Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

Dec 25, 2016 at 2:09 PM Post #27,841 of 42,916
My Fiancé totally unexpectedly bought me a Mojo for Christmas. Now I need to get myself some nice comfy portable headphones! I'm happy to be marrying someone who knows what I want before I know it.

Merry Christmas!
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 2:15 PM Post #27,842 of 42,916
  Did anyone official form Chord Electronics wrote something regarding this roll-off on lower volume with low impedance headphones?

 
The roll-off shown on the graph is fairly over-emphasised, and as Rob's posts indicate, there are some other factors involved in making the Hugo and Mojo sound different.
Only thing that the graph was meant to show there was simply that the Mojo can behave differently to other typical opamp/chipamp based headphone amps.
 
The most important thing to worry about is that the "impedance" of your earphones are not always constant.
e.g. Almost all BA driver earphones have impedance that increases at high frequency, as you can see from innerfidelity measurements etc.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/25-years-making-good-thing-better-etymotic-er4sr-and-er4xr-measurements
 
So even if the headphones specifications say "16 ohms", that doesn't mean it is constantly 16 ohms across the entire frequency range. (planar magnetic has less of this problem).
 
In any case, one of the important reasons why professional studio monitors tend to have high impedance (e.g. 600 ohms) is so that it can avoid these amplifier dependent issues.
 
It's not so much about whether a certain amp sounds well with low impedance or high impedance headphones, but it's simply that low impedance headphones tend to suffer from more sonic coloration from the amplifier performance. In that regard, Mojo is designed exceptionally well to handle both high and low impedance headphones with ease.
 
e.g. most of my other portable amps either can't drive difficult inefficient loads (e.g. Audeze LCD) or have too much white noise on low impedance high efficiency IEMs (e.g. Andromeda), but Mojo works very well for both cases, particularly for how small and affordable it is.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 3:23 PM Post #27,843 of 42,916
My Fiancé totally unexpectedly bought me a Mojo for Christmas. Now I need to get myself some nice comfy portable headphones! I'm happy to be marrying someone who knows what I want before I know it.

Merry Christmas!

Sounds like a keeper! Congratulations. :)
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 3:27 PM Post #27,844 of 42,916
Hi guys, recently got my mojo and have been enjoying it ever since! Question, does anybody elses mojo create popping static when close to an interference source? I have mine stacked on my phone and amytime it is receiving or transmitting data, whether over cellular or wifi, the mojo creates the aforementioned noise in my iems.
Is there any way i can reduce the noise? Right now I just tolerate it pr turn my phone on airplane mode. Is there a case or some sort of encasement for the mojo that could reduce external signal interference?

Someone a few pages back put a thin sheet of "soft iron" between the phone and Mojo. Also used a ferrite clamp on the connecting cable. Reckoned that eliminated RFI.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 5:37 PM Post #27,845 of 42,916
Hi guys, recently got my mojo and have been enjoying it ever since! Question, does anybody elses mojo create popping static when close to an interference source? I have mine stacked on my phone and amytime it is receiving or transmitting data, whether over cellular or wifi, the mojo creates the aforementioned noise in my iems.
Is there any way i can reduce the noise? Right now I just tolerate it pr turn my phone on airplane mode. Is there a case or some sort of encasement for the mojo that could reduce external signal interference?

 
Provided that you can get a piece of thin iron sheet, a plastic case will hold the sheet discretely in place.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-dac-amp-faq-in-3rd-post/27720#post_13108678
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 5:56 PM Post #27,846 of 42,916
Anyone try this lightning cable for mojo?
http://www.head-fi.org/t/830035/meenova-lightning-to-microusb-cable-for-usb-dac-camera-midi-keyboard-connect-to-iphone-ipad-ipod

It is also available on Amazon for $13. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N77VPS3/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&qid=1479958088&sr=8-40&keywords=lightning+micro+usb

 
Chip MonoPrice USB cables work good with Mojo

 
You're missing the secret sauce here -- that cable claims it works with the Mojo SANS a CCK on iOS devices, so somehow it defeats Apple's MFi protection.
 
I'm curious so I ordered one, should be here on Thursday.  Great to simplify the setup to just using one 6" cable with not other connectors/adaptors.  And for new owners that would be quite a savings as a CCK is $30 which this is just $13.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 6:54 PM Post #27,847 of 42,916
holy crap...George Michael (Wham fame) just passed away today, only 53.:(
I am stunned...what a great, great singer.

while I didn't follow him closely, I do remember him doing that difficult Queen classic "Somebody to Love"
at Freddie Mercury's memorial concert back in the late '80s (below)....he just killed it,
knocked it out of the park.

RIP George.


 
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 7:10 PM Post #27,848 of 42,916
   
Provided that you can get a piece of thin iron sheet, a plastic case will hold the sheet discretely in place.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-dac-amp-faq-in-3rd-post/27720#post_13108678

 
   
Provided that you can get a piece of thin iron sheet, a plastic case will hold the sheet discretely in place.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-dac-amp-faq-in-3rd-post/27720#post_13108678

Thanks guys, let the hunt begin...if i do figure this out, I will report my results back to here!
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 8:52 PM Post #27,849 of 42,916
Guys, what kind of cable do I need to hook up the 3.5 line out on a Fiio X1 to the mojo coax port?

Can you send me a link?

Or, is it best to go from the Fiio's 3.5 out to optical for better SQ?

Thanks so much. Happy holidays!
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 9:02 PM Post #27,850 of 42,916
Guys, what kind of cable do I need to hook up the 3.5 line out on a Fiio X1 to the mojo coax port?

Can you send me a link?

Thanks so much. Happy holidays!

 
You cannot. Mojo needs a digital signal. Fiio X1 does not output a digital signal. You need a device that outputs a digital signal for it to work with Mojo.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 9:19 PM Post #27,851 of 42,916


Santa delivered a Chord case for on the go, and a Pelican 1200 case for storing.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 9:51 PM Post #27,853 of 42,916
You cannot. Mojo needs a digital signal. Fiio X1 does not output a digital signal. You need a device that outputs a digital signal for it to work with Mojo.


Thank you. Stupid me. I know very little about these things and having a difficult time finding a inexpensive media player that does flac to send to a friend's Mojo I bought her.
 
Dec 25, 2016 at 9:53 PM Post #27,854 of 42,916
Thank you. You stupid me. I know very little about these things and having a difficult time finding a inexpensive media player that does flag to send to a friend's Mojo I bought her.


Fiio X3ii, Shanling M1 and Hidizs AP60
 

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