz – 96KHz Single Cable,
    • 176KHz & 192KHz Dual Cable ( Dual data mode )
  • Line Level Output:
    • 6V rms. Balanced
    • 3V rms. unbalanced
  • Output Impedance: 75Ω  (short circuit protected)
  • Dimensions: 420mm x 355mm x 88mm  (Width x Height x Depth)
  • Power Consumption: 30W
  • Weight: 12 Kg

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