Product Description
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Key Features
• Advanced ESS DAC chip with a minimum-phase slow roll-off filter for more natural sound
• PIC32MX274 microprocessor draws less current & increases processing speed by 33%
• Improved power-supply filtering that increases immunity to WiFi, Bluetooth & cellular noise
• Includes a form-fiting DragonTail female USB-A to male USB-C Adaptor. All DragonTails use AudioQuest’s Carbon-level USB cable
USB DAC + Preamp + Headphone Amp
DragonFly Cobalt, our new flagship DAC, takes what music lovers around the world have come to expect from the muli-award-winning DragonFly 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 DragonFly 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.
Easily identified, colour-coded sampling rates
Of course, Cobalt uses Gordon Rankin’s precedent-setting Stream Length® asynchronous-transfer USB code. Further, in Gordon’s monoClock® 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 DragonFly Cobalt to provide greater resolution and clarity than DACs with multiple clocks.
All this goodness is packed into a sleek new case that measures just 2.26" x 0.73" x 0.47" (57.5 x 18.6 x 11.9mm), making the latest DragonFly 10% smaller and even a bit more pocket-friendly.
