New Mojo Mystique X

We finally received the chassis which had been holding up production of our new Mystique X DAC. Currently those parts are being powder coated awaiting laser etching.

Now that we have everything in-house we are expecting to begin shipping back orders the middle of May and begin shipping new orders, dealer demos, and reviewer demos the end of May or beginning of June.

Photos of the prototype Mystique X we took to AXPONA and updated information are now on our website.

Even though the Mystique X uses the identical circuit and nearly identical parts to our Mystique EVO, due to the new chassis typology, shielding, and anti-resonance, the Mystique X has a notably lower noise floor than any DAC we've ever offered.

As you lower noise floor you not only reveal low-level details which were formerly masked by noise, you expand dynamic range. The Mystique X has insane micro-dynamics.

The bad news is that the cost of our component parts and chassis have gone up significantly in the past year. 

On June 1st Mojo Audio will officially be selling through retail distributors, all sale prices will end (we can't undercut our distributors), and prices will be going up by +$3,000 on the Mystique X and +$4,000 on the Mystique X SE.

In May we expect to have inventory of DACs on the shelf for the first time since 2017. The bad news is that once our retail distributors get their demos we're expecting to have to return to a waiting list once more.

As for additional DAC models, we have a few in prototyping which are more advanced than the Mystique X, but we won't be releasing any new models of DACs until we are certain we can keep up with demand for our new Mystique X.

No point in having waiting lists for multiple products with component part delays.

I don't find Mystique X SE noisy at all, instead it is dead silent with black back ground.

I would agree that Mystique X SE does have a sound that makes you realize you are definitely listening to this dac, I feel like Mojo is sharing a goal similar to Playback designs which is a natural and neural approach. I do find playback designs dac5 more organic but there are moments It made me miss the details and deeper bass of Mojo Mystique X SE. I would also love to learn more about the difference between 2020 Evo to X SE.

I have the Mystique V3.  It's so good I have not upgraded.  I do find you should take some time to find the right footers.  You also have to be aware of the source.  Anyone can take any piece of equipment, set it up wrong, give it a bad signal and find themselves disappointed in the performance.  Of course, what are you disappointed in?  

I just completed a review of in wall wire.  I posted it on my website.  What I find is some wires such as 8 AWG NM-B are very analytical.  I find that distracting.  I find it sort of fractures the performance and forces me to constantly be looking at the parts and pieces.  I prefer my source to act more like my 15 ips tape.  I want it to give me all the information, and do it in a way that my mind relaxes and enjoys it all at once.  Good electronics do this.  They don't hide anything.  They don't call anything out.  They provide a clean complete flow that is easy to digest and follow.  Mojo Audio DAC do as such.  They are an excellent DAC for the money.

Very happy with my Mojo X SE purchased last November. It does so many things right. Spinning CD’s from a Sparkler s503 to Mojo XSE to ANK 4.1 preamp to ANK Interstage 300b Monos SE to Charney Audio Companions horns. The XSE has a wonderful natural “real” presentation. Instruments sound as they are supposed to as well as a musicians touch. ie Tommy Emmanuel and Frank Vignola “Just Between Frets” two highly regarded finger picker guitarists with slightly different approaches . Very easy to pick out who’s playing and who’s strumming along. Never got that from a multitude of other DACS I’ve had. Don’t want to list them all but there have been a lot! As noted by a few in this thread we are all looking for what pleases our ears the Mojo XSE does it for me.