My conclusion remains: Time domain reconstruction performance makes a difference subjectively.
Did you bother with any controls?
I'm pretty certain there's a difference. Are my impressions valid?
Why not find out?
My conclusion remains: Time domain reconstruction performance makes a difference subjectively.
I'm pretty certain there's a difference. Are my impressions valid?
Why not objectively too? Is this shorthand for eyes open, uncontrolled listening?Time domain reconstruction performance makes a difference subjectively.
Did you bother with any controls?
That's egregiously careless. I'm not putting anything from them in my system.So far in Mojo2 head-fi I saw multiple people having the white noise blasts. So I guess same sort of chance for it to happen..
Going back to Mojo , from tests done by various outlets, we know it has ruler flat FR and excellent channel separation, yet compared to Mojo2, the stereo image is lacking! and bass definition is better on Mojo2 - over all Mojo2 sounds noticeably brighter that Mojo.
According to Mr. Watts those attributes have nothing to do with increased number of taps in Mojo2 but are attributable to a simple signal capacitor omission on Mojo2 and better internal power supply arrangement.
Whatever is said about Chord, Mr. Watts, their equipment and school-yard ridicules made here on ASR, their equipments (despite the high price) have been proven by test of time. One needs to take a look at eBay to see how fast and for how much their used equipments fly out, as proof.
If it is just a hoax, cleverly spread by Mr. Watts about his designs, you gotta hand it to the man, it has been a successful one.
P.S. Yes they should have addressed the USB input chip issue and the white noise blast, and they didn't - they also made other errors IMHO, so perfect? they are not, but good enough to be almost peerless.
I will not get into a back-and -forth arguments on this..................? As for "standing the test of time", I don't consider that necessarily indicative of audible improvements, for many reasons laid out here:
I will not get into a back-and -forth arguments on this.
"Test of time" in this case means, there are plenty of people willing to pay between 50/60 percent of the new price for DACs that are over 5 year old in design.
I suppose they are all stupid or under some kind of spell! They should all save their money and buy a new Topping.
I sold my Mojo with a new $20 Aliexpress battery (declared) on eBay for £225 (new £400), I now miss it, trying to buy one cheap with a bad battery for less than £180 is nigh impossible! Hugo2 goes consistently at over £1100 (new £1800).
Finding a Hugo TT2 for less than £2.5K has been impossible, I am still looking.
That is test of time.
Audible improvement is a subjective issue.
Yep; level matched using the mojo volume control.Or level matching...
People have believed, and continue to spend money on, wild things for thousands of years. That doesn't make them true.I will not get into a back-and -forth arguments on this.
"Test of time" in this case means, there are plenty of people willing to pay between 50/60 percent of the new price for DACs that are over 5 year old in design.
I suppose they are all stupid or under some kind of spell! They should all save their money and buy a new Topping.
I sold my Mojo with a new $20 Aliexpress battery (declared) on eBay for £225 (new £400), I now miss it, trying to buy one cheap with a bad battery for less than £180 is nigh impossible! Hugo2 goes consistently at over £1100 (new £1800).
Finding a Hugo TT2 for less than £2.5K has been impossible, I am still looking.
That is test of time.
Audible improvement is a subjective issue.
As I described in the link he didn't click. So neither up for "back and forth" nor something more substantive.People have believed, and continue to spend money on, wild things for thousands of years. That doesn't make them true.
Well, maybe not accusing people of schoolyard taunts would help with that.I will not get into a back-and -forth arguments on this.
I bet if Chord had called the new unit "Mojo Lite," and price it lower, many would say the opposite! This is why any such testing needs to be blind so that the listener is not biased by model number, etc. Level match and do the test blind. Not hard.Going back to Mojo , from tests done by various outlets, we know it has ruler flat FR and excellent channel separation, yet compared to Mojo2, the stereo image is lacking!
Well, maybe not accusing people of schoolyard taunts would help with that.
First of all, Respect!I bet if Chord had called the new unit "Mojo Lite," and price it lower, many would say the opposite! This is why any such testing needs to be blind so that the listener is not biased by model number, etc. Level match and do the test blind. Not hard.
Compared to original Mojo. And we are only talking about sound quality which you commented on. It is simple marketing to make people think something is better by calling it "V2." And that calling it "lite" would mean it is less so. You agree with this?Cheaper? Compared to what?
In real terms, allowing for inflation, Mojo2 is cheaper than Mojo classic, the EQ, desktop mode and fast charge are improvements on original at a lower overall price, forget about sound quality.
Does this mean our ears are better than lab equipments we measure equipments with?
Yep; level matched using the mojo volume control.
I believed I addressed that already, despite Mojo2 having more facilities compared to older brother, in real terms, considering 7 years of inflation,Mojo2 is cheaper than original.Compared to original Mojo.
I do and I don't! if it was called Super or SX or some thing similar , then yes, but a simple 2 could mean revision or firmware update or something not meaning better, so it is not a marketing ploy in this case.And we are only talking about sound quality which you commented on. It is simple marketing to make people think something is better by calling it "V2." And that calling it "lite" would mean it is less so. You agree with this?
Which replacement battery did you buy? Link? TIA!
I experienced similar finding on Topping vs Mojo. I only use the Dacs at line level in my system, The portable thing is dead and over with great sounding smartphones. I removed the battery on the Mojo permanently. When I turn it on it does not remenber the volume setting , nearly killed my speakers. I hate the looks of it with those stupid colored marbles, but you know what ? It sound better than any of my 4 Toppings way better actualy.I will not get into a back-and -forth arguments on this.
"Test of time" in this case means, there are plenty of people willing to pay between 50/60 percent of the new price for DACs that are over 5 year old in design.
I suppose they are all stupid or under some kind of spell! They should all save their money and buy a new Topping.
I sold my Mojo with a new $20 Aliexpress battery (declared) on eBay for £225 (new £400), I now miss it, trying to buy one cheap with a bad battery for less than £180 is nigh impossible! Hugo2 goes consistently at over £1100 (new £1800).
Finding a Hugo TT2 for less than £2.5K has been impossible, I am still looking.
That is test of time.
Audible improvement is a subjective issue.