Can I take my Chord Mojo on a plane?

Sep 4, 2017 at 6:25 AM Post #2 of 14
Vicky said:
I am going away and would like to take my mojo with me, but will it get through security? Has anyone had any issues?
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No issues. You should be able to go through security with no problems.

the only gear that i saw being questioned was a CMoyBB - the owner got detained for a few hours and was release the moment he showed the authorities the eBay link on where he purchased the amp.
 
Sep 4, 2017 at 7:47 AM Post #3 of 14
karloil said:
No issues. You should be able to go through security with no problems.

the only gear that i saw being questioned was a CMoyBB - the owner got detained for a few hours and was release the moment he showed the authorities the eBay link on where he purchased the amp.
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I went through airport security with a CMoy type amp in a zippo box, no questions asked :D
 
Sep 4, 2017 at 7:55 AM Post #5 of 14
Sep 4, 2017 at 8:13 AM Post #6 of 14
I took mine and listened to it in the cabin on a trip from my homeland to USA
 
Sep 4, 2017 at 8:26 AM Post #7 of 14
Oscar-HiFi said:
That's a bit OTT over an amp, but different cultures probably don't see these things often.
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I tend to agree. Especially when Alert levels are high in certain countries. When i was still stacking, i tend to dismantle my rig, put them in their cases when going through security. Once i'm on the plane, i just put them back together - just so i'm on the 'safe' side.
 
Sep 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM Post #9 of 14
karloil said:
I tend to agree. Especially when Alert levels are high in certain countries. When i was still stacking, i tend to dismantle my rig, put them in their cases when going through security. Once i'm on the plane, i just put them back together - just so i'm on the 'safe' side.
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I wouldn't feel too safe about that considering a professor doing calculations got reported as a terrorist.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...d-for-doing-math-on-american-airlines-flight/
 
Sep 4, 2017 at 2:49 PM Post #10 of 14
You'll be fine. Chord's DAC designer takes their flagship products with him on flights.

Rob Watts said:
Most airports my Dave and Blu 2 on the carry on gets through x ray without hold-up. Which is clearly a failure, as a solid block of aluminium is just a black hole; and my carry-on of Dave, Blu 2 and two lap-tops is about 20 kg; but occasionally it gets flagged. Then - what's that? It's a DAC I say. Hint of a frown, and puzzled look follows. What's that? It's a high end CD player. Faint smile of recognition, then a nod and OK then...
Actually the only airport where I get stopped absolutely every time, and chemical swabs are taken is London Heathrow, when it is done carefully and thoroughly.
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Sep 4, 2017 at 7:40 PM Post #11 of 14
I take my FiiO X3 II and A5 stack on planes and I haven't been stopped yet! These things do look suspicious though so I'm happy nothing has happened :p
 
Sep 6, 2017 at 9:46 AM Post #12 of 14
I have been questioned a few times in the past by security staff as well as in flight. Only twice I didn't get an "what? an amp? that's cool" kind of reaction, once a flight attendant ordered me to switch the amp off, and another time in Schiphol I was stopped for several minutes until I was screened for all kinds of bomb checks - I tried to explain to him what the little box was for but he was not interested. They're very strict there...
 
Sep 6, 2017 at 3:52 PM Post #14 of 14
We were not too far from landing in bad weather, etc. I wanted to argue that using an amplifier was perfectly legal (and much less harmful than a mobile phone or notebook) but didn't have the chance
 
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