[Mediahound]

  Did some of you compare USB, optical and coaxial ports ?
Does a good USB cable such as FAW bring audible improvement ?

 
 

   
Personally speaking from my understanding and experience of it thus far (it will vary) 
 
 
USB (several cables) 
Plays highest source material bit perfect
 
Optical (several cables) 
I think its slightly more musical with instruments coming off more pronounced and a tiny bit of a sound stage 
 
Analog line out to my onkyo 805 amp 
best sound stage and most musical, speakers were great too,  very subjective 
 
ive only listened to them on my hd 600, m50x and momentums, my amp is running monitor audio speakers,   would love to get the Monolith M1060 next 
 
havent tried coax yet i dont really have a source for it 

 
According to Gordan Rankin "No matter what asynchronous USB is going to be better than most any SPDIF system, especially Toslink." from-
 
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/05/gordon-rankin-on-why-usb-audio-quality-varies/#comment-133007

 

[CAMSHAFT]

So lately I have been warming up the Mojo before I use it.  I have been letting it play for 10 or so minutes. Am I the only one that hears a difference between a cold Mojo and warm one? 

 

[maxh22]

So lately I have been warming up the Mojo before I use it.  I have been letting it play for 10 or so minutes. Am I the only one that hears a difference between a cold Mojo and warm one? 

I hear a smoother and more relaxed sound at around the ten minute mark same as yourself. Even from cold Mojo sounds very good.

 

[kenshinco]

With the ios 10.3.1 issue of not recognizing the mojo when connected through cck or custom cable, all the current mojo owner will have more reasons to go with poly....
Apple sucks!!

 

[Father Schu]

I hear a smoother and more relaxed sound at around the ten minute mark same as yourself. Even from cold Mojo sounds very good.

I have had this same impression when listening cold vs. warmed up. I meant to ask this before but I'm glad you brought it up. Am I just getting used to the sound after listening for a while? I doubt it since I've had the same realization multiple times.

 

[jlbrach]

the Mojo is a wonderful portable option,IMHO the Hugo is the better DAC

 

[guerph]

So I've been experiencing this issue with my iPhone 7+ and Mojo CCK model A1440 and A1619 (latest USB3). After a few frustrating weeks, I finally today noticed that it only dropped after pressing the sleep/wake button. Normally putting the phone to sleep, music continues to play uninterrupted. But today I noticed almost every time I put phone to sleep a few moments later the music would stop playing through Mojo. But Tidal app still showed file playing when I wake phone. Now I haven't done a lot of testing, but then when leaving the phone screen on, I didn't lose connection. A few minutes later I put phone to sleep and lost audio again.

Update: As noted above, if I use the USB 3 CCK and put phone to sleep I lose audio. But if I have the USB 3 CCK also connected to power supply and put phone to sleep it keeps playing...no drops.

 

[UNOE]

flooded with ads now wow

 

[Galm]

Reviews between the idsd and Mojo seem to be split on sq. Mojo is obviously slightly more portable and the idsd is more feature rich.
One guy, in particular (Z Reviews), wasn't very positive about the Mojo, but was about the idsd.
I own an ibasso dx90 that I could spdif into the Chord and they're about the same footprint. That would be neat.
On the other hand, my Galaxy S3 would make a good fit with the ifi. Decisions
I don't have any way of auditioning the ifi, but I will do more in depth testing of the Mojo.

The largest difference between two dacs that I've ever heard was using ie800s between the Oppo HA-2 and Chord Mojo. Guitar distortion in particular sounded way better even to my non audiophile friends. So I was confused about that. Either my Oppo sucked, or Z review was using only certain types of music. Or the differences aren't as apparent on other headphones.

But it made me more skeptical of his reviews to be honest. Most dacs I feel like have rather subtle differences, while those two I could tell apart in one strum.

I also compared my WA7 Dac and Chord Mojo dacs only (the WA7 also uses a 9108 Sabre like the Oppo) and the differences were there (the mojo was smoother but less articulate and brighter) but I had to listen carefully with my HD800s.

 

[Traveller]

On account of tonight's GotG 2 debut, my Mojo has the day off...


Got my "Awesome Mix" tapes - ready2go... !

 

[headfry]

So I've been experiencing this issue with my iPhone 7+ and Mojo CCK model A1440 and A1619 (latest USB3). After a few frustrating weeks, I finally today noticed that it only dropped after pressing the sleep/wake button. Normally putting the phone to sleep, music continues to play uninterrupted. But today I noticed almost every time I put phone to sleep a few moments later the music would stop playing through Mojo. But Tidal app still showed file playing when I wake phone. Now I haven't done a lot of testing, but then when leaving the phone screen on, I didn't lose connection. A few minutes later I put phone to sleep and lost audio again.

Update: As noted above, if I use the USB 3 CCK and put phone to sleep I lose audio. But if I have the USB 3 CCK also connected to power supply and put phone to sleep it keeps playing...no drops.

nice troubleshooting......hopefully will help those affected!

 

[PinkyPowers]

Anybody know where I can buy some super short optical cables? The sort best used when hooking a DAP up to the Mojo?

 

[miketlse]

On account of tonight's GotG 2 debut, my Mojo has the day off...


Got my "Awesome Mix" tapes - ready2go... !

Reminds me of my Aiwa lookalike that gave me hundreds of hours of pleasure during the early 90s.
All those evenings listening to the launch of Virgin Radio, footy on Radio 5, and cassettes.

How I wish the Mojo + Poly had been available in those days.

 

[miketlse]

Anybody know where I can buy some super short optical cables? The sort best used when hooking a DAP up to the Mojo?

This info is included in post #3, so maybe some of it will be useful to you.

Sysconcept custom-made low-profile optical cable

www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread/2370#post_12025183

http://www.sysconcept.ca/product_info.php?products_id=349










www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread/2880#post_12032024

www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread/2265#post_12023214 (specifically to a Mac computer)

related (non-Mojo-specific) discussion about optical cables: www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread/2250#post_12023147

 

[PinkyPowers]

Thanks miketlse.