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Chord Electronics is widely renowned for making the best DAC's on the market and their pocket-sized Mojo is no exception.

Using technology from Chords Hugo Series and their flagship Dave reference converter, the Mojo features a custom made FPGA DAC, DSD capability and support for sample rates up to a whopping 768kHz. All squeezed into an aluminium chassis no bigger than your wallet.

The Mojo also features a headphone amp, powerful enough to drive any pair of headphones. I listened to a range of headphones from the Bowers & Wilkins P9 Signature's, Quad ERA 1's and the Sennheiser HD660S's, all of which were driven effortlessly by the Mojo.

On the one side of the Mojo you will find two 3.5mm headphone jack outputs. With the other side featuring a micro USB input and a 3.5mm digital COAX input (both capable of handling 768kHz/32-bit

We couldn't resist opening up the new Musical Fidelity M1 Clic music streamer to show you the electronics and build quality of the device inside the stylish case work.

First and foremost, the M1 Click has sturdy powder coasted steel chassis construction with a simple but adequate steel lid with flanges that accept self-tapping screws to mate the tray and lid together. The knuckle test applied to the case reveals little mechanical resonance to interfere with the delicate DAC and amplifier circuitry within.

There are four double sided, plated through hole, glass fibre printed circuit boards inside - two of them are of Musical Fidelity design, the other two for streaming and LCD display, are 3rd party designs. The largest pcb sits in the base of the chassis and comprises the switched mode power supply, digital-to-analogue convertor, microprocessor/ firmware and audio output pre-amplifier. A dedicated input pcb sits above this 'motherboard' to allow connections to and from the outside world,