[Jbucla2005]

As a source for my Fosi BT20A Pro amp, I'm comparing the Dragonfly Black with the Apogee Duet 2. The Dragonfly Black was connected with solid silver IC's and an Audioquest RCA-mini adaptor. The Duet 2 is connected with home made TS male -> RCA male adaptors (with very short wires made with Mogami 2549 cable). The Duet 2 sounds very nice but has a little bit of a flat sound, lacking in harmonic richness, and it's a bit boring. I assume this is because it's for mixing. The Dragonfly Black sounds very nice as well, but has loose, weak bass. I'm wondering if there is a better alternative to both of these under $300, or preferably less than $100. Dragonfly Red? I don't need to use it as a portable device. I will be using USB with my computer. I need something capable of 192kHz/24bit for hi res lossless Apple Music.

 

[Jbucla2005]

I plugged the Dragonfly into the analog inputs of the Duet. Boosted the gain of the inputs by 6dB and reduced the speaker output of the Duet by 6dB. Somehow, it sound pretty good this way. The bass and control is better with the duet as a pre-amp.

 

[HWB3]

I have both the Black and the Red. The Red is an improvement over the Black.