The Chord Anni is a tiny, very well built amplifier, ideal as either a desktop amplifier, a headphone amplifier, or both. The Anni’s sound quality belies both its size and power output making it ideal for even the smallest of desks. The Anni runs cool during use due to adequate ventilation in the casework and a cooling fan that kicks into operation when required. I did detect very slight noise from the fan when there was no music was playing but this was completely inaudible with music playing even at very low levels. Being in the £1000+ price range, it is by no means a cheap solution if either desktop or headphone listening are a very occasional occurrence, but if you do spend a lot of time at your desk or are a serious headphone user then the Anni is very much worthy of your attention. I am certainly going to miss it when it is gone.

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