Music for the Masses.
Two main questions arise and will be addressed in this review. First, how do the DragonFlys Red and Cobalt compare? Second, is the 2016 DragonFly Red still current or have the competitors overtaken Gordon Rankin’s innovation?
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The KBEAR Neon is a unique midcentric set, featuring good timbre, isolation and technicalities.
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I would draw a line in the sand and claim that the Eagle is the lowest-priced dongle with true premium sound. This is, of course, subjective.
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Kudos to Blon for designing something really different.
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The $109 Hidizs S9 Pro is a very powerful, linear, and good sounding portable headphone DAC & amp that features single-ended and balanced circuits.
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The BLON MINI is a V shaped budget set with above average technicalities, but has some slight issues in timbre and tonality.
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The Whizzer HE01 features a warm mild V shaped tuning, and is an all rounder single DD set that scores good marks in tonality, timbre and technicalities.
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The $85 Shanling UA2 is a $200 dongle with a thinner midrange. Probably hard to beat in its class.
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When ideally paired – and if you are lucky enough for your ears to physically accept them for you – BL01 are monumentally good all rounders.
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The DragonFly Cobalt is a “piece-of-mind” product. It has its price but you cannot go wrong as it offers the best compromise between sound quality, amplification, and power consumption.
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The KBEAR KS1 is a well done bassy V shaped set, featuring good timbre and tonality. It features a warm and analoguish non fatiguing tuning.
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The Earmen Sparrow is the best-sounding dongle I have tested too far…but also the most expensive.
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The Aune Jasper is a single-dynamic-driver earphone with a natural timbre that caused me severe fit issues because of its short nozzles, which also strongly affected my sound perception. You better read the above review first.
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