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A nice product and in my opinion, well worth its paltry price. Even better when purchased used. I'm using it in my dedicated home audio system exclusively for Tidal Masters MQA unfolding. It does a very nice job, sounds excellent & provides a nice full-bodied but detailed presentation. I use a NOS Dac for other digital processing which does a better job with my 40,000+ ALAC files. I'm also sure it will do a very respectable job with headphones & and in many folks home systems. I know that there are many other bargain-priced Dacs that sound very good but if you want to experiment with MQA the field narrows considerably. This is not an endorsement of MQA but I will say that so far I've enjoyed much of what I've heard. Thanks, Audioquest and Gordon Rankin for this very affordable little marvel.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
product arrived much, much later than promised. product did not arrive as pictured with the protective sleeve. At least it is typical Audioquest quality, works as expected. LED light does change color based on the sample rate of the file.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I was skeptical and did not like the price, but bit the bullet and figured it was a good step in the direction of HiFi for my Home Audio Setup. I run everything out of my iMac and into my Amp and listen via my Kappa 8.1's. My setup sounded good before I bought this. But NOW it sounds way better! I am re-listening to all of my favorite music and hearing things I NEVER heard before. Thumps, Plucks, background harmonies and chords, even vocals that I did not know were there. It is amazing. It really separates all the different sounds and then emphasizes them, while pushing the noise floor down. I am also running an AudioQuest Golden Gate 3.5mm to RCA 5'm cable from the DragonFly Red to my Amp.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Worked exactly as promised in my system. I use it for streaming Tidal, mostly to listen to high rez MQA titles. The improvement in sound was noticeable immediately. Better defined bass and increased image width and depth. Only drawback is that it seems to draw a fair amount of power from the USB port. I could normally listen for a full evening without plugging in the laptop PC I use for streaming. I was surprised that it went dead about two hours into my first listening session. Of course this is easily remedied by plugging it in.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This is a fabulous way to increase the quality of your audio on your computer. I use it not for headphones, but to tap into my powered computer speakers I have. I have an old pair of ALTEC-LANSING computer speakers that are still better than any computer speakers I have heard on the market. It is an original DOLBY COMPUTER SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM. Has a sub-woofer also. The power is about 45 to 50 watts. But now I just use the head phone jack on the RED DRAGON, AND PRESTO, AUDIO BLISS. NO NOISE AT ALL. I ALSO USE IT WITH THE "PC EQUALIZER", WHICH is the best EQ for computer speakers. I have tried about 20 of them. Many of the rest are totally useless. This PC EQUALIZER (SOURCE FORGE EQUALIZER ROOM EQ-APO is set up by downloading 2 simple downloads. GOOGLE IT UP. THEY ARE BOTH ON ONE PAGE, SO 2 EASY DOWNLOADS. One is the program for PC EQUALIZER & THE OTHER IS THE ROOM EQUALIZER. YOU get a 10 band or a choice of a 20 band EQUALIZER. Believe me, this EQ is fabulous. Very low distortion, hardly noticeable. And it has a separate PRE-AMP SO YOU CAN BOOST THE VOLUME. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO ADJUST TO TWEAK IT SO YOU DON'T OVER -POWER THE PRE-AMP. I have the pre-amp at about 25 and I turned down most of the EQ bands to below ZERO. The Bass is so powerful, you have to. Even with the lowered settings, that is what works wonderfully. THE RED DRAGON WORKS FLAWLESSLY WITH THIS EQ PROGRAM. REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD 2 ITEMS. THE 1ST PROGRAM THERE FOR THE EQ & THEN THE ROOM EQ WIZARD, BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE. THEY WORK TOGETHER. AMAZING SOUND. THis is the only EQ THAT EVER WORKED FLAWLESSLY FOR ME. So if you have powered speakers , get the max audio quality with the RED DRAGON.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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