[u2u2]

  I have read every article in this mojo forum, skipping most apple questions and comments, since a few days after it started.  I have fallen in love with the idea of the Mojo, even to the point of pre purchasing the ebay connector for my Note 3 and a small Case Logic case for the Mojo.  Like many of you, I am very Anal.  But I have not, as of yet, purchased the Mojo.
 
Some of you might ask “Why the hell not?”  The answer is uncertainty about whether I can hear the differences everyone is raving about.  
 
I am 60+ with mild tennitus in both ears.  I can not hear anything over 12,000 Hz.  Even though I understand that my hearing is pretty typical of my age bracket, it does make me wonder if I would be wasting my money to purchase this product. 
 
I do have various amps and dacs with various high quality and low quality headphones.  I can easily hear the differences between all.
 
There is no way I can audition Mojo before purchase due to my location and knowing no one locally who even owns one.  Oklahoma City, OK. USA.
 
I am asking any current owners of the Mojo who have my age or hearing issues, to please respond with a short note as to what YOU can hear and if YOU think the purchase was worth it.
 
Thank you so much for your time and advise.
            

I am just shy of you in years and share age related hearing concerns when laying out money on this hobby. I have been lucky, in that with patience, I have been able to repeatedly audition most items of interest to me. In the case of the Mojo two opportunities to audition it went bad so I ended up buying blind and have not regretted it at all. Read all the good comments posted here, discount the bad, and that is what I received hardware wise. Sound wise, every time I upgrade my kit I find more tracks in my collection with flaws in the recording/mastering. Mojo added to my list... You will hear a difference, just not the same as a twenty year old will. As you can easily differentiate between your amps, DACs, and headphones you ought to be good to go Mojo as well. On a bang per dollar measure Mojo scores well. A worthwhile purchase in my opinion. Once I have done my research I have found that further time spent in deliberations would have been better spent enjoying the gear I was considering. Just lost eleven months on a WA22. 

 

[Mython]

 

Is your iPhone upsampling your music files prior to sending them over to the Mojo?

No sir. Just normal Apple Music.

 
What sample rate and bit depth are your music files?  e.g. 16bit-44.1khz, 24bit-96khz, etc., etc.
 
 
Many audiophile iPhone-users use Onkyo HF Player for iOS
 
 
 
Although there are many possible causes of choppy playback when outputting to a DAC, one possibility is that the iPhone's CPU may be struggling to process excessive data, behind the scenes - now that could be because of non-music-related CPU threads being processed, in the beta iOS software, that may, perhaps, be hogging excessive CPU bandwidth, and leaving too little CPU bandwidth available for decoding music data and sending it over the lightning port bus.
 
Along this line of thinking, this is the reason why I asked you if the music is being upsampled, prior to being sent to the DAC, because some player software is set to upsample, either accidentally or by default, and upsampling also consumes a lot of CPU bandwidth.
 
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[Bighappy]

What sample rate and bit depth are your music files?  e.g. 16bit-44.1khz, 24bit-96khz, etc., etc.


Many audiophile iPhone-users use Onkyo HF Player for iOS



Although there are many possible causes of choppy playback when outputting to a DAC, one possibility is that the iPhone's CPU may be struggling to process excessive data, behind the scenes - now that could be because of non-music-related CPU threads being processed, in the beta iOS software, that may, perhaps, be hogging excessive CPU bandwidth, and leaving too little CPU bandwidth available for decoding music data and sending it over the lightning port bus.

Along this line of thinking, this is the reason why I asked you if the music is being upsampled, prior to being sent to the DAC, because some player software is set to upsample, either accidentally or by default, and upsampling also consumes a lot of CPU bandwidth.

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I don't believe there's any up sampling going on...I also tried Pandora & Tidal & I'm having the same problems. I'm going to try my wife's phone later today to see if it's just my phone or what. Thank you!

 

[Mython]

 

What sample rate and bit depth are your music files?  e.g. 16bit-44.1khz, 24bit-96khz, etc., etc.


Many audiophile iPhone-users use Onkyo HF Player for iOS



Although there are many possible causes of choppy playback when outputting to a DAC, one possibility is that the iPhone's CPU may be struggling to process excessive data, behind the scenes - now that could be because of non-music-related CPU threads being processed, in the beta iOS software, that may, perhaps, be hogging excessive CPU bandwidth, and leaving too little CPU bandwidth available for decoding music data and sending it over the lightning port bus.

