[pdrm360]

  I used LCD-2 as the headphone and,
 
1. Dragonfly alone
2. Dragonfly + Asguard amp
3. Dragonfly + Hifiman EF5 Tube amp
 
The difference is minimum. I doubt if my ears are insensitive. 

 
IMO, the DragonFly (alone) cannot drive a LCD-2 very well. 

 

[RUMAY408]

  I used LCD-2 as the headphone and,
 
1. Dragonfly alone
2. Dragonfly + Asguard amp
3. Dragonfly + Hifiman EF5 Tube amp
 
The difference is minimum. I doubt if my ears are insensitive. 

 
Those are light weight amps so really not a big suprise.  If you want to go with the Schiit, Lyr would be minimum and Mjolnir preferable.

 

[mrscotchguy]

IMO, the DragonFly (alone) cannot drive a LCD-2 very well. 

I cannot say that I have much expertise in that department, but we demo'd the LCD-3 on a DF at the request of the owner of the venue at the meetup. We were all amazed that the DF had no problems powering the LCD-3. Was it the best pairing? No, but it didn't suck. If you're buying "end game" headphones, why settle on an DAC/amp combo designed for travel use? Just sayin....

 

[wenyuanalive]

   
Those are light weight amps so really not a big suprise.  If you want to go with the Schiit, Lyr would be minimum and Mjolnir preferable.

man you are rich! Without the chance of actually listening to them, I have to give it some serious thoughts before spending $1000+. don't know why Schiit doesn't have any dealer in big cities like Chicago. 
 

I cannot say that I have much expertise in that department, but we demo'd the LCD-3 on a DF at the request of the owner of the venue at the meetup. We were all amazed that the DF had no problems powering the LCD-3. Was it the best pairing? No, but it didn't suck. If you're buying "end game" headphones, why settle on an DAC/amp combo designed for travel use? Just sayin....

 
There's definitely no problem in terms of powering.  I believe pdrm360's point is DF doesn't drive LCD2 to to its full potential.

 

[Dumbleroar]

I've got this dac/amp and am loving it so far. My only niggle is that it doesn't automatically change the sample rate. I know if you use bit perfect with itunes it will do this, great. My problem is that itunes won't play flac files. Is there any other player with an add on i can use which is similar to bit perfect for the mac? Seems to be more choice for windows. 

 

[RUMAY408]

  I've got this dac/amp and am loving it so far. My only niggle is that it doesn't automatically change the sample rate. I know if you use bit perfect with itunes it will do this, great. My problem is that itunes won't play flac files. Is there any other player with an add on i can use which is similar to bit perfect for the mac? Seems to be more choice for windows. 

 
Amarra,  just try it for free for two weeks via their web site.  If you try it let me know what you think. 

 

[longbowbbs]

Amarra Download:
 
http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarra

 

[DannyBai]

I have Fidelia, BitPerfect and Amarra and the latter has worked the best for me.  

 

[Dumbleroar]

Amarra,  just try it for free for two weeks via their web site.  If you try it let me know what you think. 

I like it. Not so sure about the price tag. It says I can get a 15% discount but I notice it was on special offer in August for $99. I always miss special offers. I'm sure it's worth the price tag though. Very impressed.

 

[fredrikhasth]

hey i am thinking of pairing the dragonfly with a note 2 . set up note2>>dragonfly>>C&C bh2>>Yuin pk1  
 
anyone know if this would work? also will dragontail make any diffrence  does it have any other purpose then making the cord longer?  or can i use any usb extender?
 
or should i go for meridian or something else instead?

 

[daerron]

Repurchased the Dragonfly again today at cost price. This one is for the office to use with my Yamaha HPH-200. My local hifi shop was busy clearing a couple of these from their inventory. Must say this one sounds better than the first one I had and also seems to have no issue with USB 3.0 playback unlike my previous one. Starting to wonder whether the first one I got might have been faulty or perhaps there have been a couple of firmware tweaks since then? Will give some more thoughts after the unit has a couple of hours on it.

 

[Bostonears]

  will dragontail make any diffrence  does it have any other purpose then making the cord longer?  or can i use any usb extender?

The Dragontail is just a short USB extension cord. Any USB extension cord will work the same. This one at Amazon is a popular substitute.

 

[Krutsch]

  Repurchased the Dragonfly again today at cost price. This one is for the office to use with my Yamaha HPH-200. My local hifi shop was busy clearing a couple of these from their inventory. Must say this one sounds better than the first one I had and also seems to have no issue with USB 3.0 playback unlike my previous one. Starting to wonder whether the first one I got might have been faulty or perhaps there have been a couple of firmware tweaks since then? Will give some more thoughts after the unit has a couple of hours on it.

 
I exchanged mine (see earlier in this thread) because I could hear distortion at line-level output.  My new one doesn't have that problem, so I would guess that they have made changes from previous editions/versions.

 

[Dumbleroar]

I'm having issues with foobar which I'm trying to use at work. I've installed the wasapi plugin on windows 7, but the dragonfly isn't changing colours. I'm guessing that its still using the windows mixer but I can't figure foobar out. First time using it

 

[Dumbleroar]

Aha I had to go to the playback option a d change it there! Knew it had to be something simple like that!