AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt![]() DragonFly Cobalt, our new flagship DAC, takes what music lovers around the world have come to expect from the multi-award-winning DragonFly family—naturally beautiful, seductive sound—and strips away fuzz and fog that weren't even noticeable until Cobalt removed them. $299.95 MSRP | Schiit Yggdrasil![]() Forget everything you know about DACs. Yggdrasil's unique True Multibit architecture delivers 21 bits of resolution with no approximations or guessing. True Multibit eschews delta-sigma D/As and their embedded digital filters, combining medical-grade multibit D/A converters with a unique time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter that preserves the original samples. $2,449.00 MSRP | |
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Features | ||
Power | AC 115v AC 230v | |
Input/Output | ||
Inputs | USB-A | Coaxial S/PDIF TOSLINK S/PDIF USB-B XLR 3-Pin AES-EBU |
Outputs | 3.5mm | Balanced 3-pin XLR RCA |
Output Voltage | 2.1 volt | |
Audio | ||
Sample Rate | 24 bit / 96 kHz | 24 bit / 192 kHz |
DAC Chip | ESS ES9038Q2M 32 bit with minimum-phase slow roll-off filter for more natural sound | |
Reviews | 4/5 mansr, Audiophile StyleAlthough the DAC chip has been upgraded to a much more expensive one ($25 vs $10 in sample quantities), there is little, if anything, to show for the effort in terms of measured performance. | No reviews available |
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