AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC and Headphone Amp Review

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In this video, we review the AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC and Headphone Amp.

Read our complete review: http://bit.ly/2LKwmP0
Purchase the DragonFly Cobalt: bit.ly/2NHwIbC

At Audio Advice, we have been fans of AudioQuest products for almost 40 years. Bill Lowe, the founder of AudioQuest, is a huge music lover who constantly pushes the AudioQuest team to innovate to improve the sound. As a very successful company, AudioQuest has a decent sized sales force tasked with traveling around the country to see their dealers and attend consumer shows. When computer music started to become popular, their team, who is also made of up hardcore music lovers, stored lots of music on their computers but did not have an easy way to get better sound while on the go. You certainly don’t want to carry around home components when traveling. AudioQuest felt something tiny that could improve computer audio sound would fill a huge void in the audio market. This is actually what lead to the creation of the original AudioQuest DragonFly in 2012.

The DragonFly is a small and portable audio component that connects directly to a USB port. It serves as a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), headphone amp, and a preamp. It won Stereophile 's 2012 "Computer Audio Component of the Year" and 2012 "Budget Component of the Year;" Tone Audio 's 2012 "Digital Product of the Year;” Computer Audiophile's 2012 "Computer Audiophile Product of the Year. That was quite a feat, but the tiny but powerful DragonFly certainly deserved it! The original DragonFly was replaced with a DragonFly Black and DragonFly Red.

The DragonFly Cobalt, featured in today's review, is the latest addition to the DragonFly family and promises to be the best sounding little bug yet!
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