Article: New AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt

[StephenJK]

I had the Black and the Red, my wife and I alternated until she decided the Black was better for her. 

 

We both had nothing but trouble with them.  With JRiver and Windows 10 there was nothing but interruptions, dropouts, clicking and buzzing or just no sound.  

 

I fooled around with them off and on for a year or so and finally gave up.  I gave away the Red to a friend, I think the Black is hanging around somewhere.  

 

And, you know, I'm not sure that I even need one anymore.  I noticed that whatever DAC chip is being used in my Dell laptop at work or at home seems to be essentially equivalent to the sound quality from the DragonFly. 

 

Of course, that still leaves a big market for people with portable devices etc. but after all the struggling that the Red and Black put me through I've had it with those gizmos.