AudioQuest – DragonFly Black USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier With Apple Lightning To USB 3 Camera Kit

Stellar Sound, Great Versatility, Simple Ease of Use: AudioQuest DragonFly Black USB DAC/Headphone Amp Plays With Authoritative Realism, Includes Apple Adapter Kit

Playing music on your computer, laptop, stereo, smartphone, tablet, or powered speakers becomes exponentially better, more authoritative, and stunningly lifelike with the groundbreaking AudioQuest DragonFly Black USB DAC/headphone amplifier, bundled here with an Apple Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera adapter for instant Apple compatibility. A Stereophile Recommended Component and Product of the Year, Sound & Vision Top Pick, Hi-Fi News Outstanding Product, Computer Audiophile CASH recipient, Audiostream Favorite Greatest Bit, and a product The Absolute Sound Editor Robert Harley calls “the single-most important step someone can make toward better sound,” DragonFly Black sets new benchmarks for how much performance, portability, and flexibility is possible at this price from an asynchronous USB DAC.

Offering tremendously enhanced sound, higher value, and significantly lower power consumption than the original award-winning DragonFly for a lower cost, DragonFly Black even works with Apple and Android phones and tablets when paired with a simple adapter. Most importantly, this versatile DAC improves everything – detail, transparency, immediacy, richness, tone – associated with your music. And Black plays everything from MP3s to 24-bit/96kHz high-resolution files with spectacular simplicity and ease of use. Lest we forget, it doubles as a serious headphone amplifier and comes with our 100% Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee.

“DragonFly Red and Black are the finest examples of everyman hi-fi to ever grace these pages. Their value quotients explode the dial.”
—John Darko, DigitalAudioReview.net, Knockout Award

“[For] someone listening to the computer’s output, adding a DragonFly Black is without a doubt the greatest bang for the buck in all of audio.”
—Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound, Editors’ Choice Award

“Though clearly cut from the same cloth – the v1.2’s strict balance, rhythmic intelligence and joie de vivre reveals itself in its successor – the Black makes ground on the legacy sound with more insight and dynamic impetus.”
—What Hi-Fi?, five-star review and Best USB DAC Under £100

“If, like me, you only very occasionally want to hook up your computer, smartphone, or tablet to some high-quality headphones or a hi-fi system, the Black is probably going to be more than adequate for your needs and offers exceptional value.”
—Andrew Everard, Hi-Fi News, Outstanding Product review

“Both of AudioQuest’s new DragonFlys offer high value and high sound quality—and I’m more than a little excited at the prospect of the upgradability of their software. Very strongly recommended.”
—Art Dudley, Stereophile

DragonFly Black: The Best Overall Under-$100 USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier Available
There’s simply no better overall under-$100 DAC/headphone amp on the market than DragonFly Black. Anchored by a 32-bit ESS 9010 Sabre DAC, and boasting the same first-rate headphone amp and analog volume control as the Product of the Year Award-winning DragonFly v1.2, Black outputs 1.2 volts – enough energy to drive all preamplifier input circuits and modestly efficient ‘phones. Upgradeable and ready for future protocol developments via complimentary desktop applications, Black sounds better than any previous DragonFly, costs much less, and adds smartphone compatibility to the mix. You’ll be stunned at how massive an improvement Black makes to your digital files.

Instant Apple Compatibility Via the Supplied Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera Adapter Kit
The supplied Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera adapter allows instant compatibility with your iOS devices, and even lets you charge your device during playback. For Android, a Made for Android (OTG) adapter, such as the AudioQuest DragonTail USB Adapter, is required.