![]() ![]() (quality) rates from CD quality to Hi-Res (up to 96kHz). The DragonFly Black version uses a ESS 9010ģ2bit DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) and copes with various sample If using an android phone you’ll have to get an AudioQuest DragonTail adapter, which comes with the DragonFly Cobalt model. The way you connect DragonFly’s to your iPhone using the Apple ‘Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter’ (showing the DragonFly Cobalt model) Like me, when you can’t get it to work because you haven’t pushed it fully in. Just make sure you push the lightingĬonnector into the phone (unusually with a click) and not feel rather stupid If compatible, so take your chances there. You might want to try buying a cheap eBay type adapter, but I’m not sure State in the manual that the former sounds better, quite how or if true I’ve no Of the less expensive Apple ‘lightning to USB’ adapter. I used an Apple ‘Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter’ (£40) instead If used with iPhones you’ll need an adapter with With the headphones going in a 3.5mm headphone jack, the other end. Straight into a computer or laptop using the USB end after removing its cap, I like its matt black tactileįinish and you get a solid metal USB stick and detachable cap. Its been out for sometime but it’s still anĪffordable stalwart of a headphone amp/DAC. The headphone amp part is pretty obvious so needs no explanation 1. ![]() To those unfamiliar, it’s the bit that changes the digital signal into the analogue one, we can hear. They go between headphones and the phone and for those unfamiliar, the DAC is intended to best that in the phone. As much convenience as a microwave TV dinner! Not happy with the Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) and amplifier in the phone, what can we do to pimp our sounds? The answer is to add one of these devices and alas the reason for buying. The way most of us listen to our audio on the move nowadays. I’m using a pair of MAS audio science X5i headphones into a bog standard Apple iPhone SE. Keeping with this, the honesty of youth and a multi product review, I’mīreaking with the norm to add my personal opinions. With lots of headphones of recent, it’s nostalgic exploring old ways. I’d love to have had the tech we have now in this Headphone DAC Supertest ,then.īut as I’m getting back down with my kid self Headphones seemed to be the main audio preserve when I was younger, except then we had clunky tape Walkmans. There are portable amp/DACs that offer more power and capability, like the Chord Mojo or iFi iDSD BL, but few options are as convenient and easy to use as the Cobalt.I currently lean on the side of listening to HiFi rather than headphones. Rounding out the feature set is a maximum 2.1V output level, which means that the Cobalt can be used as a proper line level line-out connection to external devices, and a renderer fully capable of unfolding MQA. The Cobalt offers smooth, detailed sound with an even lower noise floor than the Dragonfly Red and Black, meaning that even very sensitive IEMs can be used with no issues with the Cobalt. Once connected, the Cobalt acts as a small DAC/amp capable of driving all kinds of loads including IEMs or full sized, high impedance headphones. The Cobalt can be connected to a phone or computer via the included USB-C Dragontail adapter, and connection to an iPhone or iOS device is possible via the Apple Lightning to USB Adapter (not included). With an upgraded ESS ES9038Q2M DAC, a more efficient and cleaner USB power supply and an updated, smaller form factor, the Cobalt is a high quality solution for people who want great audio performance in a small, convenient form factor. The Dragonfly Cobalt is Audioquest's new flagship DAC, and offers an improvement on what made the Cobalt Black and Red so popular. ![]()
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