Would love to hear others thoughts on this. I’ve heard the original Mojo may be more laid-back in some respects and perhaps this is one of them? I’ve run into big trouble a few times with highly resolving equipment, purportedly being “better”, that degrades the listening experience.
It would be unpleasant if you listen with highly transparent / resolving headphones. For instance, with poor recordings, I use Nighthawks that are pretty dark and soft resolving
I think you would be better off with a short 'flexible' optical cable. That way the Mojo wouldn't be offset from the DAP and could be positioned however you want it. I also think a very stiff connection causes more stress to the connectors since there is no give.i’m a fan of the duoo X10Tii
nice to have physical controls, a screen, and while it has coax out, currently enjoying optical.
use it with stellia, cascade, kse1200, and when beingreally mobile, the $25 cca nra, which does classical and jazz very well.
i have the poly as well, but the lack of screen and physical controls can be annoying. No-look track skipping with physical controls is so much easier than busting out the smartphone and getting to the app.
Interesting. I think many folks here have at least one, and probably several, highly resolving and transparent headphones they plan to use the Mojo 2 with…
I use it with both type of cans. I take back what I said earlier. Just tried HQplayer with M2. It's marvellous. Wow .. Such realism and soul engaging ...
I use McIntosh MHA200. I think M2 has a nice amp out. But with MHA200, I find the sound just extra engaging and expansion of soundstage around my head.
I use the Hugo 2 with a tube amp (sorry, didn't upgrade my Mojo 1 to the 2 yet). Bear in mind that with Chord's DACs, you're not double-amping. They don't have an amp (volume/gain is controlled digitally). So don't have to worry about this.
I was wondering, what is your Mojo 2 volume level when connected to the MHA200? The Mojo 2 does not have a fixed line level out, so I was wondering how to set the Mojo 2 volume when connected to the MHA200. Thanks.
Nice. Do you know of a cable worth recommending to use the Mojo with an amp? I'm looking for single 3.5mm to dual RCA cable. A short y-splitter cable with premium metals, not just an adapter because I want to use it with my thick, heavy aftermarket RCA cable.
The one from moon audio. It’s pre-shaped, which makes for a compact setup.
It varies from song to song, but usually I put the MHA200 volume at 12'o unity gain and I adjust M2 volume to a normal listening level (i.e. light blue) then from there I use MHA200 volume knob. However, M2 amp out is impressive- Sound quality is pretty much constant for all volume range and I could not hear distortion even at max volume, but it got hot, so I try to keep M2 volume lower.
I am currently using 3.5mm - RCA adaptor from Audioquest. It does a good job with Mojo. Cables do make difference, IMO. I was using Balden cable from Bluejean; well made cable and does the job. However, I recently replaced that with Lavricable silver RCA. They use Aeco plugs that sounds very good. I read that the hollow pin RCA plugs that Aeco makes sound better than WBT plugs from some cable DIY forum.
Much thanks for your input! Saw the silver cable you're using and I see how it can make sense with an adapter. My custom silver RCA cable on the other hand is much thicker and heavier like a snake, so would put strain on the adapter. I'm checking on the cable thread here for any premium quality short y-splitter recommendations, unless someone else here has another suggestion.
