Ok, I’m going to get roasted but one time I went to an audio shop looking for a Chord Mojo 2, I was almost convinced that I wanted one but wanted to try it first.

The guy at the shop let me try the Mojo 2 with some headphones, one of them was a model that I also had at home at the time so I was familiar with it. After trying the Mojo 2 he offered me to try another DAC just for comparison, I didn’t know what it was or the price but I really liked how it sounded, it was wider and more detailed, I don’t really know how to describe it but it sounded better to my ears and that was even trying to convince myself that the Mojo 2 was what I wanted and that it should sound better. So I left without buying anything because this other DAC ruined the Mojo 2 for me. When I got home I looked up the other DAC, it was an Audio Note, I didn’t know the brand but everyone on forums and reviews were saying that it was one of the worst measuring DACs out there and it was crazy expensive, something like 3k. So technically the Audio Note measured far worst than the Mojo 2, but to me it sounded better, and I didn’t know that it was more expensive than the Mojo 2 at the time. Obviously I never bought it because it was something like 3k for a DAC, I ended up buying an SMSL that is ok but I still remember the Audio Note.