Chord Electronics Mojo 2

Undergoing a thorough overhaul, the new Mojo – virtually the same dinky form factor, more coloured orbs (dinkier than before) – kicks off with some unique tech.

Dubbed UHD DSP, it claims to be the world’s first lossless digital signal processor, the upshot being able to EQ using 18 1dB steps of adjustment over four frequency bands – lower bass, mid/ bass, lower treble, high treble – with no loss of resolution. Given the diversity of tonal characteristics between different headphone designs, this isn’t just a novel inclusion but something of a godsend.

The proprietary tech’s ‘engine’ is a 104-bit custom DSP core running at 705/768kHz supported by extensive internal noise shaping. Volume control has been improved, too, now split into two distinct ranges: low and high volume. And there’s a new four-stage crossfeed function, also DSP based, that seeks to emulate a two-channel speaker soundstage for a more ‘out-of-head’ experience.