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. The dragonfly indicator on the DragonFly lights up in different colors with different sampling rates: Red for Standby, green for 44.1kHz, blue for 48kHz, yellow for 88.2kHz, light blue for 96kHz.

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 DragonFly Cobalt at Amazon for $199.95 These are products whose beauty is born of their simplicity, and whose plug-in-and-play approach to cleaning up the sound from your computer, or (with the included dongle) a smartphone or tablet, is much of the allure.

But that isn't to say AudioQuest has simply repackaged its cheaper DACs in a different coloured, slightly smoother edged new. AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC 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.

DragonFly Cobalt AudioQuest Power Conditioners with Noise-Dissipation and Non-Sacrificial Surge Protection.Like the Dragonfly Black and Red, the Cobalt has an LED light that glows different colors, depending on which sample rate you are listening to. It is about the size of a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint with a large dragonfly that changes colors to indicate bit. 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. 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. 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. 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.