oleg87
Senior Member
While objectively underwhelming, -80dB distortion products aren't exactly going to grate on the ear either.
Sure as heck beat the pants off an equivalent turntable or tape deck at the time.While objectively underwhelming, -80dB distortion products aren't exactly going to grate on the ear either.
They sound about the same. I like Chord dacs, outside of the funny colored marble controls. The mojo 2 has the eq options and offers a pretty good single ended headphone jack and it's cheaper. I dislike the battery systemand Inhate micro usb.
The qutest has more taps, but it's just a dac for what $1,600. Watts make some well engineered gear, that measures well, sound great, but his products are a bit overpriced.
There really is no need to upgrade unless you plan on purchasing the Mscaler and you need the BNC connectors.
I've got many DACs in that price range, none of them sound as good as the mojo2 to me, all the stuff that Rob Watts says seem to be true, basically 3d sound which I can even hear on my M50x's, the best instrument separation. I found by experimenting that the mojo2 seems to like the optical input, I drive it from the topping D10 with the topping ASIO driver and Qobuz right up to 192Khz, also earthing the 0V seems to help as well.
How to make the pudding was explained by @BDWoody. Any other pudding is way too salty.the proof is in the pudding.
you do a A/B comparison but you know what you are listen to? if it is not blind, it is not valid. Also volume must be the same. Go check Amir's video.I have a tone board with a optical connection passively mixed with the mojo2, A/B comparison is easy by selecting the target sound device in Qobuz, it's night and day to me. Normal chip based delta sigma DACs don't seem to sound natural to me, too digital sounding, most likely some do but I haven't found one. I appreciate ASR's measurements but risking opening a can of worms I'm more inclined to think there may be aspects the measurements are not capturing i.e. I trust my ears. Rob Watts talks about nano second timings and small signal rendering down to some crazy low level, I think he's onto something, the proof is in the pudding.
As a side note I also have a DC blocker, AC filter and isolation transformer in the mix all of which seemed to give subtle boost in sound quality,
I appreciate ASR's measurements but risking opening a can of worms I'm more inclined to think there may be aspects the measurements are not capturing i.e. I trust my ears.