ohenriquez
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Dear Members
The guys from Sound Lab in Auckland New Zealand kindly allowed me to do a comparison
I compared both today in my S7 Edge and I, of course, used OTG adaptor. I used Audioquest NightHawk headphones
I used music FLAC files with Poweramp and Spotify
I did not notice any difference in audio quality. The sound was just the same. The sound coming from my Samsung S7 edge with the headphones was the same as the sound when using Dragonfly DACs.
When I used the red, the volume was actually lower (I had read this in the forums already)
The guys from the store told me that the devices had the "latest firmware update" and that there was no need to buy a dedicated app in order to use Dragonfly DAC (I told them about Audio Player Pro)
I checked the Dragonfly light status and was Magenta: 96000.0 Hz (when playing some DAC files)
I spent at least 40 minutes trying to find a difference in sound
Not sure whether the OTG adaptor was not the best quality and if I should buy the official that Audioquest sells (I don't think the reason is the quality of the OTG adaptor used as the DAC light was Magenta?)
Sadly, in view of this, I did not buy them
I am sure that there is something that I am missing as I have read glowing reviews that say that the quality of sound definitively improves. I also think that the DAC in the Samsung S7 edge has inferior quality than the Dragonfly Black one.
I also wonder whether the dragonfly may improve the listening experience in my car or when using my Marshall Stanmore (playing music in my Samsung S7 and using an auxiliary cable connected from the Dragonfly to the car or speaker). I normally stream my FLAC files to my speaker with Chromecast and optical toslink cable (for that purpose I use Rocket Player as it has Chromecast support).
Any help would be appreciated
Best Regards
Omar
The guys from Sound Lab in Auckland New Zealand kindly allowed me to do a comparison
I compared both today in my S7 Edge and I, of course, used OTG adaptor. I used Audioquest NightHawk headphones
I used music FLAC files with Poweramp and Spotify
I did not notice any difference in audio quality. The sound was just the same. The sound coming from my Samsung S7 edge with the headphones was the same as the sound when using Dragonfly DACs.
When I used the red, the volume was actually lower (I had read this in the forums already)
The guys from the store told me that the devices had the "latest firmware update" and that there was no need to buy a dedicated app in order to use Dragonfly DAC (I told them about Audio Player Pro)
I checked the Dragonfly light status and was Magenta: 96000.0 Hz (when playing some DAC files)
I spent at least 40 minutes trying to find a difference in sound
Not sure whether the OTG adaptor was not the best quality and if I should buy the official that Audioquest sells (I don't think the reason is the quality of the OTG adaptor used as the DAC light was Magenta?)
Sadly, in view of this, I did not buy them
I am sure that there is something that I am missing as I have read glowing reviews that say that the quality of sound definitively improves. I also think that the DAC in the Samsung S7 edge has inferior quality than the Dragonfly Black one.
I also wonder whether the dragonfly may improve the listening experience in my car or when using my Marshall Stanmore (playing music in my Samsung S7 and using an auxiliary cable connected from the Dragonfly to the car or speaker). I normally stream my FLAC files to my speaker with Chromecast and optical toslink cable (for that purpose I use Rocket Player as it has Chromecast support).
Any help would be appreciated
Best Regards
Omar