So a Sennheiser HD600 or Dan Clark Aeon 2 Closed will sound great while an Abyss 1266TC or HiFiMAN Susvara isn’t going to have enough juice. In practical terms, that means that both are capable of driving headphones up into the middle tier of hard to drive headphones. That story changes when you have a 4.4mm balanced, which enables Gryphon to output 6.7V. There are some complications to exactly how that power is delivered (and manufacturers providing specs that don’t perfectly match makes a purely spec based comparison challenging), but the short version is that Mojo is significantly more powerful from its single-ended output than Gryphon. Mojo is putting out a max output power of 5.2V through its unbalanced 3.5mm output, while Gryphon does 3.5V from its 3.5mm headphone jack. In terms of the output power and what headphones or IEMs you’ll want to pair with these, Mojo 2 and Gryphon are similar but different. Gryphon has a few more options, with 3.5mm and 4.4mm headphone outputs, 3.5mm and 4.4mm line outputs (which also double as analog inputs depending on the setup), USB-C input, and 3.5mm digital coax input, along with Bluetooth built-in. You can add WiFi and Bluetooth streaming, as well as internal storage, via the Chord Poly add-on, but that ends up doubling the price of the unit. In terms of inputs and outputs, Mojo 2 has two 3.5mm analog outputs, and a USB (USB-C or microUSB) and an optical digital input. Just from a cursory examination, you can see how Mojo 2 adheres very closely to Chord’s unique design language, providing color-changing buttons for user controls and nothing else, while Gryphon has a small screen and makes, perhaps, some more industry standard type design decisions in their configuration of buttons, knobs, and switches. ![]() While the devices are about the same size, and are pretty close in terms of power output, pretty much every other aspect of the design is very different. As we offer our own take on this hot button question, we’ll cover three main areas: design and specifications, features, and sound. ![]() ![]() If you comb audiophile forums, or follow HiFi blogs, one of the most common questions or topics from the last year is “Mojo or Gryphon?” While I’ve seen some (relatively hot) takes strongly recommending one over the other, there are a lot of considerations to take into account between these two portable DACs that will help you decide which is better for you.
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