AudioQuest - DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier with

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AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC + Preamp + Headphone Amp

AudioQuest Dragonfly Cobalt USB-DAC / headphone amplifier

AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC + Preamp + Headphone Amp

Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt MQA Portable DAC/Headphone Amp

AudioQuest Dragonfly Cobalt USB-DAC / headphone amplifier

AudioQuest DragonFly Series USB DAC

AudioQuest is truly pleased to introduce two dramatic steps forwardtwo new DragonFlys with unprecedented audio quality and even higher performance-to-cost ratiosand drum roll they work with Apple and Android phones! Yes that last point is a biggie. From the day that the original DragonFly came out AudioQuest got requests for a DragonFly-quality DAC to use with smartphones. Finally thanks to newly available parts power draw is now well within what any phone will authorize.