DACs

Digital-to-analogue converters are often overlooked, but the best ones can transform your system’s sound

View offers: BestDACs2024 Chord Mojo 2 £395 Few real-world (read: not ludicrously expensive) products can be considered real game changers in hi-fi. But in 2015 the Chord Mojo burst onto the thenfledgling portable DAC/headphone amplifier scene as one of them, flag in hand and ready to claim territory. The palm-sized device justified its elongated name (‘Mobile Joy’), pushing the parameters of what was possible for compact, on-the-go sound quality in the three-figure price domain. The fittingly named Mojo 2 is the long-anticipated, re-engineered replacement. And while the aesthetic hasn’t exactly been overhauled for the sequel, significant progress has been made elsewhere to protect the Mojo’s position at the pinnacle of the portable DAC world. The headline development lies inside the aluminium casework and is what Chord is calling the ‘UHD…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, Awards 2024

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