Don’t think it’s this cheap

@@ks_3.14 mojo and mojo 2.

or bi-polar transistors with ADHD

coz it is a GAY term :))

flip flop is such primitive wording, these are clowns selling the emperor's new cloth

@@Sir2wired A flip flop is a standard device throughout all digital electronics. Look in any textbook about electronics and you will find a section on flip flops.

Cliff Dillard dont think so

Psaudio DACs covert all pcm to DSD

i'd actually would love to hear the DirecStream DAC vs my Hugo TT2!

that's bad?

@@slaving300 I have no idea.. lol.

It’s good in audio, though I guess it would be bad in politics?

bro. you seem audiophile.. suggest me a amp dac for athmx50 headphones

It depends on what you want to achieve. I find the athmx50 to have too much treble, but that's my opinion. Now if I had the athmx50 I would try and balance out the treble with a tube amp. No, I'm not an audiophile who says tube are the best and only way to listen to music. I think tube and solid state amps are both good and it's about your taste. I prefer solid state amps, but I do like using tubes from time to time. However, I think the best way to balance the treble of the athmx50 would be with a tube amp. The best affordable tube amp I know is the Schiit Vali 2, and try different tubes with it; the stock tubes won't add the warmth that helps the athmx50 sound more balanced. If you can't get the Schitt Vali 2 the look into the Bravo Ocean or another one of Bravo's tube amps. Not as good as Schiit's but still affordable. As for a DAC, in my opinion, DACs don't affect the sound to the point that you need the "right" one for a certain pair of headphone or speakers. No, if you want a good DAC you could just go for a Schiit Modi 2, Schiit Modi 2 Uber, Or a version of the ODAC. If you want a DAC with new technology, you cold go with the Schiit Modi Multibit. Does this info help? Or do you want to achieve something different? Maybe you can spend more and want the best not period, not the best wallet-friendly picks. Or maybe you want a single DAC amp unite. Or maybe you love the treble sound from the athmx50 and don't want the tube amp. Let me know.

thanks

Agreed. I don't think it is possible to completely "eliminate" jitter.

naw, the proof is in bench test equipment and spectrum / THD analyzers.

Gradius2k not really. Nobody builds something and sell it at a break-even price. Everybody has to make a profit otherwise the exercise is pointless.

it takes millions to pay for programmers, mr genius.; :P

ProSurviver why does complexity not equal better sound?

njack1994 because he's not very complex 😂

Because it's simply just digital to analogue conversion, known zo mankind for a century. 99% of this video is complete gibberish.

Not "wank", simply audio terminology you can easily Google is you are not familiar with it.

@@jimjiminy76 You obviously fall for the BS. FPGAs are general re-programmable Gate-arrays for digital circuits. This "DAC" is just a digital filter and PCM output implemented in the Logic fabric. FPGA's are notoriously noisy and their clock jitter is dependent upon the circuit you implement in the fabric. Outputting the PCM stream to a CMOS logic gate to magically create Analogue (again from a digital logic gate) is just bullshit, the logic gates are also inherently jitter prone and noisy. This video is using a load of pseudo-technical words to fool you into thinking it is something magical or special. A dedicated audio DAC is designed to minimise THD, Noise and Jitter whilst providing a true analog current or voltage output then is then amplified. This video is very inaccurate and it pure hype.

@@jonlaws4493 looking forward to hearing your DAC Jon ;) I have the Qutest and it sounds amazing...all I need to know and understand...

But wouldn’t the flip-flops help with drive current going to the output transistors?

@@leafyleafyleaf Doesn’t matter. The microcontrollers can handle that or a simple drive transistor

@@johnadams2815 I hear you about the marketing hyperbole here. Too bad, as there is some interesting stuff they are doing in the FPGA. As for externally clocked DACs, is there one you would recommend? Full disclosure, I own a Chord Mojo and love it, but wary of grand claims in the audiophile world.

@@leafyleafyleaf Unnecessary. A simple buffer would have been sufficient and most microcontroller pins are strong enough to drive a transistor, which does the real work.

@@leafyleafyleaf I would recommend buying an actual device that most studios would use and don't buy "audiophile" gear. E.g. Antelope, Prism, Universal Audio, etc...

I think most of them are directly mounted to their aluminum enclosures to use the enclosures as heatsinks. I had a mojo: it got warm, but had no problem running for it’s entire battery life (though I’m more interested in the Battery Bypass desktop mode of the new Mojo 2). It could be argued that all necessary information is displayed by the Chord colored balls… though I admit I had to reference the manual to see what any of the colors meant besides volume 😅 New programming… why? It’s already new programming compared to DACs made with off-the-shelf chips and reference programming. I think the new Mojo 2 has new programming to take advantage of the additional FGPA taps, but the DAC and filtering programming is “solved,” the only thing they might update over time could be their DSP effects like the EQ functions.

Have you heard it? No? Didn't think so.

Their DACs sound nothing like delta sigma or any other DACs for that matter..Chords DACs are way more naturally organic and faithful to the music while digging deeply into music with euphonic imaging.Their technology involves more than just noise shaping.As explained in the video.They are the industry leaders for a reason.

There is a lot new here, actually. Noise shaping and filtering done with such a high level of overkill that it pushes any artifacts down to unnecessarily (but welcomed) low levels. This is the best DAC I have heard. And I was skeptical too.

