[jmills8]

No idea I'm afraid but I've also tried another phone I have and it's the same thing.

that htc has C Type usb ?

 

[GRUMPYOLDGUY]

Yes sir. So, not sure about that theory then. Maybe you can take some close ups and send it to chord? Sorry, out or suggestions for you. Mine are scratched as well but I never thought it was bad.

I don't think it warrants being brought up to Chord. It doesn't impact performance. It's really just one scratch in particular that bothers me, the scratch is almost completely clear so the light coming from it is noticably brighter. I usually just roll the ball to hide it. I'm sure at some point though I'll take apart the device and try to fix it with very fine grit sandpaper or something. I'll end up messing it up and have to pay Chord for replacement balls. I'm really not worried about it though.

 

[warrior1975]

Plus you'd probably void your warranty as well. I have to inspect mine more, but I don't believe I have any scratches such as yours.

 

[GRUMPYOLDGUY]

Startech are cheap and work fine , that's what I'm using at the moment - although I'd be happy to trial any other more expensive cables to see if there was a remarkable difference between the 2

There most certainly won't be any audible difference.

I pay a little extra for cables and adapters that are more durable and that I know are built properly with attention to detail... In a lab setting under extreme conditions, it might make a measurable difference in BER for example, or RFI/EMI shielding/isolation, but only measurable.

Actually I replaced my USB cable with the much more flexible Anker Powerline+ cable. Mass produced in a country not known for quality control, but still has some good shielding and isolation features and very easy to route and work with. Has been serving me fine for a while.

 

[GRUMPYOLDGUY]

Plus you'd probably void your warranty as well. I have to inspect mine more, but I don't believe I have any scratches such as yours.

I'm not so worried about the warranty. Any manufacturing defects would have shown up long ago.

 

[warrior1975]

I'm not so worried about the warranty. Any manufacturing defects would have shown up long ago.

True.

 

[sabloke]

You guys better stop scratching those balls
 
On a more serious note, I think USB cables don't matter much in the 10cm range as long as they're not faulty. Picking up wi-fi interference from my DP-X1 with any cable, even when using the ferrite bead. No big deal for me as I use the stack in offline mode, including Tidal. Hit that stand-alone button on the DAP and you get pitch black background!
 
Best thing about the Mojo extension, along with making it more "stackable", is the fact that is protecting the USB ports. No risk of damaging Mojo's USB ports when the unit is in a pocket somewhere and no plugging-unplugging to charge or stack. Brilliant!

 

[hung031086]

Almost complete. I need a good otg cable for my stack -.-.
 

 

[music4mhell]

  You guys better stop scratching those balls
 
On a more serious note, I think USB cables don't matter much in the 10cm range as long as they're not faulty. Picking up wi-fi interference from my DP-X1 with any cable, even when using the ferrite bead. No big deal for me as I use the stack in offline mode, including Tidal. Hit that stand-alone button on the DAP and you get pitch black background!
 
Best thing about the Mojo extension, along with making it more "stackable", is the fact that is protecting the USB ports. No risk of damaging Mojo's USB ports when the unit is in a pocket somewhere and no plugging-unplugging to charge or stack. Brilliant!

USB cable does matter.
Just take any OTG cable, pure silver and do a AB testing with your stock cables.. and you will get your answer..
I have tested so many cables with my Mojo, a long back.!!

 

[UNOE]

  Thinking of getting the chord mojo so was looking around for cases too.
Does anyone have both the official Chord case as well as the Dignis case?
How do the 2 cases compare?
 
Also found this $40 USD Dignis clone from China:

I'm interested in this case as well anyone have one made yet?

 

[GRUMPYOLDGUY]

USB cable does matter.
Just take any OTG cable, pure silver and do a AB testing with your stock cables.. and you will get your answer..
I have tested so many cables with my Mojo, a long back.!!

What sort of differences do you perceive?

My favorite answer is "warmer"... As if switching from copper to silver somehow performs an FFT, increases some frequency bins, then performs an IFFT... All instantaneously and without actually buffering enough samples to do it, with no processing or active components and zero power.

 

[jmills8]

What sort of differences do you perceive?

My favorite answer is "warmer"... As if switching from copper to silver somehow performs an FFT, increases some frequency bins, then performs an IFFT... All instantaneously and without actually buffering enough samples to do it, with no processing or active components and zero power.

Sound stage, increase bass, increase top end.

 

[sabloke]

Sorry, not buying it. A 4" long USB cable can't influence enough to matter. I would agree spending more for a 4 ft. long one, but a very short good quality OTG should be OK.

 

[music4mhell]

 

What sort of differences do you perceive?

My favorite answer is "warmer"... As if switching from copper to silver somehow performs an FFT, increases some frequency bins, then performs an IFFT... All instantaneously and without actually buffering enough samples to do it, with no processing or active components and zero power.

Sound stage, increase bass, increase top end.

I was about to say this, I can easily feel the difference in Bass and Soundstage !!

 

[zept0sec]

Sound stage, increase bass, increase top end.

Might this just be a side effect of increased volume? When I switched to the silver-plated OTG cable in the AQ DragonTail from a generic copper OTG cable, I noticed I was able to turn the volume setting down a couple steps to achieve roughly the same listening volume.