Audiolab mdac or Chord Mojo - Which to Buy?

[ontheline]

I either going to make a purchase for the Chord Mojo at £399 or the more expensive Audiolab mdac at £599, which is best in terms of sound quality?

 

[BigH]

I either going to make a purchase for the Chord Mojo at £399 or the more expensive Audiolab mdac at £599, which is best in terms of sound quality?

I thought you had the Audiolab already?

 

[ontheline]

I was testing it at a hifi shop but still to make a purchase for one.

 

[Al ears]

I either going to make a purchase for the Chord Mojo at £399 or the more expensive Audiolab mdac at £599, which is best in terms of sound quality?

They are both very good. You'd have to audition both because they will sound different and I for one cannot tell you which you would prefer in your system. Obviously if you need portability it has to be the Chord.

 

[Big Aura]

Audition both. What is it for? Do you ever intend to use the mobile capabilities of the Mojo ?

I have a Mojo. It's great but I would describe it as portable rather than mobile. It gives a hum if it touches my phone. I quite like the curious glances it gets on the tube tho. Sound quality is ace, and has won over everyone (naysayers included)

 

[Hugh56]

I assume you are using the dac in a system rather than headphones. It is not clear if the mojo it can be used in a system however What HiFi, however they gave it best dac between £400 and £800. Output is on the high. side at 3v. What hifi really needs to clarify the compatibility of this dac in thier report.

 

[expat_mike]

You should be able to find the answers in post #3 of this thread http://www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread-please-read-the-3rd-post

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Hi I just had the M-Dac Plus on demo for 2 days which costs £800 I personally could not tell a difference with it I found it had lots of inputs at the back and XLR inputs too which Is what I used on the demo at home I found the output to be a little louder on XLR which is normal but I lowered the input to match the RCA input and then switching between XLR/RCA I could not really tell a difference to be honest and felt it was not worth the £800 price tag but you may get a difference with your setup . I can not comment on the cord mojo as I have not tried one but they do have good reviews on them so worth a demo. . I had an arcam ir dac 1 which I had in the attic and thought I would try it again as I have a different setup when I first brought it cost less then the M-DAC Plus and I can tell a difference a night and day difference lots of detail the top end has opened up on my speakers and the sound stage feel bigger . You could pick one of these on flee bay for about £150-200 which is a bargain and still a very good dac too which won awards .