NEW!!! The Chord Mojo2 @TTVJAudio.com
Jan 31, 2022 at 10:39 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 56

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Hi All,

We are excited to announce the long awaited, new Chord Mojo2 portable headphone amplifier and DAC! Price is $725 - shipping soon! Order yours now and get in on the premier portable listening device for headphones!
See info for this great new product here! Give us a call (406-285-3910) or order online at our website.

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The new Mojo 2 benefits from several new features, chief of which is a revolutionary lossless DSP, the first of its kind in the world. The innovative new ‘UHD DSP’ is fully transparent, enabling comprehensive tone adjustments across the frequency range, without any degradation in sound quality. The new technology gives Mojo 2 unrivalled compatibility with today’s wide-ranging choice of headphones, regardless of type and sonic signature, plus flexibility with different source components and digital file types.
A further key feature is the introduction of a menu system. Navigated via a new (fourth) control sphere, the menu brings a mute function, four-setting crossfeed adjustment, a button-lock feature for travelling, plus the fully lossless tone controls.
New USB-C data input
Digital inputs have increased to four, thanks to a new USB-C data input for greater flexibility. USB-C is featured alongside optical, coaxial (incl. dual-data for the M Scaler) and Micro USB. Two 3.5 mm mini-jack headphone outputs allow up to two people to listen simultaneously.

Better battery and charging
Mojo 2 benefits from greatly improved battery management, thanks to a new FPGA-based battery-charging system. The tech brings much faster charging rates, coupled with a huge 75 % reduction in power loss for cooler, more efficient charging. Capacity is up by 9 %, resulting in better efficiency and improved battery life, which is now better than eight hours.
Mojo 2’s established ‘Intelligent Desktop Mode’ technology has also been improved, with an isolated battery and PSU redesign to support battery-free operation without any losses in sound quality, plus improved filtering and isolation.

Improved transparency
Mojo 2 is now DC-coupled with a digital DC servo. It benefits from an improved WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filter, now offering 40,960 taps (the technical indicator of how complex the interpolation filter is), using 40 DSP cores.
Additionally, an improved noise-shaper offers greater depth and detail perception, plus improvements to the 4e Pulse Array DAC introduce lower distortion and out-of-band noise. Greater neutrality has also been achieved, thanks to the elimination of coupling capacitors.

New fully transparent UHD DSP
Mojo 2 benefits from the world’s first fully transparent ‘UHD DSP’. The proprietary technology uses a 104-bit custom DSP core running at 705/768 kHz: no other audio DSP offers the same accuracy. By using 104 bits plus extensive internal noise-shaping, Mojo 2 can deliver complete transparency by preserving the filtering of ultra-small signals.

UHD DSP features
The unique UHD DSP enables fine-tuning across the full frequency range with 18 steps of adjustment per frequency banding: lower bass, mid-bass, lower treble and high treble.
The volume control range has also been improved from +18 dB to -108 dB, and now benefits from two distinct operational ranges: low and high volume.
A new four-setting crossfeed function, also DSP-controlled, brings speaker-like spatial effects for flexible headphone listening.

Class-leading build quality
The Mojo 2 is designed, engineered and handmade in the UK. It benefits from high-grade, bead-blasted aluminium casework, finished with a high-quality black anodise. Control is via four polychromatic polycarbonate control spheres.

Go wireless with Poly
Mojo 2 is fully compatible with the Poly streamer/server, enabling high-resolution streaming and up to 2 TB of solid-state library storage and playback when using the microSD card slot.
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 10:56 AM Post #2 of 56
Hi All,

We are excited to announce the long awaited, new Chord Mojo2 portable headphone amplifier and DAC! Price is $725 - shipping soon! Order yours now and get in on the premier portable listening device for headphones!
See info for this great new product here! Give us a call (406-285-3910) or order online at our website.

chordmojo21.jpgchordmojo22.jpgchordmojo23.jpgchordmojo24.jpgchordmojo25.jpg

The new Mojo 2 benefits from several new features, chief of which is a revolutionary lossless DSP, the first of its kind in the world. The innovative new ‘UHD DSP’ is fully transparent, enabling comprehensive tone adjustments across the frequency range, without any degradation in sound quality. The new technology gives Mojo 2 unrivalled compatibility with today’s wide-ranging choice of headphones, regardless of type and sonic signature, plus flexibility with different source components and digital file types.
A further key feature is the introduction of a menu system. Navigated via a new (fourth) control sphere, the menu brings a mute function, four-setting crossfeed adjustment, a button-lock feature for travelling, plus the fully lossless tone controls.
New USB-C data input
Digital inputs have increased to four, thanks to a new USB-C data input for greater flexibility. USB-C is featured alongside optical, coaxial (incl. dual-data for the M Scaler) and Micro USB. Two 3.5 mm mini-jack headphone outputs allow up to two people to listen simultaneously.

