AudioQuest DragonFly USB Digital-Audio Converter and Sydney Interconnect Sweepstakes
According to AudioQuest:
Beautiful Sound ... From Any Computer: DragonFly is an affordable and easy-to-use device that delivers far superior sound by bypassing the poor quality sound card that is built into your computer. DragonFly is a sleek, flash drive sized Digital-Audio Converter that connects to a USB jack on a Mac or Windows PC, turning any computer into a true high- fidelity music source.Whether you’re on the go or at home, listening on ear buds or connecting your computer to a stereo system, DragonFly reveals all the emotional expression and nuance that makes your favorite music, or movies, so enjoyable. However you connect it, DragonFly simply and easily makes any computer sound better.
Features:
Plays All Music Files: MP3 to 24-bit/192kHz
Drives Headphones Directly
Variable Output Drives Powered Speakers or Power Amp
Fixed Output Feeds Preamp or Receiver
Asynchronous Transfer Ensures Digital Timing Integrity
Two Clocks Enable Native Resolution Up To 24-bit/96kHzFor this special sweepstakes, included with DragonFly is a low-distortion AudioQuest Sydney analog interconnect cable with a 3.5mm "mini" plug at the DragonFly end and stereo RCAs at the other end. From AQ's Bridges & Falls series, Sydney is all that's required to connect DragonFly to a full-blown audio rig just like a traditional DAC or disc player, or directly to a power amplifier. Sydney employs superior materials and design, including solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors, air-tube insulation, and AudioQuest's 3-layer Noise-Dissipation System for low distortion and high performance.
Click here for more info from Audioquest.
To enter the sweepstakes, all you need is an account on this website. If you don't already have one, click on the link labeled "register" at the bottom of this announcement or "Create new account" in the right column (under the ads). Then, enter a username and a valid e-mail address, and click on the "Create new account" button. A message will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you specified, which will include a link to activate the account.
You can enter once on www.analogplanet.com, audiostream.com, hometheater.com, innerfidelity.com and/or stereophile.com. No more than one entry allowed per website.
The final step (and only step for those who already have an account) is to log in and leave a comment right here on this announcementany comment will do, as long as it's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize. So post a comment, and good luck!
For complete sweepstakes rules, click here.
[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]
I've read a lot of good reviews for the DragonFly USB DAC and would love to get my hands on one.
I've heard good things about it!
I'd love one. :)
All I have to do is leave a comment, and I could win an Audioquest DragonFly USB Digital-Audio Converter and Sydney Interconnect (MSRP $478) you say? That would be awesome!
I wanted one dragonfly audio converter, but can't afford one...
And I do especially like the Dragonfly's color changes for different sample rates.
Thank you :D !
I would love to own and put to good use both these devices.
i haven't heared the dragonfly, but i won't mind winning it though
With DACs becoming more of a target for 'getting it right' it will be interesting to hear how this little unit fairs.
JJ
I am new to DACs and my dad is looking for one! Maybe i'll try this one out, due to it's apparent ease to use.
Love the blog! Long time reader. Saving my pennies for that blue hawaiian.
Count me in.
Well lets try my luck here. I'm sort of curious with the Audioquest product and on whether they're really good.
Or Spam, either.
Nice! I want one of these. I've always been looking at the reviews for this DAC and its safe to say that i am very curious to know how it really compares with the other sub $1000 Dollar DACs I've owned and heard.
I would love one :)
hope I'm lucky
If the Audioquest Dragonbly has such a good DAC already, what's the point of an interconnect?
Just got my power back from the hurricane and I'm thinking this would be a nice device to have in the next hurricane/power outage!
This DAC would go great with Noontec Zoros
This would be perfect to use with my computer!
I have been looking at this DAC for awhile.
Please sign me up.
Thank you.
Just in the past year I've gotten some decent phones. I've been running the juice from my Macbook Pro via a mini-port to hdmi connection / Pioneer receiver. The sound is quite good, but I'd love to "up the quality". I've been curious about DACs and dedicated amps, but haven't tried any. This sounds promising. Thanks. I enjoy this site. :)
Ready and waiting!
I could definitely use them there promotional products, yo'.
Looks great I could use one.
clever witticism!
Beautiful device. Thank you for the sweepstakes.
;-)
Haven't read too many reviews on this but will look into it now.
Thanks.
Really want it, thanks Jon :)
This. Is. Gold. Thank you for the opportunity!
I want it!!
Aside from the volume control bug with Vista, this is a very good entry level DAC.
The versatility gained from the small form factor really makes this DAC/amp a standout.
Let's hope newer generations will come at a lower price point. You need to hit the $99 threshold to make this an impulse buy and really drive volume.
In the meantime, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these.
Got a Dragonfly a few weeks to use while traveling. Listen to KCSM FM Jazz on my MacBook Pro while on long flights (Go-Go Wi-Fi, Shure 535 IEMs), to listen to my iTunes library and to use my Mac with a Foxl speaker in hotel rooms. The Dragonfly makes a huge difference in the audio quality from my Mac. Now I would like a Dragonfly to keep on my home system. I know, I'm greedy, but I would still like two. This is an amazing product!
Got a Dragonfly a few weeks to use while traveling. Listen to KCSM FM Jazz on my MacBook Pro while on long flights (Go-Go Wi-Fi, Shure 535 IEMs), to listen to my iTunes library and to use my Mac with a Foxl speaker in hotel rooms. The Dragonfly makes a huge difference in the audio quality from my Mac. Now I would like a Dragonfly to keep on my home system. I know, I'm greedy, but I would still like two. This is an amazing product!
I wanna win!
That Dragonfly is on the short list of DACs I've been considering for a while, and that a fine lookin' cable.
