![]() It has good body, sounds very full and comes with a lot of impact depending on the IEM your using. For the $299 price tag, the sound simply is remarkable.īass is beautiful. It’s very easy to listen to and to genuinely enjoy, no matter what source you’re using and what kind of music is played. The Cobalt also might not always sound the fastest or tightest, but it makes up for that with its musicality and natural sound. The negative? The separation is good but not the absolute best I’ve ever heard. The vocals are also really natural and right where they should be. I love the airy presentation and spaciousness combined with the excellent detail retrieval and decay of notes. No matter how you call it, the DragonFly Cobalt is very musical. You get a full bodied sound from bass to treble, and the signature is neutral but with a smooth delivery and maybe a touch of warmth, but never too much. The sound stage is really good in both width and depth and the layering is really nice, especially in bass and mids. And not only that, it does it without any effort making it sound wide, natural and musical. The first things you notice is how clean and clear the new Cobalt is delivering the sound. Most of the impressions on sound were done with the Xelento Wireless and the Fibae 7, and then a whole bunch of monitors. That way the DragonFly Cobalt is perfectly silent and my ears are happy.Īs you could see the amplifier section in the DragonFly Red is the same one as in the Cobalt, so it all comes down to the new DAC chip, the faster processor and the better power supply. This will depend on your laptop though, and you can always put a JitterBug in between just as I am doing now. ![]() I have never experienced this but with my new DELL laptop it’s audible when music is paused or on a very low volume. That means it can easily drive full sized headphones to a certain level, and it can perfectly be used as line-level device (to pre-amp or amp, etc.)Ī note though, with sensitive monitors (such as the CustomArt FIBAE 7), you might hear some noise from the Cobalt/USB-port when hooked up to a really laptop. Power-wise the new DragonFly Cobalt is rated at 2.1V, just like the Red version. It’s high definition sound for on the go. It’s easy, very small and perfectly transportable. The Cobalt can also easily be hooked up to your mobile phone with a USB-C to USB-Female converter. So be very careful to not push play with a high volume is set, your IEM or eardrums will not like it. You’ll only need a listening volume of 2-3 or 4 out of 100 to get to a comfortable listening level. With sensitive, easy to drive IEMs, it will get loud very fast. And then there are the rumors about the upcoming DF competitor by ….īefore going into detail on how it sounds exactly, I want to point out that the DragonFly Cobalt is very powerful. iBasso actually has something similar with the DC01, though I don’t consider this to be a USB-Dongle like the DragonFly. At the way and speed the market is progressing, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else comes up/out with a balanced USB-dongle sized DAC soon, if that hasn’t happened already. To be honest, I don’t know how AudioQuest stands in regards to “balanced outputs” but I hope to see a version in the future where you can choose a balanced output. I wish there would be a balanced version of the Cobalt (and Red) with a 2.5mm output. AudioQuest has been so kind to publish a clear overview of all the available DragonFly models and you can find that here:
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