Better battery and charging
Mojo 2 benefits from greatly improved battery management, thanks to a new FPGA-based battery-charging system. The tech brings much faster charging rates, coupled with a huge 75 % reduction in power loss for cooler, more efficient charging. Capacity is up by 9 %, resulting in better efficiency and improved battery life, which is now better than eight hours.
Mojo 2’s established ‘Intelligent Desktop Mode’ technology has also been improved, with an isolated battery and PSU redesign to support battery-free operation without any losses in sound quality, plus improved filtering and isolation.

Improved transparency
Mojo 2 is now DC-coupled with a digital DC servo. It benefits from an improved WTA (Watts Transient Aligned) filter, now offering 40,960 taps (the technical indicator of how complex the interpolation filter is), using 40 DSP cores.
Additionally, an improved noise-shaper offers greater depth and detail perception, plus improvements to the 4e Pulse Array DAC introduce lower distortion and out-of-band noise. Greater neutrality has also been achieved, thanks to the elimination of coupling capacitors.

New fully transparent UHD DSP
Mojo 2 benefits from the world’s first fully transparent ‘UHD DSP’. The proprietary technology uses a 104-bit custom DSP core running at 705/768 kHz: no other audio DSP offers the same accuracy. By using 104 bits plus extensive internal noise-shaping, Mojo 2 can deliver complete transparency by preserving the filtering of ultra-small signals.

UHD DSP features
The unique UHD DSP enables fine-tuning across the full frequency range with 18 steps of adjustment per frequency banding: lower bass, mid-bass, lower treble and high treble.
The volume control range has also been improved from +18 dB to -108 dB, and now benefits from two distinct operational ranges: low and high volume.
A new four-setting crossfeed function, also DSP-controlled, brings speaker-like spatial effects for flexible headphone listening.

Class-leading build quality
The Mojo 2 is designed, engineered and handmade in the UK. It benefits from high-grade, bead-blasted aluminium casework, finished with a high-quality black anodise. Control is via four polychromatic polycarbonate control spheres.

Go wireless with Poly
Mojo 2 is fully compatible with the Poly streamer/server, enabling high-resolution streaming and up to 2 TB of solid-state library storage and playback when using the microSD card slot.
Wow, UHD DSP sounds really exciting. Would like to know more about it.
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 10:56 AM Post #3 of 56
Funny enough the biggest improvement for me is the "Intelligent Desktop Mode".

I've read so many stories of people trying to hack around the battery for Mojo 1 to be used as desktop unit. But due to difference in voltage so it will never perform the same (I believe USB is 5V and the build in battery is at something like 7.4V?).

Now we finally have official solution. Bravo!!!
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 11:37 AM Post #8 of 56
But $725 usd?
Not this year.....

Don't forget you got to buy a new Van Nuys case, which will cost atleast $200 with your Poly. So in the end, you are looking at almost $1000 to go from the Poly + Mojo to the Poly + Mojo 2 :p
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 11:44 AM Post #10 of 56
Considering it is sold for 449 GBP (~600$) the 720$ asking price is a bit much.
Old microUSB charging port, no balanced output, no Bluetooth and lackluster accessories in the box. Take a look at iFi Gryphon for a much better deal.
The UHD DSP (some limited EQ options) could be handy but doesn't justify the price hike IMO. Mojo 1 was a huge deal back in 2015 but today you can't find many competitive devices at lower prices.
 
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Jan 31, 2022 at 12:16 PM Post #12 of 56
I accept that they use two micro-USB ports for compatibility with Poly (I'm not user of this garbage), but I don't accept that Mojo 2 cannot be charged via USB-C. Why do I need to have micro-USB cable for charging in place of USB-C in 2022? Or if someone would like to use USB-C for data (I use optical input), he/she is still obligated to have additionally micro-USB cable just for charging. One more garbage from Chord Electronics.
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 12:34 PM Post #13 of 56
Why even use anything other than USB C for the USB and why no 4.4?
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 12:49 PM Post #14 of 56
Now I have to figure if I should jump on one of these, or just get a new battery for my v1. Will probably do the latter and hold on to it for a while to see if the US price gets more in line with the converted British price
 
Jan 31, 2022 at 12:59 PM Post #15 of 56
Like previous comments.
No usb-c is a deal breaker in 2022.
A 4.4mm would be nice too.

What were they thinking.
 

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