[Alan Billington]

Great review. Glad there’s two of us who weren’t expecting Mojo2 to be this good

My Chord Mojo 2 is live, versus the Gryphon & Xduoo XD05 BAL. The Xduoo has upgraded op amps, a pair of Burson V5i-D. Happy to answer any questions .

 

[HiFiHawaii808]

Has anyone tried the Mojo 2 with the focal clear? I tried the mojo 1 with it and it wasn't the best synergy...Curious

Cayin RU6 has great synergy with the Focal Clear. The Clears can sound veiled unless the source has a very good treble response. RU6 does it.

 

[piglet]

I imagine the people who do get the hypercar analogies would just buy both the gryphon & mojo and not fret lol

As long as they don't use them while driving the hypercars.

 

[ecapsretliab]

According to Rob Watts, it will charge from anything that will output .5A (500mA), but fastest if you have a 2A capable charger (eg: An old iPad charger).

Hi Currawong, would you happen to know the minimum amperage to charge and then sustain desktop mode?

 

[HiFiHawaii808]

A short report on the first couple of days with the Mojo 2.

I have owned the Mojo 1 three times and was in love with it. The Mojo 2 is however an update that is worthy of both the price and the hype. Definitely substantially more depth, increased dynamics and a much more defined/refined low-end. I am not a strong believer in audible differences between DACs, fx I hear no significant difference between Schiit's Modi 3+ and the Bifrost 2, but I reckon Watts' secret sauce makes a difference in this case. The cross-feed is a game changer for me... Don't know how much benefit I will get out of the new EQ, however. I prefer the default tuning of my cans. I have tried the little wonder with Hifiman Sundara, Sennheiser HD600, Beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X and Grado SR80e.
I bought a cheap MFI USB C - Lightning cable from a vendor here in Denmark. It does not work. So I will probably try Apple's own. I find the CCK-adapter a bit flimsy, fragile and annoying tbh.

Your impressions are helpful to me since I own the Mojo OG. How is the treble of the Mojo 2 vs. OG? Is the Mojo 2 more neutrally tuned than the OG as has been claimed?

I am heading to New York for Can Jam and hope to hear it there. I am really trying to understand where Mojo 2 fits in the portable landscape. Is it better than or equal to my Hiby RS6? How does it sound relative to Hugo 2? In reading the impressions so far, I am not getting a good sense of it. How does it really compare to the Gryphon? The video review recently posted was not sufficient to give me a feel for the differences. The car metaphor didn't do it for me.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

Using the same music file in each of the following scenarios, which should theoretically result in the best sound?
playing from an SD card in the Poly
playing from iPhone (wired)
playing from an android device (wired)
streaming from iPhone to Poly (via airplay)
streaming from an android device to Poly (lossless bluetooth)

 

[HiFiHawaii808]

Using the same music file in each of the following scenarios, which should theoretically result in the best sound?
playing from an SD card in the Poly
playing from iPhone (wired)
playing from an android device (wired)
streaming from iPhone to Poly (via airplay)
streaming from an android device to Poly (lossless bluetooth)

None of the above. The best sound is streaming over wifi directly to the Poly No airplay and no Bluetooth.

I've never tried SD card from the Poly because I didn't think I would be able to get it to work. That could have the best sound depending on the quality of the music on the SD card.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

None of the above. The best sound is streaming over wifi directly to the Poly No airplay and no Bluetooth.

I've never tried SD card from the Poly because I didn't think I would be able to get it to work. That could have the best sound depending on the quality of the music on the SD card.

Isn’t AirPlay essentially streaming over WiFi?

 

[someyoungguy]

Using the same music file in each of the following scenarios, which should theoretically result in the best sound?
playing from an SD card in the Poly
playing from iPhone (wired)
playing from an android device (wired)
streaming from iPhone to Poly (via airplay)
streaming from an android device to Poly (lossless bluetooth)

From my experience with MojoPoly I found that Poly changes the sound - or at least, did in my set up.

When I added Poly and used Audirvana (on PC) with playback via network/Wifi to Poly, there was an increase in separation and soundstage. More defined instruments with more space in between each. The baseline Mojo sound has those kind of thick mids, where instruments sound distinct but can be a bit tightly packed at times, while Poly/Wifi playback increased the sense of space between notes.

With Poly via SD card, the increase in resolution and space is enhanced again; probably a bigger step up even. There's much more micro-detail, and again more space between notes. On the one hand, I could see how people would find microSD card playback 'the best' - more resolution and better soundstage. But for me, it was almost like that enhanced space and resolution could tend towards sounding highly refined, but missing a bit of that typical Mojo sound. It's more neutral and precise perhaps, but I would end up going for Poly/Wifi most often as a nice in-between that captured the best of both worlds.

 

[ardbeg1975]

Isn’t AirPlay essentially streaming over WiFi?

Subset — Airplay is limited to 24/44.1 while upnp client over Wifi should allow higher sample rate streaming.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

From my experience with MojoPoly I found that Poly changes the sound - or at least, did in my set up.

When I added Poly and used Audirvana (on PC) with playback via network/Wifi to Poly, there was an increase in separation and soundstage. More defined instruments with more space in between each. The baseline Mojo sound has those kind of thick mids, where instruments sound distinct but can be a bit tightly packed at times, while Poly/Wifi playback increased the sense of space between notes.

With Poly via SD card, the increase in resolution and space is enhanced again; probably a bigger step up even. There's much more micro-detail, and again more space between notes. On the one hand, I could see how people would find microSD card playback 'the best' - more resolution and better soundstage. But for me, it was almost like that enhanced space and resolution could tend towards sounding highly refined, but missing a bit of that typical Mojo sound. It's more neutral and precise perhaps, but I would end up going for Poly/Wifi most often as a nice in-between that captured the best of both worlds.

Interesting. I wonder if SD card is the best way to go, and then use the DSP to “warm up” the sound of needed.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

Subset — Airplay is limited to 24/44.1 while upnp client over Wifi should allow higher sample rate streaming.

Got it - thanks.

 

[chesebert]

Using the same music file in each of the following scenarios, which should theoretically result in the best sound?
playing from an SD card in the Poly
playing from iPhone (wired)
playing from an android device (wired)
streaming from iPhone to Poly (via airplay)
streaming from an android device to Poly (lossless bluetooth)

SD card in Poly played directly in gofigure sounded the best to me - this is on an iPhone. Difference is not huge and can be heard as a slight improvement in inner detail on the higher register notes.

 

[ubs28]

So does the Mojo 2 still hiss with IEM's?

 

[alekc]

So does the Mojo 2 still hiss with IEM's?

Don't know about M2 since I am still waiting for mine but M1 never produced any hiss with Fiio FH5.