iPhone 15's USB-C Enables Easy Audio Upgrading on Chord Mojo2
iPhone 15’s USB-C is transformative for audio quality upgrading
The iPhone's new USB-C connection is revolutionary, enabling hi-fi-quality audio for just £395 when connected to the Mojo 2 DAC/amp
16 October 2023, Kent, England: Upgrading iPhone audio quality has never been easier, following Apple’s transformative implementation of USB-C in the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.
The iPhone 15 can now be directly connected to Chord Electronics’ multi-award-winning portable Mojo 2 DAC/headphone amp (now just £395), thanks to the iPhone’s game-changing USB-C data input.
The Mojo 2, fresh from winning What Hi-Fi?’s ‘Best DAC £300-500’ in the 2023 Awards (11 October), uses advanced British digital audio technology to dramatically improve the sound quality of connected devices. Users can listen via headphones, or by connecting to home audio devices with a simple cable.
Previous-generation iPhones needed an Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit (CCK) to convert Apple’s proprietary Lightning connection. However, Mojo 2’s USB-C input negates the need for additional adaptors: the iPhone 15 can now connect effortlessly.
The good news for iPhone 15 users wanting to upgrade their audio doesn’t end there. Earlier in 2023, the Mojo 2 benefitted from a significant price reduction of 20 per cent (from £495 to £395), following reduced chipset pricing globally, post-pandemic. Add the 2023 What Hi-Fi? ‘Best DAC’ Award, and the Mojo 2 has never been more compelling for music-loving iPhone users.
The pocket-size Mojo 2 is the most advanced portable DAC in the world. It uses powerful processors called FPGAs, capable of delivering extraordinary performance and class-leading sound quality.
Full details on the Chord Electronics Mojo 2 DAC/headphone amp
British designed, engineered and made, the pocket-size Mojo 2 DAC/headphone amp is capable of delivering studio-grade sound quality from phones, laptops and tablets, PCs and more, thanks to the company’s award-winning proprietary digital audio technology.
Key to the Mojo 2 is a world-first technology: a revolutionary ‘lossless DSP’ (advanced digital tone control) that enables users to adjust tone digitally with no loss of audio quality to suit a range of variables: different headphones; music genres; file types, poor/old recordings etc.
The ‘lossless DSP technology’ offers unrivalled compatibility with today’s wide-ranging choice of headphones, allowing users to find the perfect tone for them, regardless of the type, style or cost of the headphone being used. Mojo 2 can also connect up to home audio systems using a simple minijack cable.
The new Mojo 2 includes a new menu system, navigated via a dedicated control sphere, bringing the DSP adjustment and a host of other new features over the original.
New USB-C data input
Mojo 2’s digital inputs have increased to four, thanks to a new USB-C data input for greater flexibility. USB-C is featured in addition to optical, coaxial and Micro-USB.
Better battery and charging
Mojo 2 benefits from greatly improved battery management, thanks to a powerful new processor-based battery-charging system. The technology brings 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 greater than eight hours.
Improved clarity
Advanced digital filters using 40 DSP cores help deliver best-ever Mojo clarity and the world’s most advanced portable audio sound quality. Mojo 2 also offers greater depth and detail perception, lower distortion and noise, plus greater neutrality.
Two can listen with two headphone outputs
Mojo 2 benefits from two 3.5 mm mini-jack headphone outputs, so two people can listen simultaneously. Headphone comparisons are also made simpler with the dual connection.
The world’s first fully transparent lossless ‘UHD DSP’
Mojo 2 benefits from the world’s first fully transparent ‘UHD DSP’ (advanced digital tone controls with no signal degradation). The proprietary technology uses a 104-bit custom DSP core: no other audio DSP in the world offers the same accuracy.
UHD DSP (tone controls)
The unique UHD DSP enables fine-tuning across the full frequency range with 18 steps of adjustment for each of the four main frequency bandings: lower bass, mid-bass, lower treble and high treble.
Class-leading build quality
Mojo 2 is designed, engineered and handmade in the UK. It benefits from aircraft-grade, bead-blasted aluminium casework, finished with a high-quality black anodise. Control is via four polychromatic polycarbonate control spheres.
Wireless streaming with Poly
Mojo 2 is fully compatible with the Poly streamer/player, enabling high-resolution streaming and up to 1 TB of solid-state library storage and playback when using the micro SD card slot. Poly adds audio streaming from popular apps such as Tidal, Qobuz, Internet Radio and Roon, all with easy-to-use app control from a smart device.
Price
Mojo 2 £395
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