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RE: More Comments on the Audioquest DragonFly

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Mercman

In Reply to: RE: More Comments on the Audioquest DragonFly posted by soundchekk on July 06, 2012 at 11:27:12

"I do own two Sabre DACs by myself. If they've done a good job - I know what to expect soundwise."
You are one impressive guy Klaus. I have listened to several Sabre based DACs and they did sound quite different to me. But I guess the essential point is if they've done a good job.

Edits: 07/06/12

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Value for the Money - soundchekk 00:39:40 07/07/12 (2)
Hi Steve.
I know you got plenty of pocket money to play with. However.
At 199$ you can get e.g. a Sumoh Full Digital Amp (instead if seperate DAC and AMP with associated seperation issues) Add to it a 140$ Hiface II or a 170$ Audio GD DI II with reclocker.
That's what I call value for the money.
Of course you can run your Dragonfly into a chinese 100$ Class-D Amp. Which might turn out to be a nice sounding setup too.
Since I'm a DIY minded person and an engineer by profession, I'm a bit more flexible when it comes to heating up the soldering iron.
I got my DIY Full Digital amp for 50$ and currently run a Audio-GD interface. This setup replaces pretty my well tweaked Sabre/AMP combos.
To me the recent past, the present and future is full digital.
Enjoy.
P.S: But let see. I perhaps order a Dragonfly for testing just to get an idea how it sounds. But even if it sounds as good as you suggest, I wouldn't buy it because of beforementioned lack of features.

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- RE: Value for the Money - Bob_C 14:40:56 07/07/12 (0)
  "At 199$ you can get e.g. a Sumoh Full Digital Amp (instead if seperate DAC and AMP with associated seperation issues) Add to it a 140$ Hiface II or a 170$ Audio GD DI II with reclocker."
  
  Absolutely... Perfect for someone to carry in their pocket with their headphones to connect to their laptop. Amazing...
- RE: Value for the Money - Mercman 04:02:15 07/07/12 (0)
  Thanks for you suggestions Klaus. The point of my post was that you don't have to spend a lot of money to have enjoyable sound. You have confirmed this with your suggestions.

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