[masterpfa]

   
 
Mython and Masterpfa, thank you for your help!
 
@masterpfa , how would you compare the tonality of the Mojo and the X1? Meaning, if Mojo is considered to be neutral, is the X1 warmer or brighter than the Mojo?

Even though neutral the Mojo I find to be a full sounding DAC and for that reason hard for me to really describe the X1 in comparison.
Certainly the DP-X! is neither brighter nor warmer but these are just my findings.

 

[masterpfa]

   
 
usb output to Mojo or is there another type digital output on the DP-X1 and if it is usb only, any downside to no digital out?
 
 
edit - rephrasing

USB only to DP-X1>Mojo

 

[EagleWings]

  Even though neutral the Mojo I find to be a full sounding DAC and for that reason hard for me to really describe the X1 in comparison.
Certainly it is not either brighter nor warmer but these are just my findings.

 
Cool. Thanks!

 

[masterpfa]

   
Cool. Thanks!

I have just edited my original posting
 
"Even though neutral the Mojo I find to be a full sounding DAC and for that reason hard for me to really describe the X1 in comparison.
Certainly the DP-X! is neither brighter nor warmer but these are just my findings."

 

[captblaze]

  USB only to DP-X1>Mojo

 
 
any difference compared to other digital outputs on other DAPs (aside from the obvious, I'm in search of intangibles like objective sound quality / stutter etc.)

 

[masterpfa]

   
 
any difference compared to other digital outputs on other DAPs (aside from the obvious, I'm in search of intangibles like objective sound quality / stutter etc.)

I haven't noticed any differences in sound quality. 

 
Because my music collection has everything DSD,WAV, FLAC from 44.1Khz up to 352Khz etc as well as Native DSD at 11.2Mhz, I prefer USB but that is for compatibility purposes only as I know Optical Toslink for example is restricted to 24/192.

 

[GreenBow]

 
Although I never lost connection, all usb cables I tried 'stick out' from Mojo.
Chord states they use standard usb size and I believe them, so it must be all the usb cables that have too long connectors.

I can imagine, this could cause problems in portable use.
I use Mojo however as desktop DAC, so movemnet is not an issue for me.

Also, even though the cables stick out, no matter how hard I move them while plugged in, I never loose connection.

First I would try different cables in your case.

 
Hello. Please could you say if you found any advantages using the Audioquest USB cable over a standard cheap USB cable.

 

[x RELIC x]

Whilst an optical cable will eliminate any external RF interference, if noise is introduced within the DAP prior to the conversion to optical it will be transmitted. Maybe the noise is introduced in the conversion process. Perhaps the older AK models are not as clean as they could have been...

Exactly my thoughts, and the most likely explanation. Or, the 240 is colouring the sound to be darker. Needs further tests, which needs to be controlled and one change at a time to come to any sort of conclusion against other sources.

 

[jmills8]

Exactly my thoughts, and the most likely explanation. Or, the 240 is colouring the sound to be darker. Needs further tests, which needs to be controlled and one change at a time to come to any sort of conclusion against other sources.

Or the 100 is coloring the sound by making it brighter.

 

[x RELIC x]

Or the 100 is coloring the sound by making it brighter.

Well, that's what I said was most likely, but offered the other perspective as I don't really know for sure. :wink_face:

 

[nokialover]

Can the mojo power the hifiman he-400i's?

 

[harpo1]

  Can the mojo power the hifiman he-400i's?

Absolutely!

 

[nokialover]

  Absolutely!

Does it power them properly to where you don't feel like there is power lacking.  Can it also power something like the Audeze LCD-2?​

 

[harpo1]

  Does it power them properly to where you don't feel like there is power lacking.  Can it also power something like the Audeze LCD-2?​

Sure does.  As far as the LCD-2s I'm not sure since I don't own them.

 

[fengwei007]

Sure does.  As far as the LCD-2s I'm not sure since I don't own them.

As much as I enjoy the mojo w lcd2, I still feel the lcd2 sounds nicer w fuller body when hooked up w Liquid Carbon in the chain. But I'd have no problem even if I didn't have the LC.