I'll throw my hat in on this one.
I'd love to get a chance to have one of these units, and the interconnects are just icing on the cake.
here's my entry
Thanks for this opportunity. I wish the device sounds as good as it looks.
This would be a nice beginning DAC for me.
Looks like a great product
pant, pant
have it... nao?
Is this giveaway open to international readers?
You just made me create an account, so it better be.
Alright, how many entries will there be?
Ahoy! I hope I'm picked.
Pick me:)
heard one and really liked it
I believe that everyone would want one.
Thank you for the contest and the great content!
Would love this little DAC. Just what im looking for.
...is good for the soul.
Would be awesome with my music. Thanks!
I want.
Would like to hear one of these, in for an entry. :)
upping my post count...
Mr. PITA here....Why Don't You Start Calling Me Gordon!!!
I would love hearing that DAC!
This would be awesome
Really great site that I enjoy reading a lot!
Wow, what a great offer!
Commenting.
Pick me! Pick Me!
Quick, toss me the sweepstakes prize!
Wow! I was saving up to buy dragonfly! Hopefully I win this!
It's mine.....
just what i need
I would love a Dragonfly.
Daddy needs a new DAC!
heard good things about the dragonfly!
This would be a good chance =)
Did I win?
This would be massively helpful for me. Instead of using a headphone out.. I could be using this!
Just so happens I'm looking for a new DAC...
I read a positive review of this on head-fi, so consider me entered.
I would like to win.
Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
Please, please.
but i want in anyways
Here's my entry.
"Sounds" great!
I like the way this is designed, at least from a visual approach. Now if I could get my hands on one (hmm... haha) then I guess I'd be able to review personally how I like it. I could compare it to my Music Streamer II+ and Emotiva XPA DACs. Very interesting though, and thanks for the chance to try this out!
Why not?
1 entry please!
Really excited to get my hands on a DragonFly, one way or another!
Profane and spam :)
Anything that helps with the monetary strain this ridiculous hobby requires I openly welcome and shamelessly pursue. Only a brief year ago I could not fathom spending as much time as I now do scouring the internet in search of better treble extension with an airy soundstage presenting more accurate instrument separation in a headphone costing 75% the cost of the laptop I was researching it on. How the times have changed.
.. look absolutely fantastic injected to the side of my Lenovo laptop! Also it would properly make my headphones sound significantly better as well! I can haz?
This sweepstake is only open for residents of the US...
/sad Canadian =(
Great prize
Since I'am from Russia.. I'd rather know an honest Tyll's opinion about Dragonfly...
My sound card is ancient and I could certaintly use an upgrade. Please sign me up.
Thank you for the chance
It would be amazing to get one of these as I have been looking for a DAC! Thanks for the sweepstakes!
Would really like to try it out.
Looking forward to winning the Dragonfly!
This would be perfect for my office.
This looks so sweet..In need of a good dac to feed my Crack.Give it to me already :P
I never win anything.
I've read many reviews for DACs based on es9023 from ESS Tech and also auditioned ODAC myself. The sound is very good with plenty of details and awesome resolution. I would say a budget heaven. Would be nice to have such a small DAC/Amplifier combo for portable listening.
Great website, great sweepstakes, would love to win the Dragonfly DAC!
Nice to see an add-on that not only improves the sound but actually adds functionality. Makes the Dragonfly an excellent option as a stand-alone DAC.
Please
I would love to win this item. Here's to wishful thinking! Good luck everyone.
great promo!!! all i need now is a good luck kiss!
I've always wanted to try one of these!
Nice interconnects
Yes me like
I'd love to win it!
Would love to compare the dragonfly to my 4 other dacs.
This lil' FLY looks so sweet and probably sound even more so.
left!
please
I'm not satisfied with the Fiio E10, i'd love one too
They sound amazing!
I'm in!
hope it sounds great
Awesome. I'd love one
I have a lot of AudioQuest products, mostly cables. Would love to try this one some time.
I've been eyeing the Dragonfly for sometime. I'll donate my Headroom Totalbit Head if I win it. Sorry Tyll ;)
much easier to setup than a on-board card and hopefully better SQ.
Hope I can win
Sounds like a great item. I'm in! Thanks so much.
MGbert
pendulum is my favorite band in the world.
I have a cow-orker with one of these, and it sounds pretty great on the occasions I've played with it. I'd love to get one for myself.
This would be my first outboard DAC, I have always depended on the computer to do the processing. Please allow me to benefit from a much better DAC.
Thank you, Brad.
Beautiful!!! Wow I really want this!!!!!!
What can I say? This thing's been getting some pretty amazing reviews, especially for something as smal as a flash drive. I'd love to get one.
Hmm...what's the chance of me winning
Sounds great. As I just gave my DAC away when moving overseas I'll gladly use this baby.
Would love this for my laptop.
Keeping my fingers crossed, but not my cables.
More and More i find myself sitting in front of linux machines and
it sure would be nice if it works.
Thank you for this opportunity. Please count me in.
Fingers crossed!
Would love to hear it. Thanks for offering this contest.
This would make my home computer setup sweeet!
Would be nice to own one of those.
I would be happy to give a dragonfly a loving home :)
Play my GBs worth of audio files with audiophile quality? Sign me up
This device would greatly enhance my system. Please pick me. Thank you!
would love to win it.
Winning an AudioQuest DragonFly would be great! Enter me!
The Dragonfly is terrific with NFM's like the B&W MM-1's and with high quality headphones like the Sennheiser HD650's. The Sydneys would be great to connect the DF to a great desktop amp like my Decware CSP2+. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to listen to music from my PC with better sound quality!
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