DACs — Chord Mojo 2

Chord's Mojo 2 combines a portable converter and a headphone output in one small unit. It is the most compact and most affordable converter in the Chord range, sitting at the base of the brand's DAC hierarchy and bringing the company's FPGA-based conversion to a smaller and cheaper format than the Hugo 2.

Key specs that matter

The Mojo 2 accepts PCM up to 32-bit/768kHz and DSD up to DSD256. Total harmonic distortion plus noise is rated at 0.00027% at 22 kHz. The casing measures 83 x 62 x 23 mm, small enough to carry alongside a phone.

Engineering and use context

Instead of a screen or conventional buttons, the Mojo 2 uses Chord's spherical control balls, a feature shared across the brand's portable range, to set volume and select inputs by touch. Conversion runs on a programmable FPGA, not on a ready-made converter chip.

Pairing

The built-in amplifier stage drives headphones directly. Its output can also go into the line input of a bigger home system.

Alternatives

The Hugo 2 is the step up in Chord's portable DAC range, with more features and higher output.