Description: Meet Cobalt: The Most Beautiful-Sounding Dragon Fly Yet! Dragon Fly Cobalt, Audio Quest’s new flagship DAC, takes what music lovers around the world have come to expect from the multi-award-winning Dragon Fly family—naturally beautiful, seductive sound—and strips away fuzz and fog that weren't even noticeable until Cobalt removed them. How is this possible? Like the critically acclaimed Dragon Fly Red, Cobalt has the robust 2.1-volt output to drive almost any headphone, uses a bit-perfect digital volume control for outstanding signal-to-noise ratio, enables seamless compatibility with Apple and Android devices, and is an exceptionally competent and affordable MQA Renderer. Cobalt's precedent-setting performance is made possible by multiple significant upgrades: New, more advanced ESS ES9038Q2M DAC chip with a minimum-phase slow roll-off filter for more natural sound. Microchip's superb PIC32MX274 microprocessor draws less current and increases processing speed by 33%. Improved power-supply filtering that specifically increases immunity to Wi Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular noise. Includes Audio Quest’s new Dragon Tail USB-A (female) to USB-C (male) adaptor to easily accommodate the increasing number of electronic devices that feature USB-C ports. Contoured enclosure measures just 2.26” x 0.73” x 0.47” (57.5mm x 18.6mm x 11.9mm), making the latest Dragon Fly 10% smaller than its predecessors. Audio Quest, Gordon Rankin: A Beautiful Partnership Like all previous Dragon Fly models, Cobalt uses Gordon Rankin's precedent-setting Stream Length® asynchronous-transfer USB code. Further, in Gordon's mono Clock® technology, a single ultra-low-jitter clock generated from the ESS ES9038Q2M DAC chip runs the ESS chip functions as well as all microcontroller functions. This superior clock enables Dragon Fly Cobalt to provide greater resolution and clarity than DA Cs with multiple clocks. Killing the Noise In Cobalt, Audio Quest have taken what they've learned from their recent research and development in noise dissipation to employ power-supply filtering specifically designed to dramatically reduce the increasingly prevalent noise from Wi Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular signals. Successfully combating this noise is absolutely crucial to the preservation of the lowest-level musical details, particularly when it comes to high-res audio—and especially when applied to a portable audio device such as Dragon Fly. Bit-Perfect Volume Control and 2.1-Volt Output Cobalt features the same ESS Sabre 9601 headphone amp and bit-perfect volume control that give Dragon Fly Red its unique combination of power and grip over the music. This solution ensures maximum fidelity, thrilling dynamic contrast, and excellent signal-to-noise ratio. The 2.1-volt output makes Cobalt and Red compatible with a wide range of headphones, including power-hungry, low-efficiency models. Firmware Upgradeable Dragon Flys Black, Red, and Cobalt are firmware upgradeable via Audio Quest’s free Desktop Device Manager. In today's fast-paced digital world, longevity in a hi-fi component is increasingly rare—at any price. Audio Quest believes that today's digital devices should evolve as technology itself evolves, thereby delivering musical pleasure for many years to come. Their Desktop Device Manager will also allow you to identify your Dragon Fly's serial number and software version to ensure that the device is up to date. Dragon Fly Cobalt - Sample rates supported (LED indicator colour code): Standard (Red), 44.1k Hz (Green), 48k Hz (Blue), 88.2k Hz (Yellow), 96k Hz (Light Blue), MQA (Purple) * Please Note, the sample rate LED indicators differ from the supplied reference image, so 96k Hz is now described as a light shade of blue. 0.000 AudioQuest Dragonfly Cobalt USB DAC + Preamp + Headphone Amp - shop the best deal online on appliances4.me
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