I am curious which one? Because I had my share of dacs, an my opinion most ‘under 1000 euro dacs’ suck. On average around 2000 euro you are getting somewhere . Always something missing. (And Yes I listen to decent amps and speakers!) and I am not a chord fan boy. But a gustard A26 or X26 is already 1600 euro… so 500 euro is just BShit!

nah, you get used to it. Sometimes, simplicity is great. I had the Qutest until I recently just upgraded to the Hugo TT2, and in between, I borrowed my friend's RME ADI2, and THAT Dac is way too complicated. Too much to fiddle around, and I still couldn't get the kind of texture in the mid-bass that I was getting with the Qutest. The RME ADI-2 is a smoother sound, but at the cost of being too aliased in its sound and at times, less natural (like the saxophones! Just not as good as the Qutest). Now the Hugo TT2, though, WOW! That's on an incredibly other level! I did not expect it to be so much better than the Qutest by a wide margin!

Bogdan Rădulescu I think your underestimating the complexity of the human ear, just because we dont have dogs ears doesn't mean it's shit and we can hardly hear anything.

Keith You just had to take that a bit too far

Bogdan Rădulescu nope, you think human hearing isnt fancy... you couldn't be further from the truth

Keith nl

How you know it too far, I'm sure you never heard chord mojo or any of there product

sound is subjective so ye. dont knock it till you try it. The dave itself is already one of the best dacs out there that money can buy.

Sorry but Zeos is... I have nohing to his guy but his knowledge about sound is lacking. If he doesnt hear the difference mojo vs others dacs than its his fault.

So what? That’s his opinion based on his ears/headphones/music. I worked in the industry for a few years and have heard more systems than he’s ever reviewed. My thoughts? It sounds better than anything near its price range. Though I have young ears without damage - something middle aged Zeos doesn’t have...

i fucking hate zeo- fanboy, you are really saying that mojo is bad because zeos, the only- true- audio god said so??? pathetic

Zeos had an issue with the cost of the mojo, which then coloured his review. He reviewed it at $600, but I paid £370 for mine, with a case. It was also done during his "all dacs sound the same" phase, which he has recently grown out of. I would like him to revisit the mojo, but that's not gonna happen. I own a few portable dacs and daps, and the mojo is clearly the most capable by far.

Absolutely incorrect comment. All Chord DACs use an FPGA programmed with the WTA algorithm. Why didn't you just check Chord's website before commenting??

@@HandbrakeBiscuit You're completely right. I thought Chord uses FPGA in their higher priced DACs. Shame on me.

@@EllasPOSEiDON Wow - thanks for getting back to me. Reading my comment back it looks a bit harsh so thank you for not reacting angrily! Take care and keep safe in these crazy times... :)

Don't buy it; you would ignore the benefits anyway.

Go listen to one.

I own the Chord Mojo + Qutest, and just upgraded to the Hugo TT2. I've had the RME ADI2 Dac for a couple of weeks. I can assure you, Chord DACs, especially when you have something like the TT2 is insanely resolving and lifelike. I'm hearing things I've never heard before on my system (Cayin HA-300 tube amp + Audeze LCD-3) even with the Qutest or RME-ADI2. I can detect variations in a drummer's cymbal or hi-hat taps, I can hear distinct notes within chords, distinct differences between instruments. Perhaps you've never listened to a Chord Dac, or on a highly-resolving system, so you don't know what you're talking about.

@@JoeGunawanfotosiamo i have hiby is it worth to upgrade to chord mojo sir?

@@JoeGunawanfotosiamo Maybe you should give "The Emperor's New Clothes" a read.

Sample rate is not the same as frequency!

The benefit of higher sample rates is in the time-domain, not because of ultrasonic sound.

Oh dear you’ve just shown your lack of understanding.....🙄

@@MrGorpm It's proportional. Sample rate is twice max frequency; therefore 192 KHz will have a max frequency of 96KHz.

@@steven2809 Elaborate.

Run: W4S DAC2v2se, what dac do you have now? What model did you have? thx

weeg91 it's too complex for you to understand.

You Brexit nuts seem to want out of everything. Likely out of your minds too 🙄

You are an idiot. Of course D/A & A/D conversion technology has been know to mankind for decades, since the mathematics of discrete time data manipulation was created. Converting data from digital to analogue faithfully is extraordinarily difficult, and audio, though it doesn't sound like a mission-critical application such as military, medicine or aerospace, is actually a more difficult domain for the application of quality DA,AD conversion due to the brains sensitivity and ability to perceive sound. DA & AD conversion is done everywhere, how well its done is another story.

What system have you heard the Chord Dac on, and which Chord DAC? I own the Mojo, and I've just upgraded the Qutest to the Hugo TT2. In the past, I've had the Xduoo XD-05 before going to the Mojo and before the Qutest. I used the Schiit Lyr 3 and the THX AAA 789. I sold those to get the Cayin HA-300 tube amp with the Psvane ACME 300b tubes. Even going from the Qutest to the Hugo TT2, there's a very big jump in sound quality. I'm hearing details, separation, and timbre that I haven't heard from the Qutest, which is already very resolving. It's like driving a car. If all you've driven are Hondas and Toyotas, even if it's one of their more sportier cars, you still can't compare how a Porsche 911 drive until you've driven one. Chord DACs, especially the higher end ones and especially on a higher end system (Mine is a $4000 300b tube amp with $1000 pair of 300b tubes), you'll absolutely hear the difference right away. So no, you absolutely don't know what you're talking about.

@@JoeGunawanfotosiamo Xduoo XD-05 and mojo which one is better?

@@aqwandrew6330 Oh the Mojo for sure! The XD-05 distorts on LCD-2C