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PRICE: £3,000 AVAILABLE: NOW WEB: CHORDELECTRONICS.CO.UK CHORD ELECTRONICS HAS made its Alto headphone/nearfield monitor amplifier – previously reserved exclusively for the professional audio industry – accessible to non-pro users. The Alto, which was designed specifically for recording and mastering studio engineers to meet the demands of critical monitoring, is a compact analogue amplifier that delivers high-transparency, low-distortion ULTIMA amplification to speakers and headphones. It can drive up to four pairs of headphones and smaller speakers, and marks the first CE product to include a 4.4mm Pentaconn TRRRS output (pseudo balanced), catering to the increasing popularity of balanced transmission in high-end headphones. The monitor amp features four fascia mounted headphone outputs, powered by ULTIMA technology and boasts one 3.5mm, a 4.4mm Pentaconn and two 6.35mm outs. The connections not only facilitate…