Is that the one with the perty lights?

38 minutes ago, The Monkey said:

Is that the one with the perty lights?

No, that's Charles Barkley. 

Gnarles Barkley. Come on.

I don't get the idea of the Poly either.  I rather buy a FiiO X5 Gen III and use it as a stand alone DAP or as a transport to the MOJO.

So interestingly I see the Mojo just dropped significantly to $399. Temped at that price as I have a new work use. Anyone still using one? 

I have one on my desk now for listening to the various JH Audios.  I think it is worthwhile for $400.

Mojo is still good. Also a while back there was a firmware update that significantly improved the SQ of DSD playback on the Mojo/Poly.

Why not get a used Sony NW-ZX300 instead?

9 hours ago, purk said:

Why not get a used Sony NW-ZX300 instead?

Can you use it as a laptop DAC/amp? 

10 hours ago, blessingx said:

Can you use it as a laptop DAC/amp? 

Yes, and it has a balanced headphone out too.  The Mojo is likely to sound better but the ZX300 is a really good all in one DAP.  It has BT receiver  so u can stream music from your smart phone to it.

The Chord Mojo was officially discontinued last summer.

There is a bit of speculation about its successor... Chord has a tease pic with a date of January 31: https://chordelectronics.co.uk/coming-soon

I hope they design it to run without a battery or resolve whatever battery issues were plaguing the Mojo.

The Chord Mojo 2 is now available and the reviews are rolling out. I think I'll look into one seriously once they've eliminated the Micro-USB jack (for Poly compatibility). At some point, they'll probably change it to another USB-C for a Poly 2.

An interesting post from the designer, Rob Watts, regarding its crossfeed implementation: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chord-mojo-2-thread-___-product-released-january-31-2022-starting-on-page-95-of-thread.885405/post-16800704

This overview is decent:

 

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