I found his review interesting and thought provoking. Also, I was shocked that he “maxed out” Mojo2, which on modern music would be pushing his ver 110dB. He must be insane or deaf! I listened to the 1812 Overture track he mentioned and it’s a very demanding track with high dynamic range. On Mojo2 I isially listen to E3 on double orange (-32dB) and had to push this (for a rousing volume) to double orange (-12dB), so quite a bit more power, but not close to maxing out at white with +18dB! I like the piece but was not familiar with this recording, and in the past have struggled to find both a moving and well-recorded version. Dorati? I don’t know…open to suggestions.
I also listened at the same volume on mScaler TT2 and through a different DAC driving emotiva bas-x A100 with the “direct drive” headphone output, which is 50w. Is the TT2 better? Yes, but in generally the same way mTT2 is better than Mojo2 for most things. The Mojo2 vs emotiva was more of a trade off - detail vs warmth. And, since I’m mostly not listening to demanding music and use E3 with Mojo2 at least an hour a day. I feel comfortable disagreeing with the reviewer for 90% of the Mojo2/E3 portable use case.
I would say, check it out, but let your own listening dictate rather than letting a reviewer scare you off. And take care not to go deaf! (My ears still ringing a bit.)