The Dragonfly v1.5 is the second generation of Dragonfly dacs and at the time it was first offered was not known as "the Black": it was just the only one available. I also started with that one. Black and Red are the third generation Dragonflies. They differ in price and sound signature. Most...

I have read reviews stating that if you have the red, there is no need to upgrade, the difference being tiny. This is also my experience. Anyway, to compare the two, you should prabably use a jitterbug with the red...

Samsung Galaxy S5: here nothing changed with version 1.7: the default volume is still low but raising it in UAPP still works. Status quo is not problem for me: UAPP opens automatically when I plug the OTG cable into the socket, so it is very easy to set a high volume before leaving the app and...

Hi Cribeiro,   Please, continue caring for your wife and children!   It seems our stances are not such far apart. I am just a bit more suspicious than you as to the power of Technology.   For sure, I could live with a dac/amp which lets through commands from headsets, under the condition...

From Cribeiro:   Cons (as a device developed "for mobile phone use"): it is missing the classical support of headset functionality Android support is not guaranteed     To Cribeireo:   I agree with gheorge. In the audio world, less is often more.I would not expect from a firm trying to...

  I actually use the DFR on the go, without any warming up. But if you compare two devices, you should give them the same chances, both being warmed up or both with a 'cold start'.

Audioquest say DFR shall also be warmed up one day before being measured. Did you warm up both devices before comparing them?

  To my knowledge, the update is not carrier dependent here in Switzerland. I suppose I get them from Samsung. And I actually was in Rome in Italy as the smartphone started to update, with data set off.

I got an update of Android 5 on my Samsung Galaxy S5. No idea which version precisely: probably 5.01 or 5.02, since the system information just shows '5.0'...   The Audioquest Dragonfly works again with apps other than UAPP (TuneIn, Spotify, SoundCloud etc.), thanks.   The Dragonfly lights...

cskippy:   "If you own a Samsung Galaxy S5 don't update to 5.0 lollipop.  I had usb audio working for all applications including YouTube and Netflix on 4.4.4.  Once I updated to 5.0 the phone does not recognize any OTG cable or DAC.  "     I have noticed a similar problem:  ...

Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop, OTG cable, Dragonfly 1.2   The first time I tried Spotify, it worked, the fly glew up green for 44.1. The sound was actually better than with Android 4.4.   For several weeks now, the Android does not recognize the Dragonfly anymore and persists sending the...

  In my understanding, the Samba protocol works only on a local network. When on the go, if I want to play music on UAPP, which still is on the WDMyCloud NAS, I don't stream it, I download it to the handy, so I can feed it to UAPP.   Since I cannot choose whereto the files are downloaded (the...

Managing audio files for use with USB Audio Player Pro I am using UAPP with much satisfaction. The audio files I listen to are in the Sounds directory of the external SD card. I select them navigating the directories. UAPP did build a kind of a media server with artists and albums but I...

  First, it would be really fine to know from you whether the set up described in the message cited by you works or not: just starting UAPP on the Xperia and defining a Network to an external disk. You can define several distinct ones but must select the one you want before playing...

This is a late answer to a question asked in August concerning the smb URL in USB Audio Player Pro (UAPP) for accessing media sources on other devices: http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/5220#post_10810592. Samba is a file transfer protocol which makes Unix/Linux...

You will certainly hear the benefits of an external DAC even with no so expensive phones.   Phones can certainly not render what the source of sound does not deliver. With an external DAC you care for the source. I am using the Dragonfly 1.2 with great satisfaction. Invest also into good...

DanBa: There was such an attempt, but it was unsuccessful. eXtream Software Development (i.e. UAPP software house) has developed a USB audio service that other music players can use to stream their decoded audio to USB DAC, but the other developers have not finally followed up.   Read the...

The people at JRiver,  the best known media center under Windows, have managed to write a WDM driver, which redirects the sound from any application to the JRiver program, so all sources on the Windows PC benefit from the sound qualities and the sound revamping capabilities of the program. Data...

  Hmmm... in French we way: on ne peut être sûr de rien - you cannot be sure of anything. Also technological miracles must be questionned.   I am just repeating what I read about volume control.   Now, I also observe that the volume of applications other than UAPP are automatically set to...

As to that Galaxy S5 - Dragonfly affair...  (http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/5415#post_10917251)   I always plug the OTG cable with the DAC first, before starting any audio app. This is an evidence for me. What changed in the second series of tests: in case the...

  Thank you for your help. I did real life testing, which did take some time, since I do not only listen to my smartphone... I can live with the residual problems and send you the following comments as a feed-back.   The unpredictability of the connection of the Dragonfly to the Galaxy S5...

The information about USB digital audio above is very useful. More extended it could help cooling down the overheated discussions about cables... I personally would like to read more. - What are the specificities of USB audio data transmission? I suppose there is no control on the quality of...

Dragonfly on Samsung Galaxy S5 most unstable Dragonfly 1.2 Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 4.4.2 Micro to USB OTG cable from Hama, both 2.0 and 3.0 Apps: TuneIn, Spotify, UAPP and various specialized radio and videocasts IE Grado Gr10, Grado R1, Koss Porta Pro Symptom: sometimes it...