Unless this person is into RC stuff I seriously doubt he'll have an external LiPo charger.
That's why I have a Lipo/Li-Ion charger.
Unless this person is into RC stuff I seriously doubt he'll have an external LiPo charger.
Hi, I’m currently listening to my music on Qobuz App on iPhone 6 + Chord Mojo DAC + AKG K812 Headphones.
About an year ago, I moved from Tidal to Qobuz on the iPhone after noticing a big difference in sound quality.
Today, I listen to my music on Amarra 4 on a MacBook Pro, streaming MQA from Tidal, which seems to sound better than anything else I have tried so far. Some reviews say that MQA should sound better than Qobuz Hi-Res, anyway.
Now, I’m planning an upgrade - moving to Chord Hugo 2 + Focal Utopia Headphones - which I’m quite confident about, however, I’m not sure of what music source and player would match them properly.
So, in summary, I want to stream Tidal MQA or Qobuz Hi-Res - but never play local files - and still maintain portability, considering that quality isn’t compromised, otherwise I would be happy to go for a bulkier player or desktop one.
Maybe Chord Poly (combined with the Mojo) would allow me to stream and play music bypassing the phone’s player?
Or, the Hogo 2 could offer me a better solution?
Any guidance/recommendation/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much!
If you want to chase MQA, keep these opinions of Rob Watts in mind. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/cho...official-thread.831345/page-231#post-13489662Hi, I’m currently listening to my music on Qobuz App on iPhone 6 + Chord Mojo DAC + AKG K812 Headphones.
About an year ago, I moved from Tidal to Qobuz on the iPhone after noticing a big difference in sound quality.
Today, I listen to my music on Amarra 4 on a MacBook Pro, streaming MQA from Tidal, which seems to sound better than anything else I have tried so far. Some reviews say that MQA should sound better than Qobuz Hi-Res, anyway.
Now, I’m planning an upgrade - moving to Chord Hugo 2 + Focal Utopia Headphones - which I’m quite confident about, however, I’m not sure of what music source and player would match them properly.
So, in summary, I want to stream Tidal MQA or Qobuz Hi-Res - but never play local files - and still maintain portability, considering that quality isn’t compromised, otherwise I would be happy to go for a bulkier player or desktop one.
Maybe Chord Poly (combined with the Mojo) would allow me to stream and play music bypassing the phone’s player?
Or, the Hogo 2 could offer me a better solution?
Any guidance/recommendation/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much!
Chord have shipped over 50000 mojo, and your mojo seems to be one of the rare units that fails.My Chord Mojo is almost unusable. First, for more than 2 months it has problems holding a charge for more than 2 hours. I tried different chargers, even though the one I use (Anker) is a great charger and is one of the recommended ones (or it was when I bought it). The Mojo randomly starts making static noise for which the only solution is to restart it (this for about 6 months now). Lately it shuts down (again randomly), especially while using JRiver MC 23 on Windows. On Linux it's less often that Mojo shuts down. Initially I thought the shutdown is due to the battery but at times I can restart it and it works even for 1 full hour.
Pretty disappointed in the quality; yes it's cheap but also not it isn't very good. Looking on the Amazon website, 25% of the ratings for Mojo are 3 or below which I thought is ok (??). If you read through those 25%, there are complaints about Mojos with the static / hissing or battery problems. Mine has both.
Emailed Chord... All I got back was a generic "contact the dealer" message but my Mojo is older than 1 year, it is almost 18 months old so the dealer has no obligations (nor do I have expectations at this point). I will not pay to fix it - not worth to me; too many problems.
All in all the Mojo worked perfectly (or almost perfectly) for about 9 months but after that it is a PITA.
I thought I should share this so others know there are quality issues with Mojo.
Chord have shipped over 50000 mojo, and your mojo seems to be one of the rare units that fails.
You have contacted chord, and they have advised you to follow their standard returns policy, which is to return units via the dealer. However you are not prepared to do that.
Are you just looking to have a good moan, or do you want your mojo to be repaired?
I just noticed that my Mojo will stop charging itself when my battery is still in red unplugged from charging cable. Obviously it is not fully charged yet so i plug it in back and it shows white again, without flashing. Unfortunately the white light will go off after sometime, and it is still red with the unit on.
I will 'force' charging it over night later with the unit is still on and see how it goes.
There have probably been 5 Mojos reported with his issue, on this thread during a period of nearly 3 years. That is a failure rate of 1 in 10,000. A similar number of failures with broken usb sockets. It is unfair of anyone, to publicly post that a product has quality issues, when the failure rates are so low. Throw enough mud, and eventually some will stick.I don't believe @Boerd is "looking to have a good moan" but just offering his perspective on Mojo's long term endurance.
I had to re-solder one of the headphone sockets on mine last year, I think it was nearly 18 months old at the time, is that acceptable? Many people wouldn't even attempt that kind of repair themselves.
Part of the issue I'm sure is caused by modern lead-free solders that all devices must employ these days, if any of the joints between the FPGA and the circuit board failed though I don't think many DIY'ers would be able to attempt that kind of repair, myself included, I suspect if that happened the only cost effective option would be to buy a new Mojo and I don't think I would buy a new one myself, but move to another brand.
None of this is Chord's fault though, it happens, but for a portable device that costs as much as Mojo does, are we are not right to expect a few years at least of worry-free use, or at least until Mojo 2 is released.
My Chord Mojo is almost unusable. First, for more than 2 months it has problems holding a charge for more than 2 hours. I tried different chargers, even though the one I use (Anker) is a great charger and is one of the recommended ones (or it was when I bought it). The Mojo randomly starts making static noise for which the only solution is to restart it (this for about 6 months now). Lately it shuts down (again randomly), especially while using JRiver MC 23 on Windows. On Linux it's less often that Mojo shuts down. Initially I thought the shutdown is due to the battery but at times I can restart it and it works even for 1 full hour.
Pretty disappointed in the quality; yes it's cheap but also not it isn't very good. Looking on the Amazon website, 25% of the ratings for Mojo are 3 or below which I thought is ok (??). If you read through those 25%, there are complaints about Mojos with the static / hissing or battery problems. Mine has both.
Emailed Chord... All I got back was a generic "contact the dealer" message but my Mojo is older than 1 year, it is almost 18 months old so the dealer has no obligations (nor do I have expectations at this point). I will not pay to fix it - not worth to me; too many problems.
All in all the Mojo worked perfectly (or almost perfectly) for about 9 months but after that it is a PITA.
I thought I should share this so others know there are quality issues with Mojo.
Thanks million for the quick response. Very useful!!If you want to chase MQA, keep these opinions of Rob Watts in mind. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/cho...official-thread.831345/page-231#post-13489662
Thanks million for the quick response. Very useful!!Mojo/Poly will allow you to bypass the player and stream in hi res. It also sounds simply fabulous, streaming from Roon (local or Tidal HiFi) or playing from its SD card using Glider or another suitable app. So, 2Go for Hugo when available should also sound great. And portable.
Regarding MQA, you might check this out:
https://www.computeraudiophile.com/...-of-controversies-concerns-and-cautions-r701/
Chord have shipped over 50000 mojo, and your mojo seems to be one of the rare units that fails.
You have contacted chord, and they have advised you to follow their standard returns policy, which is to return units via the dealer. However you are not prepared to do that.
Are you just looking to have a good moan, or do you want your mojo to be repaired?