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I seem to recall charging current was a good source of heat.
Correct! And a battery cramped on top of a hot chip would obstruct any airflow... Whatever the reasons were for the shutdowns - they are gone.I seem to recall charging current was a good source of heat.
Update: After removing the battery, irony struck - my mobile Mojo is now a decent desktop dec/amp.
First - it doesn't randomly shut down anymore. No clue how / why.
It doesn't heat anymore - barely warm. And the hissing stops a few minutes after I turn it on.
Yeah - who knew??? I find it comic- but now I am happy again with this DAC/AMP.
At least I have something that functions properly. I should have tried this 1 year ago and spare myself all the headaches.
I wonder if a replacement battery would have the same issues? I suppose it is possible that a poorly performing\hotspotting battery was the cause of all your Mojo woes.
I'm thinking about ordering one of those batteries I linked previously to just in case they stop selling them. I'm curious to know how the quality is.
Caveat: they're not enough to supply power for the line out mode so you want to either make yourself a bigger case or go nude to fit bigger caps if you're using Mojo with an amp.
Well it runs cool now, and I don't have to worry about the battery exploding out of its case anymore since I'm using the thing exclusively as a desktop DAC for my IEMs without extra amp.So besides that negative what are the positives
The Red is coming for review so we will have that data too.
Can't tell you anything technical as this is more like a fun curiosity project (inspired by Hugo TT) and I don't have the technical background, but apparently with supercaps, it can handle the load when it needs a sudden burst of power or something? Not sure, it may even actually do nothing lol
You can still take it with you on the go but you'll need to lug around a power bank, it works exactly like normal besides that addition (on desktop I've got it connected 24/7 to a charger or a power bank connected to a charger, which somehow helps with the ground hum). As for technical stuff, you'd want to ask the modder who did mine, he's a local modder in my country. I think he mentioned he reused Mojo's battery circuit or something.
I actually have two of them for review now. After the review is done I will check with the owner to see where he wants me to send it.Hello! I'm not sure if you've received my email, but I was told that after you review the Red, you could send it to me? A guy on Reddit who said he sent it to you said in a giveaway that he'd like to send it to me. I looked at your 'gear pending review' list and didn't see the Red on there, have you already reviewed it and posted it or am I missing something? I'm new to your site and still trying to figure out how it works, thank you so much.
I actually have two of them for review now. After the review is done I will check with the owner to see where he wants me to send it.
My pending list is no longer updated unfortunately. Sorry about that.
This is of course where I hang out. I occasionally go and post on reddit/headphones but mostly, what goes on reddit is someone crossposting my reviews there (which I appreciate).I can't wait to receive the DAC. Do you happen to use Reddit at all, or is this your main forum you use?
Welcome to the ASR forum.
I think the compliments in your post are exactly the sort of thing Amir hopes to accomplish here. Good information for an informed buying public.
Is it not considered poor form around here for vendors to trash other vendors products? Looks like we are seeing a pattern here. At least Chord actually designs their own products.
Appreciation of ethics?I see another pattern, here.