[rocketron]

what's the review say?

There’s a picture of the review a few pages back.
£449 and very favourable.

 

[rocketron]

I confirmed with my dealer on Friday.
£449.00 and £45.00 for the case.

 

[miketlse]

It is in the March issue, and only available to subscribers, plus some dealers seem to have hard copies.
A few posters have copied some details in their posts over the weekend.
I think I remember someone quoting 'outstanding'.
Just another few hours, and I expect many dealers will be openly allowing downloads of the review.

 

[weexisttocease]

what's the review say?

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chord-mojo-2-speculation-thread.885405/post-16787534

 

[Another Audiophile]

So tomorrow in UK, before lunch time we will know everything about the Mojo2.

Everything? Hardly the basics to be honest. Chord is not famous for extensive and detailed specifications

 

[tod-hackett]

Is this a real pic though or a fake? We don’t know how it looks yet

Haha, it is real

I too was skeptical until I came across that picture "in the wild".

From what I can tell an "accredited" online audio magazine in Greece accidently posted a review or something similar. The actual webpage was pulled almost immediately -the webpage posted the picture 3 ago days and it is already down- but the indexed picture remained.

 

[kumar402]

We already know its battery is up to 8 hours, which is pretty darn awful for a £449 device tbh, as that will wane with time obviously.

Not a fanboy of chord myself but there are are like $1000+ DAPs with only 8-10hrs battery backup

 

[Billyak]

I wouldn't mind the 8 hour battery life if charging was fast but it's crazy how slow the charging is with the OG mojo.

 

[tod-hackett]

I wouldn't mind the 8 hour battery life if charging was fast but it's crazy how slow the charging is with the OG mojo.

Isn't that a selling point for the Mojo2? Rapid charging: something like 75% faster or something?

 

[alota]

With microusb fastcharging???

 

[mainguy]

Not a fanboy of chord myself but there are are like $1000+ DAPs with only 8-10hrs battery backup

with a screen and CPU running an OS dude, plus bluetooth...

 

[tod-hackett]

With microusb fastcharging???

"New FPGA-based charging system greatly improves battery management
This technology significantly improves charging speed, reduces power loss by 75%, and enables more efficient charging."

I guess it is not quite fast-charging.

 

[miketlse]

with a screen and CPU running an OS dude, plus bluetooth...

Never forget the explanation from the original Mojo, that it is performing 500x the processing of typical dacs, in order to maximise how accurately the music transients can be reconstructed.
Yes other Dacs and Daps using chip based solutions which use minimal processing, can achieve long battery life at the expense of the accuracy of music transients.
It is a trade off decision for each individual potential owner: long battery life v the quality of music reproduction. You can't have both.

 

[Charente]

Charging time approx 4 hours ...​

Characteristics​

Construction
Aircraft-grade aluminum housing
Advanced digital volume control, backlit spherical knob
Optimized Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) processor
Improved WTA filter
EQ function
Channel
balance Smart desktop mode
Input, sample rate, volume level and level battery indicated by colored LEDs
Measurements
Output Power (1 KHz/1V, two channels driven):
- 300 ohms / 90 mW
- 30 ohms / 600 mW
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD - 1 KHz, 2.5 V / 300 Ω): 0.0003%
Range dynamic: 125 dB
Output impedance: 0.075 ohms
Connections
1 micro USB input compatible with 768 kHz / 32 bits
1 USB-C input compatible with 768 kHz / 32 bits
1 coaxial mini-jack input compatible with 768 kHz / 32 bits
1 Toslink optical input compatible with 192 kHz / 24 bits
2 mini-jack headphone outputs 3.5 mm
1 micro USB port for battery charging
Power
Mains or rechargeable battery
Autonomy on battery: approximately 8 hours
Charging time: approximately 4 hours
Mains charger supplied
General
Dimensions (WxHxD): 83 x 22.9 x 62 mm
Weight: 185 g

 

[Nostoi]

Any Austrian/German pre-orders available yet?

Been using my Mojo 1 since 2016 and it still runs and sounds beautifully - all ports intact, battery life still holds when it's not connected to my 2010 Thinkpad (thus, forming a "vintage" class pairing). All this talk about balanced outputs, quick charge, and your fancy USB-C connections...nah, that's not what Chord is about.

I am 100% psyched for Mojo 2.