![]() ![]() This award-winning DAC can also double-up as a high-fidelity music player. It is small, pocketable, and can take a beating. Very nice build quality with good performance when used in the right system gets my recommendation.The DragonFly is one of the best DACs if you want to boost your phone’s audio. I really appreciated the reduction in noise and distortion, as well as the increased sound staging capabilities. If you use it in a strong sounding system and turn your amp up a little bit louder you can get reasonable levels of bass and dynamics. I would have liked a little bit of a cleaner sound here, however.Īside from the lack of power and slightly reduced bass capabilities, i really like the Musou dac. The sound was fairly thick, organic and fatigue free. While listening to the Jazz Messengers recording track number 5, i noticed a reduction in noise which enabled me to clear the window into the left hand side of the sound stage, thus giving a better illusion of space and liveliness. Very impressive show for such an inexpensive dac! The stage seemed slightly expanded and maybe even a little more three dimensional. I also enjoyed the interplay between the saxophone and the trumpet. The brassiness that i heard on this selection was just gorgeous to listen to. There was enough, however, that i felt i could bruise my ears if i played it loud enough. Listening to track number one i felt like the overall dynamics and bass were shelved down a slight bit. Germain Tourist is an excellent cd to test for dynamics and bass strength. The highs also seemed a little cleaner and less splashy. Better horizontal and vertical openness also contributed to this feeling of a "whole" sound stage. This gave a sense of increased "wholeness" to the sound stage. While listening to this track i definitely noticed improved separation. If your system suffers from imbalance or has excess distortion, you will hear it. The Stanley Turrentine selection can be hard to reproduce. The vocals were smooth, transparent and a tad forward sounding. To test for the purity of the mid range i listened to the Blue Note selection. ![]() The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia Volume 2, Track # 5, "Avila & Tequila". Germain, Tourist, Track # 1, "Rose Rouge".Ĥ. Stanley Turrentine, Look Out, Track # 7, "Tin Tin Deo".ģ. Blue Note Trip, Maestro, Track # 12, "Peggy Lee, Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much".Ģ. The main areas of improvement i noticed with this dac, was decreased distortion, slightly better separation and a unique ability to open up the interior of the sound stage to give us a slightly better "peak" into the performance.ġ. ![]() It provides electromagnetic noise free operation. The specs state that is uses 24-bit S/PDIF incoming bit stream on both left and right channels. It has both a coaxial and a toslink digital audio input as well as L/R audio outputs. It comes packaged in a nice tidy box with the main unit, a 5 volt DC power supply and the user's manual. It is small, but if you pick it up it seems to have a slight heft to it considering the tiny size. The Musou does have a trick up its sleeve, though, that is worth exploring. You may find that you have to turn up your amp louder to get the same volume levels. You can overcome this problem partially by using it in a powerful and dynamic system. One of the expected compromises of the inexpensive dac's is that you are simply not going to get the same sense of an increase in power and dynamics that you get with the more expensive models. The little Musou sells for around $10 and is available from as well as Ebay. Of course you can pay anywhere from $10 to thousands of dollars for this upgrade. The Musou digital to audio converter will do just that. One of the least expensive upgrades you can make for your cd player is to upgrade the dac. ![]()
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