Along this line of thinking, this is the reason why I asked you if the music is being upsampled, prior to being sent to the DAC, because some player software is set to upsample, either accidentally or by default, and upsampling also consumes a lot of CPU bandwidth.

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I don't believe there's any up sampling going on...I also tried Pandora & Tidal & I'm having the same problems. I'm going to try my wife's phone later today to see if it's just my phone or what. Thank you!

 
 
OK but you do realise I was making 2 seperate (though similar) points?
 
Beta software may be hogging the CPU for a different reason. Upsampling is only one possible reason.
 
 
 
What colour is showing on the single button LED, on the Mojo, when the music is choppy?

 

[Bighappy]

OK but you do realise I was making 2 seperate (though similar) points?

Beta software may be hogging the CPU for a different reason. Upsampling is only one possible reason.



What colour is showing on the single button LED, on the Mojo, when the music is choppy?

The button is Red. So I believe 44.1? Sorry...Still getting use to all of this

 

[AudioBear]

Might be worth double clicking on home and turning off all open programs (swiping up). Reboot.  Put the iPhone in travel or airplane mode.  Make sure your player isn't up sampling or equalizing or doing any extraneous processing.   Report back.
 
I use Onkyo HF as a player most of the time. 
 
Beta testing can be tricky....

 

[Mython]

   

The button is Red. So I believe 44.1? Sorry...Still getting use to all of this

 
 
Yes; correct. Red does signify Redbook 16bit-44.1khz
 
OK, so I guess we just have to wait and see if there is an issue with the beta software on the iPhone - it'll be interesting to know what results you get with your wife's phone

 

[Mython]

 

[Bighappy]

Yes; correct. Red does signify Redbook 16bit-44.1khz

OK, so I guess we just have to wait and see if there is an issue with the beta software on the iPhone - it'll be interesting to know what results you get with your wife's phone

I'll let you know as soon as I find out...Thank you for all of the help.

 

[Mython]

You're welcome -  do try what AudioBear suggested, too.

 

[Bighappy]

Might be worth double clicking on home and turning off all open programs (swiping up). Reboot.  Put the iPhone in travel or airplane mode.  Make sure your player isn't up sampling or equalizing or doing any extraneous processing.   Report back.

I use Onkyo HF as a player most of the time. 

Beta testing can be tricky....

I'll give that a try...Thank you!

 

[Bighappy]

Yes; correct. Red does signify Redbook 16bit-44.1khz

OK, so I guess we just have to wait and see if there is an issue with the beta software on the iPhone - it'll be interesting to know what results you get with your wife's phone

Just got home...Mojo + wife's phone running iOS 9.2 = perfect! Now to figure out how to go back to 9.2 & turn off beta testing...

 

[petetheroadie]

Really struggling to get a right angled interconnect anywhere for my X5ii and Mojo... Didn't think it would be this hard! Anyone know any UK or Ireland based custom cable makers? 
 
I bought Mojo from Custom Cable, so have emailed them to see if they can help, but would love any additional suggestions. I know Moon audio in the US do it, but I'd rather not pay $95 + $40 shipping + customs duties for an interconnect
 
Help!

Pete

 

[Mython]

  Really struggling to get a right angled interconnect anywhere for my X5ii and Mojo... Didn't think it would be this hard! Anyone know any UK or Ireland based custom cable makers? 
 
I bought Mojo from Custom Cable, so have emailed them to see if they can help, but would love any additional suggestions. I know Moon audio in the US do it, but I'd rather not pay $95 + $40 shipping + customs duties for an interconnect
 
Help!

Pete

 
 

 

Could someone recommend a cable making company in the U.K. please?

http://www.custom-cable.co.uk

http://www.chord.co.uk/products/

 

 

  Could someone recommend a cable making company in the U.K. please?

http://www.designacable.com

Nottingham UK

 

[pytter]

"Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Chord Electronics Mojo..." has been dispatched"

Amazon Prime is scary... Ordered this Sunday morning, coming in tomorrow.

Yep!  I had it in my basket yesterday and almost pressed buy but remembered in time that I am out of money this month!  Amazon make it too easy - they even deliver same day or on a Sunday to fuel your impulse buying...
 
Hope you enjoy the Mojo!  Let us know how you get on!