[Kentajalli]

Thanks for this thoroughly clarification.

Maybe I'll have the opportunity to have a listen soon.
It could be a nice audition.
Just me, my Mojo, the Hugo2 and my Era-1/ FD5.

As I've seen, the difference between Mojo and Hugo2 is just the Dac section.
Should be a fair comparison than.

Era-1 is somewhat dark to my ears, Hugo2 will brighten the day.

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Thanks all.

To convince myself, I'd rather use my anology to compare "ordinary" dacs with the Chord Dacs.
So output stage means amp stage to me.

Yeah, i was wrong on the output power, Hugo2 has a touch more.

But I'm glad to learn something new or use the right term.

@Kentajalli
Hmm, so we can say, as usual, that we hear things differently.
For me, the Era-1 has the right balance.
D9200 sometimes is a tad bright to me.

If the Hugo2 will brighten the sound, it could be too much for my liking.
That has to be figured out on an audition.

Thank you all for the insight.

 

[PANURUS]

Thanks all.

To convince myself, I'd rather use my anology to compare "ordinary" dacs with the Chord Dacs.
So output stage means amp stage to me.

Yeah, i was wrong on the output power, Hugo2 has a touch more.

But I'm glad to learn something new or use the right term.

@Kentajalli
Hmm, so we can say, as usual, that we hear things differently.
For me, the Era-1 has the right balance.
D9200 sometimes is a tad bright to me.

If the Hugo2 will brighten the sound, it could be too much for my liking.
That has to be figured out on an audition.

Thank you all for the insight.

For a non biased test, I suggest you to use optical with HUGO2. A lot of the bright side( when exists) comes from the usb Digital signal and from the main across the power supply.
If I use 2Go2YU with Optical in Hugo2 powered with power bank, i have a little image of the Hugo2.
and if i place the HMS between them, the Hugo2 then shows who it is.

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Thank you.
Will keep that in mind.

Powered by the Surface Pro as source, I've no issues with main introduced interferences, thou.
Based on my daily usage, I've to take that into account.
But as you said, preparation is key, nonetheless.

With the Mojo on hand, how could it not be a baised audition?

 

[Kentajalli]

Thank you.
Will keep that in mind.

Powered by the Surface Pro as source, I've no issues with main introduced interferences, thou.
Based on my daily usage, I've to take that into account.
But as you said, preparation is key, nonetheless.

With the Mojo on hand, how could it not be a baised audition?

I think he means that dirty USB can spice up the sound giving it a bright colour.
Clean USB is another matter.
H2 has better RF filtering than Mojo.

 

[Another Audiophile]

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H2 has better RF filtering than Mojo.

True, but from the other hand everything has better rf filtering than the mojo

 

[Chris Kaoss]

I think he means that dirty USB can spice up the sound giving it a bright colour.
Clean USB is another matter.
H2 has better RF filtering than Mojo.

Yeah, i know.
But it's quite a difference if I feed the Mojo/Hugo by an ordinary notebook or a Tablet/ Surface, ime.

We'll see/ I'll hear it very soon, I'm sure.

It's always the best way to make that decision after hearing myself.
Albeit i love the sound of the Mojo, still curious about the improvements.

 

[Kentajalli]

Yeah, i know.
But it's quite a difference if I feed the Mojo/Hugo by an ordinary notebook or a Tablet/ Surface, ime.

We'll see/ I'll hear it very soon, I'm sure.

It's always the best way to make that decision after hearing myself.
Albeit i love the sound of the Mojo, still curious about the improvements.

For what it is worth, I almost always use my cheap Huawei phone as player, usb connected to either DACs.
my SW player being Neutron .
On a windows tablet or computer, jRiver is your girl!

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Formerly I've used a "cheap" Notebook and the Mojo has shown its sensitivity to the source over USB.
After switching to the Surface, all issues were gone.
I use Potplayer on that Surface and UAPP on my Xperia 1 MK3.
Quite satisfying.

Even with a 10 feet USB cable I've no issues with my R28 feed by the Surface.

I'll wait till the end of January what Chord has to release. (Hopefully a Mojo2 )
Than I'll schedule my auditions.

 

[jarnopp]

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Formerly I've used a "cheap" Notebook and the Mojo has shown its sensitivity to the source over USB.
After switching to the Surface, all issues were gone.
I use Potplayer on that Surface and UAPP on my Xperia 1 MK3.
Quite satisfying.

Even with a 10 feet USB cable I've no issues with my R28 feed by the Surface.

I'll wait till the end of January what Chord has to release. (Hopefully a Mojo2 )
Than I'll schedule my auditions.

Wrong thread

 

[Fungus]

Out of curiosity does the Mojo have anything to do with Mojo Jojo?

 

[dontfeedphils]

Out of curiosity does the Mojo have anything to do with Mojo Jojo?

Mojo = "Mobile Joy"

 

[Fungus]

What’s a reasonable price for one of these on the used market? There one going for $500 AUD

Also is the amp session on par with a dedicated portable amp like a Meier quickstep which I already own. Does the mojo have a line out that allows the amp to completely bypass the amp session within the mojo?

 

[jarnopp]

What’s a reasonable price for one of these on the used market? There one going for $500 AUD

Also is the amp session on par with a dedicated portable amp like a Meier quickstep which I already own. Does the mojo have a line out that allows the amp to completely bypass the amp session within the mojo?

There is no amp section.

 

[kennyb123]

Also is the amp session on par with a dedicated portable amp like a Meier quickstep which I already own. Does the mojo have a line out that allows the amp to completely bypass the amp session within the mojo?

Chord DACs don’t have the typical amp sections that other DACs have. The voltage that comes off the pulse array dac is sent to a simple opamp and then sent out. That’s why they excel at transparency.