I received the below mail from needledoctor:
It would be interesting how it fares with other VFM DACs like ODAC et al.
It would be interesting how it fares with other VFM DACs like ODAC et al.
Dragon Fly DAC for $199!
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Thad E Ginathom
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It comes from one of my "blacklist" companies :lol: But it has a good name among budget DACs. This format is really great for anyone who travels with a laptop and headphones. It should be popular!
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Thad E Ginathom
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Nooooooooo! 
I mean those people who make strange and utterly unjustifiable claims about certain long, thin, two-ended components :lol:
And who make the dragonfly.
And, of course, it shuld have been "my blacklist." It's personal!
I mean those people who make strange and utterly unjustifiable claims about certain long, thin, two-ended components :lol:
And who make the dragonfly.
And, of course, it shuld have been "my blacklist." It's personal!
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Uh oh you mean it isn't heavy and big so can't sound right.:lol:
panditji
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With you on that Thad...still not a believer in cables making big changes to the sound and a big thumbs down to companies selling exhorbitantly priced cables....
The irony is that the company making the the sound improving cables has no cables in their flagship DAC
The irony is that the company making the the sound improving cables has no cables in their flagship DAC
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Thad E Ginathom
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Well, as Panditji guessed, it is the flexible long thin components I'm referring to.
(Panditji, it is the networking cables I particularly object to, where there can be no technical justification whatsoever, not even in half-truth pseudo science, for the stuff they sell)
But, as to the DAC: it's tiny, it's plastic, it just has (I think) a 3.5mm output socket. No trace of a case machined from solid titanium here!
hyeah:I do admit that I'm fond of a certain look and feel. But, on the other hand, pro gear, for instance, although it sometimes has its own version of seductive look and feel, tends to lack the hifi-rack look too. I've been working with sound cards and audio interfaces around this budget for some time, and then came the light, modestly sized ODAC, so yes, I can live without the hifi look-and-feel.
This leaves me with the one thing that does worry me about USB plug-in DACs and converters --- the mechanical strain on the USB socket. I guess this has less problem potential for a laptop, where the cable will lie on a table top approaching the machine.
I think that this format is ideal for laptops, and, even if something ?bigger-and-better? is required at home, it might be brilliant for laptop+headphones+travel.
So, in this format, what's available? The budget Dragonfly as mentioned, the more costly M2Tech hiface, and... ?
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esanthosh
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My knowledge is very dated. But off the top of my head, similar products will be
indialogue
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Is the Meridian Explorer available through Indian distributors now? Any idea?
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