5 Best
Audioquest Dacs
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Product Highlights- High-performance optical input
- Minimum-phase digital filter for natural sound
- Bluetooth receiver with asynchronous streamlength bt technology
- Usb input for improving the sound of your laptop, tablet, or phone
- Free aq device manager app for personalization and software/firmware updates
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- Highest fidelity sound: mqa (master quality authenticated) rendering “unfolds” every detail of the original master recording as the artist and engineers intended it to be heard for better-than-cd audio resolutions. stream mqa content from tidal, nugs.net, and xiami. mqa certified.
- Amplified audio output & headphone output level matching: provides an average increase of +6 db in devices with combined usb-audio output (where a dedicated headphone audio output isn’t available). headphone output level automatically detects headphone impedance and sets level accordingly (1v for 150 ohms).
- Android 12 devices: some android 12 devices may experience low volume levels using the bolt. the fix is to upgrade to new firmware found on the helm audio support page
- Studio grade portable digital analog convertor with mqa: bolt delivers studio sound on the go from any mobile device across all listening formats. supports mqa (master quality authenticated) streaming for unparalleled fidelity in portable audio. compatible with android, ios, mac, and pc’s. may require extra adapters or third party apps for mqa support.
- Smartphone, tablet, mac & pc compatible: usb-c input to a 3.5mm headphone output supporting playback of pcm files with sampling rates up to 384 khz, or dsd files with sampling frequencies up to 5.6mhz. the 3.5mm audio jack seamlessly connects to your wired headphones or speaker system. note: an adapter is required if you do not have a 3.5mm input jack.
- Thx certified audio output: exclusively designed for ultra-low harmonic, crosstalk & crossover distortion. unlike other mobile mqa-dac designs, the helm bolt physically isolates the dac from the usb connector for improved emi isolation, and uses a three oscillator design for superior frequency lock with dramatic improvements over single oscillator dac designs.
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- Although tiny, the dragonfly is every bit as impressive as many full-size dacs. asynchronous transfer and twin clocks ensure perfectly timed and controlled digital information enters the dac, for a highly accurate and precise sound quality. compared to a computer/smartphone/tablet's headphone output you'll notice a more dynamic sound with more detail and openness. in es...
- At the heart of dragonfly black is a 32-bit ess sabre 9010 dac that uses a sophisticated minimum-phase digital filter to provide more naturally detailed and dynamic music. this high-performance dac is typically found in today's higher-end cd and blu-ray players. dragonfly black will accept almost any audio you want to play on your computer and make it sound dramatically...
- The audioquest dragonfly black is a sleek, flash-drive sized usb dac+preamp+headphone amp that delivers far superior sound by bypassing the poor quality sound card that is built into your apple ios and android smartphone/tablet or windows and mac laptop/desktop computer; turning your device into a true high-fidelity music source. its 3.5mm port is designed specifically ...
- Audioquest and dragonfly designer gordon rankin worked alongside microchip technology to develop a new high-performance, full-speed usb microcontroller solution that delivers improved signal-to-noise ratio and significantly lower power consumption. drawing 77% less current than the previous microcontroller, the new microchip pic32mx microcontroller enables true compatib...
- Despite its tiny size, the dragonfly will play a wide variety of music files. twin clocks ensure perfect playback of 44.1 khz (cd quality), 48 khz, 88.2 khz and 96 khz. as a final neat touch, the dragonfly logo glows various colours to indicate the file frequency: green for cd (44.1 khz), blue for 48 khz, amber for 88.2 khz and magenta for 96 khz. make the most of your ...
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- 2.1v output drives almost any headphones
- Plays everything from mp3s to 24-bit/96khz high-resolution files
- 32-bit sabre dac
- Works with apple and android devices when paired with a simple adapter
- This versatile dac improves everything - detail, transparency, immediacy, richness, tone
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