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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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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The Shanling ME80 is a single-dynamic-driver earphone with a satisfying punchy bass, well extended treble, and good technicalities that will polarize listeners over its very spicy midrange.
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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 Helm DB12 is a powerful portable, battery-operated inline headphone amplifier that serves the sole purpose of adding 12 dB of linear gain to your audio signal…
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The Meze RAi Solo is a classy, well designed, well built, nimble single-dynamic driver earphone that offers great imaging with a focus on midrange reproduction.
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A fierce fight between two top single dynamic-drivers models: the JVC HA-FDX1, defender the title from Japan and the challenger Sennheiser IE 400 PRO from Germany. Will there be a clear winner?
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The BQEYZ Summer is a marginally warm, nimble, mid-centric earphone with well-dosed dynamics across the frequency spectrum that results in an easily digestible, appealing sonic signature with a good sense of ease.
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This writeup is foremost a small encyclopedia for my own comparison purposes and will always be work in progress. Feel free to bookmark it.
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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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The Sennheiser IE 300 is the company’s audiophile answer to their own PRO series. It is leaning strongly on the Sennheiser IE 400 PRO, sonically, with a warm and safe signature retaining the 400’s bass boost.
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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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