Vik
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Hi all,
I need to make a decision soon. I have preliminary bought an Audioquest Dragonfly Black, but need to update it for better audio quality for orchestral music, especially string instruments. I'm using it with HD650, HD600 and DT880 now, but will soon end up with buying Hifiman Sundara, HD660s or Sennheiser DT 700 Pro X.
I've tried both Dragonfly Cobalt and Chord Mojo 2 – both sounding better than Dragonfly Black, of course, but the Mojo user interface was confusing. and I'm not sure the Dragonfly Cobalt is the best buy for that price (and I'd prefer something less expensive – ideally max. $300).
Since I'm also going to use this for listening on an iPhone 11, I need something that's loud enough – and my hearing isn't perfect; for a few years now I have been needing to turn up the volume, and also started to like/need headphones that are emphasising frequencies in the 1kHz to 6kHz area. What happens above 6kHz isn't something I'm going to spend a lot of money on, because I'm probably not hearing these frequencies much anyway,
Btw, I want to avoid DACs that need batteries.
I have tried to find existing, relevant threads without much success (probably because I have quite specific requirements), but please let me know if you are aware of existing thread. Or even better: please suggest DACs I can look up! I need to return the Dragonfly soon if I don't plan to keep it (and I don't), so any hints about a better solution would be very useful. Thanks in advance!
EDIT
After I posted this, I came across these raving reviews of various iFi Audio DACs:
They were all so positive that I started wondering if the writer works for iFi Audio. Are any of you using any of these, and have any comments?
I need to make a decision soon. I have preliminary bought an Audioquest Dragonfly Black, but need to update it for better audio quality for orchestral music, especially string instruments. I'm using it with HD650, HD600 and DT880 now, but will soon end up with buying Hifiman Sundara, HD660s or Sennheiser DT 700 Pro X.
I've tried both Dragonfly Cobalt and Chord Mojo 2 – both sounding better than Dragonfly Black, of course, but the Mojo user interface was confusing. and I'm not sure the Dragonfly Cobalt is the best buy for that price (and I'd prefer something less expensive – ideally max. $300).
Since I'm also going to use this for listening on an iPhone 11, I need something that's loud enough – and my hearing isn't perfect; for a few years now I have been needing to turn up the volume, and also started to like/need headphones that are emphasising frequencies in the 1kHz to 6kHz area. What happens above 6kHz isn't something I'm going to spend a lot of money on, because I'm probably not hearing these frequencies much anyway,
Btw, I want to avoid DACs that need batteries.
I have tried to find existing, relevant threads without much success (probably because I have quite specific requirements), but please let me know if you are aware of existing thread. Or even better: please suggest DACs I can look up! I need to return the Dragonfly soon if I don't plan to keep it (and I don't), so any hints about a better solution would be very useful. Thanks in advance!
EDIT
After I posted this, I came across these raving reviews of various iFi Audio DACs:
iFi Audio Zen DAC Review
Review of iFi Audio Zen DAC which can handle PCM to 24/384 and DSD to 256 via its USB-B connection.
www.avforums.com
They were all so positive that I started wondering if the writer works for iFi Audio. Are any of you using any of these, and have any comments?
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