The chart below gives voltage outputs at the different settings, indigo is pretty well spot on to nominal 2 volts single ended amplifier input voltage.
There is no button combination that sets to a line out voltage like the original Mojo had, you just hold the volume up button down until you have indigo showing. You could of course drop that down a bit if it suited your application better giving the Pietus more volume pot control, or up a bit if the Pietus is OK with a higher input voltage.
The chart below gives voltage outputs at the different settings, indigo is pretty well spot on to nominal 2 volts single ended amplifier input voltage.
There is no button combination that sets to a line out voltage like the original Mojo had, you just hold the volume up button down until you have indigo showing. You could of course drop that down a bit if it suited your application better giving the Pietus more volume pot control, or up a bit if the Pietus is OK with a higher input voltage.
The chart below gives voltage outputs at the different settings, indigo is pretty well spot on to nominal 2 volts single ended amplifier input voltage.
There is no button combination that sets to a line out voltage like the original Mojo had, you just hold the volume up button down until you have indigo showing. You could of course drop that down a bit if it suited your application better giving the Pietus more volume pot control, or up a bit if the Pietus is OK with a higher input voltage.
Not sure why Indigo (2V) is underlined in that version of the voltage output chart. While that is a common line-out voltage for other components, the Mojo 2 performs best in the 3V-4.23V range (Violet to Ultra Violet). IIRC the original Mojo had a line-out voltage of 3V, as do many (all?) other Chord DACs. Rob Watts responded somewhere earlier in this thread about why that is.
Not sure why Indigo (2V) is underlined in that version of the voltage output chart. While that is a common line-out voltage for other components, the Mojo 2 performs best in the 3V-4.23V range (Violet to Ultra Violet). IIRC the original Mojo had a line-out voltage of 3V, as do many (all?) other Chord DACs. Rob Watts responded somewhere earlier in this thread about why that is.
I pointed out in words and on the chart what the colour coded volume setting is for a standard single ended 2 volts line out is given that the amplifier in question is a standard single ended design.
The Mojo 2 might very well work technically best at something well above 3 volts but that doesn’t mean the connected amplifier would be happy with, or would perform best at, that voltage.
Also, frankly I doubt anyone could hear the difference in the line out voltage in a properly controlled volume matched blind test despite that it might technically be slightly superior.
I pointed out in words and on the chart what the colour coded volume setting is for a standard single ended 2 volts line out is given that the amplifier in question is a standard single ended design.
The Mojo 2 might very well work technically best at something well above 3 volts but that doesn’t mean the connected amplifier would be happy with, or would perform best at, that voltage.
Also, frankly I doubt anyone could hear the difference in the line out voltage in a properly controlled volume matched blind test despite that it might technically be slightly superior.
As you pointed out, some amps can't take more than the 2-2.5V input.
I found that 3V (compared to 2V) does give more gain on amps that accept the increased voltage. This allowed me to use a lower volume range on the amp. Especially with tube amps as the higher volume range makes the PS noise audible.
I pointed out in words and on the chart what the colour coded volume setting is for a standard single ended 2 volts line out is given that the amplifier in question is a standard single ended design.
The Mojo 2 might very well work technically best at something well above 3 volts but that doesn’t mean the connected amplifier would be happy with, or would perform best at, that voltage.
Also, frankly I doubt anyone could hear the difference in the line out voltage in a properly controlled volume matched blind test despite that it might technically be slightly superior.
Didn’t realize you had added it. Pick your poison, I suppose, though most amps would be fine with the added voltage. And as I said, the OG Mojo puts out 3V in line out mode. So it’s a like for like setting.
Sound quality aside, for me the additional voltage is absolutely necessary to drive my HE6se v2, even using a fairly powerful amp. It also has the added benefit of giving me headroom and finer volume adjustment with my other headphones on the amp’s low gain mode.
Didn’t realize you had added it. Pick your poison, I suppose, though most amps would be fine with the added voltage. And as I said, the OG Mojo puts out 3V in line out mode. So it’s a like for like setting.
Sound quality aside, for me the additional voltage is absolutely necessary to drive my HE6se v2, even using a fairly powerful amp. It also has the added benefit of giving me headroom and finer volume adjustment with my other headphones on the amp’s low gain mode.
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