Chord ULTIMA INTEGRATED vs Esoteric S-05XE –

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Chord ULTIMA INTEGRATED Integrated Amplifier - Silver Chord Now ₹13,00,000 at The Audio Co At its lowest recorded price Full prices & history

Esoteric S-05XE – Reference Class A Amplifier - Silver esoteric Now ₹12,83,580 at Moon Audio Lowest on record ₹12,76,965 on Thursday, 22nd Oct, 2026 Full prices & history

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Both sides are DACs / headphone amplifiers. The rows below are the facts each store publishes for this shelf - converter chip, output power, inputs, balanced output and digital formats. A dash means the listing does not state that spec.

Spec Chord esoteric

Type Amplifier Amplifier

Price over the last 30 days

Daily lowest price across every tracked store, from the site's own price history. The line is one product's own range - the two cards are not drawn to a shared scale.

Chord ULTIMA INTEGRATED Integrated Amplifier - Silver Now ₹13,00,000 at its 30-day median Lowest on record ₹13,00,000 on Tuesday, 22nd Sept, 2026 In stock at 1 tracked store

Esoteric S-05XE – Reference Class A Amplifier - Silver Now ₹12,83,580 at its 30-day median Lowest on record ₹12,76,965 on Thursday, 22nd Oct, 2026 In stock at 1 tracked store

Price gap right now ₹16,420 1% of the dearer one's price.

Stores with it in stock 1 vs 1 Active stores carrying each one right now - more stores usually means easier replacement and a steadier price.

The decision, factually

Cheaper right now Esoteric S-05XE – Reference Class A Amplifier - Silver Lowest current price across all tracked stores - ₹12,83,580 vs ₹13,00,000.

Deepest discount ever seen Esoteric S-05XE – Reference Class A Amplifier - Silver From each product's own recorded price history.

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