[wondroushippo]

  just followed up with the BC regional mgr:
my local retailer should have them in mid april.
 
will be interesting to see how these babies sound:
esp on something like the venerable ipod touch
or a current smartphone.
 
found out that our Cdn telco carriers might not be carrying the LG G5 bang/olufsen
dac/amp module...so just as i planned: this is the perfect substitute.

Nice, we might start seeing these next week if we're being optimistic! It does seem like everything's getting ramped up based on AQ's social media activity...

 

[willyvlyminck]

Any idea of the cost?

199 Euro in Germany

 

[canali]

  just followed up with the BC regional mgr:
my local retailer should have them in mid april.
 
will be interesting to see how these babies sound:
esp on something like the venerable ipod touch
or a current smartphone.
 
found out that our Cdn telco carriers might not be carrying the LG G5 bang/olufsen
dac/amp module...so just as i planned: this is the perfect substitute.

 
seems prices will be as listed in darko that i earlier posted from his CES show review:
new black US$100  Cdn $150
new turbo red US$200  Cdn $250

 

[god-bluff]

Have I made a mistake recently purchasing a Dragonfly v1.2 at £99 ? Should I have waited for the new Dragonfly Black?
 
Is the new Dragonfly an improvement in every way, at a lower price ?

 

[alpha421]

Return it and wait for the Black DF.  That's the expectation - better all around with the big bonus of using much less power, so much less battery drain when attached to a smartphone, which is how I'll be using it.

 

[god-bluff]

  Return it and wait for the Black DF.  That's the expectation - better all around with the big bonus of using much less power, so much less battery drain when attached to a smartphone, which is how I'll be using it.

Thanks may do, but does it have a corresponding reduction in power it outputs too ? 

 

[god-bluff]

Anyway, I have returned it. May look at the Black at £89.99 or the cheaper HRT dSp.

 

[Cam1975]

Any idea if the new dragonflys will work with a samsung note 5? which dragonfly (red or black) would be better paired with an AKG 7xx?

 

[wondroushippo]

  Any idea if the new dragonflys will work with a samsung note 5? which dragonfly (red or black) would be better paired with an AKG 7xx?

Does your Note 5 work with other USB DACs? If so, then they should work fine. And nobody outside of the people who got early units probably know about pairing quite yet.

 

[esm87]

Anybody heard the red?

 

[PhilW]

Anybody heard the red?

oh yes, back to back against old dragonfly. Night and day difference.

 

[esm87]

oh yes, back to back against old dragonfly. Night and day difference.

cheers i never got to test the old dragonfly as in a portablr guy. I use the cayin c5 with cheap sabre android dac. Maybe this red dragonflt is worth a pubt as it will greatly reduce my portable rig size lol

 

[esm87]

Excuse my grammar my phone is sensitive on touchscreen keypad lol

 

[pieman3141]

I was worried about the iPhone 7 possibly not having a headphone jack, but the Red (or Black) seems to fix things up well enough. I've already got a CCK cable. The power draw is a bit worrying, though, even at the reduced rate. I'd like to see comparisons between how much the difference in playback time is. If it's still around 30-40 hours on a decent smartphone, I just might pick one of these up when I upgrade.

 

[JWolf]

I was worried about the iPhone 7 possibly not having a headphone jack, but the Red (or Black) seems to fix things up well enough. I've already got a CCK cable. The power draw is a bit worrying, though, even at the reduced rate. I'd like to see comparisons between how much the difference in playback time is. If it's still around 30-40 hours on a decent smartphone, I just might pick one of these up when I upgrade.

 
The thing for everyone to do is to not buy the iPhone 7 if there is no headphone jack. Tell Apple you want the headphone jack back by not buying it. If nobody buys it, Apple will get the message.