Chord Mojo vs SMSL SP200

Am I high on illegal substances? No, just got Chord’s Mojo working. Less Than two years ago, Chord impressed me, my colleagues - and in fact the entir...

I figured I'd pick up the SP200 and an su8, and the amp side of things would be identical (i mean they're both thx amps, obviously they'd sound the same, right?) well I was wrong, very wrong, I noticed immediately upon connecting them that the SMSL sounded significantly inferior to the 788. At first I attributed this to dacs, as you can't bypass the 788's dac, so I was using it as a combo, vs the su8 into sp200. But after 3 days, and using the 788 as just a dac with the RCA out into the SP200, I can confirm this SMSL sp200 does indeed sound worse. I picked up the 887 as it released at the same time I was testing the SP200, and it was nearly identical in sound to the 788

No real upgrade in sound from the sabre DAC in my LG V20. IFI is bigger but it pairs up better w my LG when banded together. Mojo is a good portable DAC but even compared to the DF Red, I didnt see much difference w my cans. Go IFI, you won't regret it

And no, the little Apple adapter has twenty times less power that what you'd need to get the most out of them, because loudness is not what makes them good, not even remotely. And if there are people that say that "if it's loud it's good", that's not true, since I can easly get my Dt880 600ohm loud on my SMSL SP200 amp, but it's gonna distort the sound, making it crap in comparison to my AUDIO GD NFB28, that can easly drive them.