Great review Adam!  How does it drive EL-8C?  Now, that would be a good test   Really like how it has a dedicated volume control, so useful especially with a laptop!

Its a match that you should hear it pairs well with just about anything I tried it with. It is power hungery but for a dedictaed laptop unit you cant go wrong with it.

Great work! I like the volume control as well since I hate controlling volume in Windows.

Nice "Over The Top" reference as well

Nice Review

Nice review Adam. This is becoming a very crowded market segment, w/ the Explorer, Dragonfly1.2, numerous Fiio products, and especially the GO 1000, which is now going for $199, and which has way more amp power than the Groove. Things are heating up,and it should be very interesting in the next 6 months or so. Cheers.