Mojo 2 Wins ‘Best DAC’ In The T3 Awards 2022

Mojo 2 wins ‘Best DAC’ in the T3 Awards 2022

T3’s expert technology panel have chosen Mojo 2 as the definitive music portable 

Kent, England, 6 June 2022: Chord Electronics' Mojo 2 DAC/headphone amp has been awarded 'Best DAC' in the T3 Awards 2022. The expert technology judging panel selected the British designed and built music portable (which benefits from the world's first ‘lossless DSP’), in line with T3's core mission ‘to reveal the best products and technology to people so that they can live smarter, better lives.’

Launched in January 2022, the Mojo 2 benefits from several exciting new features, chief of which is a ground-breaking ‘lossless DSP’ (Digital Signal Processor), a unique technology allowing detailed tone control adjustments without any degradation in sound quality. Chord Electronics’ proprietary lossless DSP tech gives Mojo 2 unrivalled sound-tailoring flexibility with today’s wide-ranging headphones and digital music streams/files.

Full details on the Mojo 2

A key feature is the introduction of a menu system. Navigated via a new (fourth) control sphere, the menu brings a mute function, four-setting crossfeed adjustment, a button-lock feature for travelling, plus the fully lossless tone controls. 

 New USB-C data input

Digital inputs have increased to four, thanks to a new USB-C data input for greater flexibility. USB-C is featured alongside optical, coaxial (incl. dual-data for the M Scaler) and Micro USB. Two 3.5 mm mini-jack headphone outputs allow up to two people to listen simultaneously. 

Better battery and charging

Mojo 2 benefits from greatly improved battery management, thanks to a new FPGA-based battery-charging system. The tech brings much faster charging rates, coupled with a huge 75 % reduction in power loss for cooler, more efficient charging. Capacity is up by 9 %, resulting in better efficiency and improved battery life, which is now better than eight hours.

Mojo 2’s established ‘Intelligent Desktop Mode’ technology has also been improved, with an isolated battery and PSU redesign to support battery-free operation without any losses in sound quality, plus improved filtering and isolation.

Improved transparency

Mojo 2 is now DC-coupled with a digital DC servo. It benefits from an improved WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filter, now offering 40,960 taps (the technical indicator of how complex the interpolation filter is), using 40 DSP cores.

Additionally, an improved noise-shaper offers greater depth and detail perception, plus improvements to the 4e Pulse Array DAC introduce lower distortion and out-of-band noise. Greater neutrality has also been achieved, thanks to the elimination of coupling capacitors.

New fully transparent UHD DSP

Mojo 2 benefits from the world’s first fully transparent ‘UHD DSP’. The proprietary technology uses a 104-bit custom DSP core running at 705/768 kHz: no other audio DSP offers the same accuracy. By using 104 bits plus extensive internal noise-shaping, Mojo 2 can deliver complete transparency by preserving the filtering of ultra-small signals. 

UHD DSP features

The unique UHD DSP enables fine-tuning across the full frequency range with 18 steps of adjustment per frequency banding: lower bass, mid-bass, lower treble and high treble.

The volume control range has also been improved from +18 dB to -108 dB, and now benefits from two distinct operational ranges: low and high volume.

A new four-setting crossfeed function, also DSP-controlled, brings speaker-like spatial effects for flexible headphone listening.  

Class-leading build quality

The Mojo 2 is designed, engineered and handmade in the UK. It benefits from high-grade, bead-blasted aluminium casework, finished with a high-quality black anodise. Control is via four polychromatic polycarbonate control spheres.

Go wireless with Poly

Mojo 2 is fully compatible with the Poly streamer/server, enabling high-resolution streaming and up to 2 TB of solid-state library storage and playback when using the microSD card slot.

Rechargeable pocket-size DAC/headphone amp: Four digital inputs, plus two headphone outputs

·       New ‘UHD DSP’: The world’s first ‘lossless DSP’: unrivalled compatibility with any headphone or digital streamed/played file

·       New USB-C data input: Fourth digital input for increased connectivity with digital devices

·       New menu system and button: Easy navigation of the new UHD DSP features

·       Better battery/charging: Processor-management; faster, cooler charging; capacity up 9 %

·       Better sound: Improved filters, 40 DSP cores, more neutral sounding

·       Aircraft-grade aluminium: Uncompromising construction for greater durability

Price and availability

Mojo 2 is available now (black only); UK SRP £450.

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/