I actually like HF Player for hi-res stuff and wav files when I'm just listening to the iPhone, and also as an output to the mojo or hugo 2, but I strongly suggest trying to get a CD player with optical out (toslink) just to see which is better in your ears. Obviously, it's a matter of...

I was confused at first, too, as one of the stock cables is for mini-optical to regular toslink and I think designed for DAPs like the Fiio X7ii, etc., which use mini-optical jacks. Regular DVD/CD/SACD players are all going to use standard toslink optical outputs, as you have here in the...

I think ripping your CDs to WAV files is usually going to sound better than all but the very high end CD transports, because most of the errors are absent and the reading of the files is virtually silent. But you can also try just the USP, or a USB/SPDIF converter to send via coaxial. I have...

@csglinux , I just said I don't trust Chord to do their own measurements. Your measurements are welcome, indeed. I don't have time to measure, myself, and am thus stuck with Amir's measurements until someone else does them or shows theirs to me. @JaZZ , if you would be so kind as to link me to...

Okay, yeah, I did some more listening tests and I think I was just listening much LOUDER on the Magni. But, I still claim the Hugo 2 is not the Holy Grail of amplifiers for the Shure 846, and secondly, I still think the 846 needs a good amplifier, which I still haven't found.

I always forget how Head-fi is more of a cult than an actual place where people come to learn information. You can't just buy what the manufacturer says. The 846 doesn't sound very good with any Chord product compared to what the 846 is actually capable of. The Hugo 2 doesn't actually have an...

Lol. It's all about output impedance and noise floor. The Hugo 2 is makes a lot of noise, and has been measured at 1.7 Ohms output which is a bit too high for the 846. I'm not sure what the original Magni was, but I think they advertised near 0 Ohms output, and you can hear the difference quite...

I think a lot of people don't realize how much the amplification matters here. I was using the Chord Hugo 2, which was supposed to be TOTL, but now am listening with an old Schitt Magni instead of directly out of the headphone outlet of the CH2, and find the sound much better. I think the CH2 is...

I don’t have a poly, but since Bluetooth can only be paired with one device at a time perhaps you need to make sure your iOS device has Bluetooth disconnected from the poly before trying to connect with your phone. I’m leaning towards getting a Qutest after all, since my local Chord dealer can...

It seem to me that, at the very least, we could tentatively say that on some levels the Mojopoly closes the gap between the Mojo and Hugo 2 with average setups... So in other words, around 1200$ vs 2500$ (plus USB cables) makes the mojopoly a good deal for headphone users. I tend to think that...

Does anyone have the Hugo 2 and the Mojopoly to compare? I realize it isn't very easy to A/B, but with the same headphones at roughly the same volume, I suppose you can at least get a general picture of the differences. I'm very tempted by the poly accessory, since I don't have a DAP and do have...

Actually, now I'm using Jstreamer with Linn Kazoo as my iOS control via a little free app called Minim Server on my PC and it sounds **amazing. I don't know why, but the Mojo responds very well to high quality streaming. The only limitation is that this is a) not very portable, and b) these apps...

I agree, but the point is that if you were using a laptop for streaming, you could achieve extremely low latency and jitter levels through USB while also using your phone/tablet as a control for very little money. The problem is that it would only be as portable as your laptop. I personally am...

I’ve been reading about the Poly for a while as I love my Mojo with my hd650s and Etymotic 4xr iems... But the funny thing is that a few years ago I bought Jplay software when everyone thought that was an asinine thing to do. Then Jplay made a cool app called Jstreamer I think, which was able...

Actually you don't really need a "coax" cable, you just need a regular cable with an RCA interconnect on one end and a mini-jack on the other. Although coax cables are supposed to be 75 Ohm from point A to point B, many cheap ones actually aren't up to these specs...

Folks, I'm really enjoying the Mojo with the new(ish) Beyerdynamic Amiron Home cans. Whether it's well-recorded Hip-Hop (Tupac's Greatest Hits, for instance), or almost any acoustic, classical, or jazz, the signature is like an HD650, only a bit more extended on both ends, much tighter bass...

While I'm not giving up on the DT150, I can say that the Amiron Home is like an open-backed, better looking, and more comfortable older brother of the DT150. It's really better in all respects, as far as I can tell. However the DT150 is still good when you want a closed can.

I just bought a $6 cable to connect my old Denon CD player via coaxial to the Mojo. Very cool! It's nice that you can literally go out and buy a $100 used CD player, as long as it has coaxial output and a good laser/drive system, you can rediscover your CD collection at home. You don't need a...

Even though I love the DT-150, I think you'll find some overlap with what you already have. I would suggest getting something in the $500-700 range for a step up like the HE-560 or the DT1990 Pro if you want to try Beyers. The DT-150 are a great value in their price range, but I think you...

Just listened to the Dragon Quartet playing Schubert's Death and the Maiden (D min), and Dvorak's Bohemian quartet (F maj) in DSD256 ordered from NativeDSD. From an audiophile point of view, this is an amazing album. I have other recordings of these that I like better, but the young Chinese...

Okay... this mojo seems to have a learning curve. I am having a lot of trouble getting DSD to come out of my Windows10 laptop (it tends to get digital pops and sometimes won't start at all), but I'm listening to the Dragon Quartet in 256DSD now from my work desktop (Windows 8.1) and it sounds...

Okay guys/gals, it seems I was partially incorrect. (Not the first time.) While we do not have the problem of double amping when hooking up the Mojo to an external amp, it seems that the Chord site's usage of the term "line out mode" was inherently a bit confusing. It means, if I understand now...

What don't you understand about the line out mode? Chord has said very clearly, it sends out 3v signal in line out mode, and 2v signal in the headphone volume mode. These are two distinct modes with different voltages. How is that not clear to you? The headphone amp is not meant to be sent to an...

I don't understand why people keep going over these points. The Mojo has a headphone amplifier setting, and a line out setting. You should not use headphones with the line out mode, and you should not send the analogue signal to an external amp in the headphone amplifier mode. This is very clear...