This is also combined with an improved noise-shaper and some upgrades in the Pulse Array implementation to generate an improved perception of staging depth and detail as well as lower distortion levels.Īs far as I can tell, decoding remains largely unchanged from the original Mojo. With this switch, Chord is pitching the Mojo 2 as offering a more neutral or accurate sound over the original.
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This reduces the need for additional capacitors to filter the signal and allows a full spectrum of sound frequencies to pass through without any potential degradation. From the original’s tap count of 38,912, we now have 40,960 taps using 40 DSP cores which is now that little bit closer to the performance level of the Hugo 2, (49,152).Ī few other engineering upgrades that have a significant knock-on effect include DC-coupling the Mojo 2.
One of the most notable KPIs of the original Mojo has also been given a boot, the number of FIR taps. As of today, it is still Xilinx’s most advanced FPGA board, however, the board’s custom coding done by Rob Watts is quite different from the original Mojo. The Mojo 2 does still retain the original Mojo’s Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA chipset, (XC7A15T), which is the same board used inside the Hugo 2. The Mojo 2 is no exception with an FPGA-driven WTA, (Watts Transient Aligned), filter at the heart of its decoding engine. The only question for me is does it perform better than the original and with a bevy of class-leading audiophile dongles saturating the market is it still relevant?Ī consistent theme throughout Chord’s digital audio conversion products is their in-house FPGA-driven DAC implementations with no off-the-shelf delta-sigma or R-2R designs.
The price is certainly reasonable and not far off the original’s 2015 price point of £449. The recently launched Mojo 2 complete with a host of new features should come as no surprise then to ardent Chord fans. Everyone seems to have an opinion on this little box of tricks. I cannot think of a single person in this hobby who has not tested, owned, or at least tried the Mojo.
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That seems like an eternity in audiophile years considering the rapid advancement in tech as well as changing consumer tastes.Īnd yet, the Mojo remains or has remained very relevant, perhaps one of the longest product life cycles I have seen in the portable amp/DAC sector. It has been 6 years since the original Mojo was launched by Chord Electronics and 5 years since we reviewed it.
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