Dragonfly Cobalt Colors

DragonFly Cobalt, the latest and most sophisticated member of the award-winning DragonFly franchise, is a USB DAC (digital-to-analog converter), preamplifier, and headphone amplifier. It bypasses the audio circuitry in laptops, computers, and smartphones to deliver cleaner, clearer, more naturally beautiful music to headphones, powered speakers, or complete audio systems. AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Review: Give Your Wired Headphones a Boost This portable amp makes the most of high-end wired headphones, but it comes at a price.

We now welcome the latest addition to the Dragonfly family, Cobalt. Retailing for £269, some £200 and £120 more expensive than the £69 Black and £149 Red, Cobalt becomes the new flagship in the series and is AQ's most expensive and ambitious Dragonfly to date. Other than the color, the only external difference between the Cobalt and the Red is that the contoured enclosure is 10% smaller and doesn't have the earlier DAC's distinctive ridge above and behind the 3.5mm jack.

As on the Red and Black, the DragonFly logo lights up in different colors to indicate status or sample rate: red for Standby mode; green for 44.1kHz data; blue for 48kHz; yellow for. AudioQuest's portable DragonFly DAC, the Cobalt, justifies its hefty price tag with an accomplished performance. DragonFly Cobalt is the size of an old-school "USB pen drive", with is encasing painted of a nice blue - or well, cobalt - color.

There are no controls, wheels or buttons whatsoever on the structure. Only after plugging it into a host PC (or Mac, or mobile device) one realises that the stylised dragonfly logo on the top side is indeed backlit by a colored LED, which color changes. AudioQuest's DragonFly Cobalt is a clean, neutral, but overpriced DAC that lacks the versatility and features of other more relevant products in today's overcrowded market.

Also, if you're in to MQA, the DragonFly is a very affordable MQA streaming partner. DragonFly Cobalt Cobalt is the new Red! Yes, the new color is cobalt blue, and the unit has an automotive finish with silver lettering. Like before the DragonFly has a protective endcap, a contoured enclosure and it also comes in a leatherette travel pouch.

From MP3 to MQA and Hi-Res, DragonFly adds life, meaning, and color to all of your music. With all current-production models of AudioQuest's DragonFly USB DAC (Black, Red, Cobalt), music appreciation and exploration are limitless: Plug into an Apple or Windows® computer or connect to an iOS® or Android mobile device. Play YouTube or Vimeo.

LED sample rate color coding is different from the DF Black & Red. Initially I thought there was something wrong with the Cobalt as I didn't expect the color coding to be different from the others. But I realize the Cobalt's coding makes more sense: Green is 44.1, Blue is 48, Light green is 88.2, Light blue is 96, Purple is MQA rendering.

So the greens are for the 44 family, blues for the.