Introduced in January as an illustrious member of Chord Electronics’ Pro range, the Alto headphone/nearfield monitor amplifier is now available outside of the studio for anyone looking for a compact and flexible high-end amplifier for their headphones or nearfield monitors.
A substantially more sophisticated Chord Anni, if you like, the Alto is also a diminutive all-analogue design for driving headphones as well as suitable, smaller speakers – only this time there is greater versatility and power on offer. For one, the Alto can drive four pairs of headphones/speakers simultaneously thanks to its array of front-panel outputs – a 3.5mm jack, two 6.35mm sockets and, for the first time in a Chord product, a 4.4mm Pentaconn connection for balanced high-end headphones.
