Chord Hugo 2 vs Chord Mojo 2

Both are portable amplifiers, $2595 against $650. This page puts them side by side on the only three things a maker can be held to — power, output impedance and noise — and then asks the question that actually matters: which headphones do they treat differently?

The Chord Hugo 2 reaches 100 dB on 567 of the 567 models here, the Chord Mojo 2 on 566.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationChord Hugo 2Chord Mojo 2
Power into 32Ω740 mW564 mW
Power into 150Ω171 mW145 mW
Power into 300Ω94 mW90 mW
Power into 600Ω47 mW45 mW
Output impedance0.025 Ω0.06 Ω
Output noise2.6 µV2.7 µV
Price$2595$650
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
567566

A figure marked not published is missing from the maker’s own material, which is not the same as being good or bad. Where one of these two publishes a number and the other does not, the comparison on that axis cannot be made at all — and saying so is more useful than guessing.

The headphones that tell them apart

1 headphone reaches 100 dB on the Chord Hugo 2 but not on the Chord Mojo 2 — Symphonium Titan.

2 headphones stay below the audible-hiss threshold on the Chord Hugo 2 but cross it on the Chord Mojo 2 (KZ AS16 Pro, Shure SE315).

566 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both. That is a power count and nothing more; whether either source suits a given headphone also depends on the two lines above.

Both pages in full

Each has a page of its own with every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: Chord Hugo 2 and Chord Mojo 2. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.

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