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Thanks for the additional guidance. I landed on the adapter after failed attempts of finding an angled cable (it actually wasn't that hard to find one...) However, I was unable to find anything under post #3 checking under "Cables & HOW TO CONNECT Mojo to your chosen device (i-Device, micro-USB, Sony, Co-axial, Optical, etc.)". Please let me know if there is a suggested cable. Absent that, I selected a this cable from Amazon and am sending back the adapter.
Ah, looking at the Amazon link you posted, it seems you are seeking one with a fullsize USB plug on one end, in order to plug it into the female end of an Apple CCK. However, perhaps you may not be aware that there are a lot of cables on the market (mostly from southeast Asia) which cleverly circumvent the need for a seperate CCK, and thus make connecting an iDevice to Mojo much more compact. These cables have a microUSB plug on one end, and an Apple Lightning plug on the other end, to insert directly into an iDevice.
If you are willing to pay for a bespoke cable, then there are a few cable-makers who are willing to accomodate requests for specific plug types (such as right-angled), as I alluded to in an earlier reply. Some bespoke cables are very expensive, but others are more easily within reach. It can depend on whereabouts in the world you live, as to which vendor is your best bet. For example, a lot of people in Europe get in touch with ForzaAudioWorks (mostly for Android usage), who are based in Poland, but there are some companies in America (MoonAudio, etc.), and quite a few companies in southeast Asia (PenonAudio, etc.). It should be noted that, outside of southeast Asia, there are more options for Android cables than there are for CCK-circumvention cables, probably due to companies being wary of incurring Apple's wrath.
Therefore, to be clear: obtaining a cable with a right-angled plug, but which still needs to connect in-series with a genuine Apple CCK dongle is easy, all over the world. It is when you seek a cable that circumvents the need for a seperate Apple CCK dongle that the number of suppliers shrinks rapidly, to mostly be only those from southeast Asia. These southeast Asian companies do ship internationally and they can be contacted directly or, often, via eBay.
I'm not trying to steer you into buying expensive cables. All I'm saying is that there are a wide array of options, companies, and price-points, so it may take a bit of hunting around, and be careful to familiarise yourself with which cables employ a circumvention method, and which don't, so that you don't end up being disappointed. For example, non of the MoonAudio cables will work without a daisy-chained official Apple CCK dongle, which is quite understandable as they are based in America. If you carefully read the relevant section in post #3, you will (I hope) find that I've clearly identified cables which do, and don't, need seperate CCK to function successfully with an iDevice. I've also linked to an explanation of why it is that Mojo isn't MFI certified.
Also be aware that some CCK-circumvention cables have a genuine Apple CCK chip cannibalised from an Apple CCK dongle, resoldered into the third-party cable. It is alleged that some other CCK-circumvention cables use some other method to trick the iDevice. I haven't personally verified, with my own eyes, if this is possible, or if all such cables really have a genuine CCK chip soldered into them. All I can say is that some users have reported some cables to be a bit more flakey than others, in the sense that they do not always function 100% reliably with iDevices. You will see that I've added a note, here and there, in that section of post #3, to mention if users have reported consistently flakey behaviour with a cable. Things may have moved on a bit since I last updated that information, several months ago, but most of it should still hold true (I'm not able to edit/update the information anymore).
Lastly, I'll just mention that if you do choose to use a CCK-circumvention cable, then please never update to a beta version of iOS, as the beta versions seem to break external DAC functionality almost every time, especially for people who aren't using an official Apple CCK dongle.
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