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

Sep 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM Post #11,536 of 12,150
It's small, I knew it was small, even smaller than I was expecting when I bought it, but it does alot and performs better than an embarrassing amount of desktop units.
 
Sep 6, 2024 at 8:26 PM Post #11,537 of 12,150
Mojo 2 is really successful with Caldera as well.
Concur. I listen to both my ZMF HPs with the Mscaler-M2 combo. I rather listen to this setup than my MDave.
 
Sep 7, 2024 at 3:56 AM Post #11,538 of 12,150
How long has the Dave been out now?
 
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Sep 7, 2024 at 8:14 AM Post #11,541 of 12,150
I love the Dave (hmmm), but not for HP listening. I use it for my 2ch. setup. IMO, only Chord products you need is the M2, Dave, and perhaps the Mscaler to spice things up.
 
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Sep 7, 2024 at 12:16 PM Post #11,542 of 12,150
If I had to name my single biggest con about the mojo 2 currently it's that it really takes a while to get going. I can put it on well before I sit down with it and there's still a period of time before everything clicks into place and I go; oh yeah, that's the stuff.

It's not really a problem when I keep it powered and on my desk. It's a--I want to briefly listen something on my lunch break problem. In theory if I wanted to keep it ready to go I would have to have it plugged into a wall outlet or a power bank and another device in something of a triangle just to keep it warmed up. In this sense the auto-shutdown feature is actually pretty counterproductive.
 
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Sep 7, 2024 at 12:32 PM Post #11,543 of 12,150
It boots in like 20 seconds. Come on lol.
 
Sep 7, 2024 at 2:10 PM Post #11,547 of 12,150
It boots in like 20 seconds. Come on lol.
And if you're not on the extreme hurry one or 10 seconds do not matter, but quality of sound (versatility, and and and ) does matter. If I am not completely in error, qryphon is not a serious contender for the M2 (except for those, who value boot-time and longing for Bluetooth), is he. Not a chord fanboy BTW, nevertheless value this device very much
 
Sep 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM Post #11,548 of 12,150
And if you're not on the extreme hurry one or 10 seconds do not matter, but quality of sound (versatility, and and and ) does matter. If I am not completely in error, qryphon is not a serious contender for the M2 (except for those, who value boot-time and longing for Bluetooth), is he. Not a chord fanboy BTW, nevertheless value this device very much
I was only talking about time😉, xdsd not a match for the mojo2
 
Sep 7, 2024 at 8:05 PM Post #11,550 of 12,150
To elaborate further:

According to my preferences: Mojo 2 > K7 > Mojo2 just starting up >Qudelix, m0pro & k3, etc.

When I first picked up the mojo 2 I actually preferred the k7 with most of my headphones. It was undeniably interesting in the sense that it has the so called chord's rounded edges (which I didn't really know what was meant by until I put it on and my first legitimate thought was that who nuked sibilance?) I think you'd have to eq for headphones to be sibilant on this and I tried it with the dt1990s. It's not very fatiguing.

I think I still ended up preferring the k7 mostly because of the slam or tighter slap it had. It was more kinetic. And the edges, just because something isn't sibilant that aspect doesn't make it necessarily better, just a matter of preference. I actually had a really hard time comparing these two initially because of how different they were. I thought if the mojo 2 was better it was more a lateral-maybe-slightly-upwards-grade rather than a direct upgrade.

I much preferred it with it on the go vs the rest of what I had though. It was like I had a desktop amp like the k7 in my pocket. The rest felt lacking in comparison when driving headphones, and while that's less relevant with iems, the mojo 2 came still ahead, pretty clearly. The dsp was fun to play with as well.

Here's the thing though. Eventually I realized that when I leave the mojo2 plugged on to my pc and on. It becomes incredible. I don't know how long it takes exactly. But eventually it becomes incredibly dynamic. It doesn't slam quite in the same way as the k7. But it has a full bodied impact that's incredibly satisfying. It can punch. You can feel the plug of a string on an instrument and its resistance and momentum in a way that's almost abstent from the k7. In this way despite its sharpness, the k7 feels almost veiled in comparison. And when you spread that aspect over every instrument in a song, it becomes really ****ing beautiful.

So the best way I would descripe the mojo2 is dynamic and beautiful. I don't have a headphone that I prefer with the k7 over the mojo2 when it gets going.

So in short. I think the mojo 2 sounds kind of amazing. But has a quirk which complicates its intended use case scenario somewhat outside of stationary setups if you want the best it has. Or something like that.

Edit:
Some time back Rob Watts indicated here that Mojo 2 sound changes with increased temperature was not a real thing.
I'm just unloading my experiences somewhere. Feel free to ignore if you think I'm pie in the sky crazy. I probably am. But at the same time it would feel kind of stifling to just not say what I'm experiencing and say something else instead because I would be reluctant to have people thinking of me that way. So here's the whole platter.
 
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