Audioquest Dragonfly USB-C

[Carpinus]

Hello! I’ve had my eye on an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt for a while, and am intrigued that it hasn’t been updated to USB-C so it no longer needs a Dragontail. Does anyone know if that’s on the cards, or if there’s a technical reason why it can’t happen?

 

[Al ears]

Hello! I’ve had my eye on an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt for a while, and am intrigued that it hasn’t been updated to USB-C so it no longer needs a Dragontail. Does anyone know if that’s on the cards, or if there’s a technical reason why it can’t happen?

Probably simply down to cost of changing the whole manufacturing facility.
Much cheaper to build a simple adapter.
Of course not everyone that wants to buy one is necessarily going to use them with anything that has a USB-C socket.

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

I also quite like using a cable adaptor as it gives some flexibility in the set up and doesn't put my phone's USB C port at as much risk (acknowledging I could use a USB C to USB C extender to the same effect).

 

[Vincent Kars]

The Cobalt can be found here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...balt-review-portable-headphone-adapter.23015/
Pretty poor performer.

 

[Carpinus]

Probably simply down to cost of changing the whole manufacturing facility.
Much cheaper to build a simple adapter.
Of course not everyone that wants to buy one is necessarily going to use them with anything that has a USB-C socket.

True, but these days isn’t USB-C more likely to be used than USB-A?

 

[Carpinus]

The Cobalt can be found here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...balt-review-portable-headphone-adapter.23015/
Pretty poor performer.

That’s a lot of graphs!

 

[Al ears]

True, but these days isn’t USB-C more likely to be used than USB-A?

Not necessarily for the users of this dac, it's ancient and there are many other options available these days

 

[Sam Sly]

I have owned the Cobalt for two years and only used it 3 times. I found that I hated messing around with dongles and iPhone camera connection kits.

I just bought the A&K Activo P1 DAP and have really enjoyed using it. I have only had it for 1 week and have already used it more than I did my Cobalt.

(https://www.whathifi.com/news/astel...lkman-with-all-new-activo-brand-and-p1-player).

It is quite small and lightweight and you can download apps directly from the App Store. It works really well (except for Tidal downloads but that’s not surprising) with stored music and Apple Music downloads. It also bypasses Android’s resampling.

If you can, test out the P1 before buying the dongle and see which you prefer.