Being on my third ownership I think the Mojo might be my favourite DAC of all time. I do think it, like the Hugo, needs the help of a good source to show what it can do but l digress, it's best that everyone finds their own references with personal experience in that regard. I sold my ADI-2...

You'll see varying opinions. I find fiddling with sources worthwhile. For mobile use I'd get the XDuoo X10T II.

It's gonna come down to personal preference. For me a flat high resolving mid range is a high priority and I haven't found anything I'd rather use than HD600 within a $500 budget (used or new). You have to sample a few different sets for yourself to see what works for you. If you make use of...

Speaking of not being clever enough to re-engineer the Mojo I would recommend a second thought before settling for less than OEM original spec batteries. I've had a laptop battery from a popular but not OEM brand fail and aggressively swell before blowing up once and had I not been at home and...

Sure it does, though your ferrite cores may help and smaller mobile usb sources should be less problematic than a computer. Rob has touched on the issue of the Mojo's RF noise sensitivity many times, for example in post #7158 in this thread; "You may say why can't you make it insensitive to it...

I don't know if a Hugo is picking up more noise than a Mojo over USB but the result is in any case a lot more apparent with the Hugo's unforgiving filter. Listening to the Hugo out of my noisy desktop PC was uncomfortable to the point where I packed it up after a few days and put it in my drawer...

If on a budget I can thoroughly recommend the original Hugo. It's everything you like about the Mojo but produces a larger and more powerful sound with more detail. If you browse the Hugo thread around the dates where the Hugo 2 started shipping you'll see that not everyone thought the successor...

I've owned the Digione and S-Booster LPS in the past and agree it's an excellent solution. A regular powerbank worked really well too. And I still think the Digione is fantastic with just the standard wallwart.

I've been listening for a few days now and the impressions are familiar. The Mojo has a lovely sound and to me a timbre that is more arresting but it's firmly behind the ADI-2 in overall sound quality. There's no way around its sound being small, distorted and lacking in detail in comparison...

The Supra ZAC Mini works well between Mojo and X10T. Cheap, flexible and good quality. I think it's the same as the old Chord Optichord, I owned both and couldn't tell them apart in any way except from the paint job and the price. The one you want is 3.5mm in the X10T end and regular square...

I've had a bit of a hiatus from fancy gear listening but felt it was time to relapse when the elusive good deal on my beloved HD600s manifested during the holidays. The used market provided an RME ADI-2 DAC and it sounds just like I remember it. Great by any rational metric yet somehow lifeless...

The figures and report sheets on their website are from independent testing - https://www.allo.com/sparky/digione.html. And you have the ASR review confirming it to pretty much match the $20k AP audio analyzer used for measuring -...

There is no low noise environment inside a personal computer. You can use software to make sure as little CPU power is used as possible, but the issue still remains - if your components need power they only have noisy power to utilise. You can't output audio with as low jitter and noise as you...

I think you're either unfamiliar with the available HATs for the Pi and what they do, or you just misread his post since he didn't say anything about using the Pi itself, for which your criticisms would have been valid. Lifting the signal generation out of the Pi and onto a power filtered clean...

If you'd snap your fingers while listening to your Mojo to turn it into a Hugo the first thing you notice is that the music sounds larger and more spacious. There is quite a bit more perceived bass and treble because it isn't rolled off like the Mojo. So it's a more visceral listen, and the...

My experience was terrible as well, even though I got it without much delay. I order it via AliExpress and go outside. While around town I decide to log in on my phone just to find the order number since oddly I never received any confirmation email or anything. AliExpress flags my new IP and...

Same for me in Sweden, sent from Amazon EU. Quick delivery.

Use the remote? :)

Same in Sweden, big price drop. Not too happy with it since mine has been collecting dust for a few months (Hugo's fault) and I just never got around to selling it. Bummer :)

The problem is the compression in the mixing stage and has nothing to do with reproduction. I only heard it in some guitar parts at first and figured it was Adam's gear, but then it appeared in a million other places. Using the hi-res file, not that it matters. The only way it could be...

I prefer Coax. I got an Allo Digione again shortly after the Xduoo and haven't really touched the Xduoo since. Turns out portability wasn't all that important to me and I think the Allo sounds better at the same cost.

Turning notifications off for a while, hopefully the subject can change soon.

I let it reach equilibrium temp (since the ASR review shows it to measure poorly cold) and have then listened 8 hours or so. Early days for me too. I've owned a RME ADI-2 DAC recently and I have a feeling the HPA was a fair bit better in the RME, wish I still had it, AB would be interesting. I...

I got one on the sale as well. It's certainly great for $370. I think it's a bit bright though, and I suspect the amp isn't quite as good as the DAC. I'll let it play a good while before coming to a conclusion. My old trusty Hugo is not under any threat so far.

I saw some time stamps with complaints and I didn't notice because to my ears that's very clearly Adam's guitar effects making noise.