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Chord Mojo 2 Thread ___ [product released January 31, 2022 -- starting on page 95 of thread]

Apr 17, 2022 at 6:18 AM Post #3,814 of 12,389
pete321 said:
came across an old interview about mojo 1 with Rob Watts.

I am getting rather different sound from coax and USB inputs with the latter sounding better, what’s the reason for this?

It’s complicated and depends upon a number of factors - principally the amount of RF noise injected into the Mojo, and the amount of correlated noise that gets in. It will depend upon the source device as to which sounds best. My preference is optical, as this has the smoothest sound quality and best depth, as it does not suffer from both of the aforementioned problems.

So he likes optical himself, I kind of want a lifatec optical, anyone think it will make a difference? My mojo 2 sounds fine now usb but anything to improve I'd try.
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I am interested in this, as well.

Which input do you guys prefer for connecting with a computer? Optical, Coaxial, USB-C or Micro-USB? I am referring to connecting with a laptop or desktop [Windows] computer.
 
Apr 17, 2022 at 9:24 AM Post #3,817 of 12,389
It's been 8 days, all I can say is that Mojo 2 does live up to it's name.

First of all big KUDOS to @Rob Watts for creating such a wonderful device, it's my first Chord product and a great one too.

I was not that excited when it was announced that it was not up to the 2022 standards (micro USB, no Bluetooth etc...), high price and all. But they all faded away fast when I started using the device. It's really fun playing with the buttons and good exercise for the brain:smile:

@rkt31, you are right. I thought you are hyping this but you are right. It powers HD6XX and LCD2C without any problems probably better than any portable DAC/AMPs 'with much higher output power' I have tried up until now. Selling my desktop gear...I am thinking of that but I will give it sometime.

The sound is neutral, it's the best place to start EQing. UHD DSP is excellent probably the best implementation of EQ ever IMO. iFi xBass hits a little harder but sometimes it's too much bass and UHD DSP (Bass) easily takes the crown, no contest there.

Crossfeed is very subtle, it brings the stage to the front just a little. Works well with a few recordings.

All my sound impressions are with EQ on, so take it with a grain of salt.

Mojo 2 sounds different than anything I heard till now, it's mostly neutral but with a hint of warmth. It has enough sparkle at the top but never gets brighter or harsh. The vocals out of HD6XX are amazing without souding peaky and it's a hard thing to pull off. I am really loving this pairing better than LCD2C and Blessing 2. All my previous DAC/AMPs (XD-05 Plus, xCan, MT602) had hard time pulling the bass out of LCD2C but Mojo 2 with much less power output achieves this easily. I would say it almost reaches the level of my desktop stack SMSL SU-9 & A30 Pro (not exaggerating, this is real deal).

The white noise issue was disturbing at first but I got it over quickly.

It's priced reasonably in India, so it's no brainer for anyone looking for a portable DAC/AMP. If bluetooth is not a must for you, I would say it is easily the best portable DAC/AMP available in the market right now IMO.
 
Apr 17, 2022 at 9:15 PM Post #3,820 of 12,389
Did anybody test Mojo2 with HD8xx?
 
Apr 18, 2022 at 1:09 AM Post #3,821 of 12,389
I'm away from home until Wednesday, I can try that out after I get back.
 
Apr 18, 2022 at 4:46 AM Post #3,823 of 12,389
dsrk said:
It's been 8 days, all I can say is that Mojo 2 does live up to it's name.

First of all big KUDOS to @Rob Watts for creating such a wonderful device, it's my first Chord product and a great one too.

I was not that excited when it was announced that it was not up to the 2022 standards (micro USB, no Bluetooth etc...), high price and all. But they all faded away fast when I started using the device. It's really fun playing with the buttons and good exercise for the brain:smile:

@rkt31, you are right. I thought you are hyping this but you are right. It powers HD6XX and LCD2C without any problems probably better than any portable DAC/AMPs 'with much higher output power' I have tried up until now. Selling my desktop gear...I am thinking of that but I will give it sometime.

The sound is neutral, it's the best place to start EQing. UHD DSP is excellent probably the best implementation of EQ ever IMO. iFi xBass hits a little harder but sometimes it's too much bass and UHD DSP (Bass) easily takes the crown, no contest there.

Crossfeed is very subtle, it brings the stage to the front just a little. Works well with a few recordings.

All my sound impressions are with EQ on, so take it with a grain of salt.

Mojo 2 sounds different than anything I heard till now, it's mostly neutral but with a hint of warmth. It has enough sparkle at the top but never gets brighter or harsh. The vocals out of HD6XX are amazing without souding peaky and it's a hard thing to pull off. I am really loving this pairing better than LCD2C and Blessing 2. All my previous DAC/AMPs (XD-05 Plus, xCan, MT602) had hard time pulling the bass out of LCD2C but Mojo 2 with much less power output achieves this easily. I would say it almost reaches the level of my desktop stack SMSL SU-9 & A30 Pro (not exaggerating, this is real deal).

The white noise issue was disturbing at first but I got it over quickly.

It's priced reasonably in India, so it's no brainer for anyone looking for a portable DAC/AMP. If bluetooth is not a must for you, I would say it is easily the best portable DAC/AMP available in the market right now IMO.
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Great, your smsl dac may be good in measurements and as should be mojo 2 too but readymade chip based dacs, despite very good measurements can't pull of the trick of "singer being infront of you, locked in centre and music all around you" , because mojo 2 has more number of taps, creating the transients more accurately. After a limit of number of taps the measurements may not change but brain is more sensitive for transients accuracy than what can be measured. That's why mojo 2 is able to project more realistic image of singers and musicians.
 
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Apr 18, 2022 at 4:50 AM Post #3,824 of 12,389
tonedeafmelomaniac said:
Do I need to use third party apps to do it?
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I can speak for Apple devices only.

You don’t need a 3rd party app for sending the music from certain music/podcast apps to Poly as it’s recognized as an Airplay device.

You need a 3rd party app to access the songs on the micro SD card in the Poly.
 
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Apr 18, 2022 at 6:43 AM Post #3,825 of 12,389
Nick24JJ said:
So, I've had a bit more time to listen to my Mojo 2 today. I've listened using Foobar2000 and J River Media Center (trial) for some time, and it also played on its own for a few hours. No white noise. After listening with the players, I've decided to listen to some Amazon Music, Qobuz and YouTube, from the desktop apps and my browser respectively, on my Win 11 Pro HP laptop. I am using the Chord driver, Windows Sounds muted, WASAPI exclusive in Qobuz.

Whereas until yesterday it was playing fine, no issue at all, today I started hearing a scratching sound. I had to go into Sound settings and set it to 96kHz, as shown in the attached screenshot. Until yesterday it was playing fine, excellent, set to 192kHz. Today, all of the sudden, I got this screetching sound, and I had to lower the setting. The result is shown in my other screenshot.

Initially, I thought it was the provided USB cable I am still using, so I replaced it with my own USB-C cable. It was the sample rate, though.

Can anyone tell me how is it possible that until yesterday it was working perfectly while set to 192kHz, but today it started to "screetch"?
Can anyone tell me what the f..ck is going on with this device?

Kindly.
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Also, you can open the following "system>sound" screen, don't close it, you can minimize it, maybe there will be no noise.
 

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