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My Outlaw Audio 1050 receiver was pushing 20 years old, so it was time for an upgrade... While researching separate surround processors I noticed the Syn and decided to give it a go, along with a Monolith multichannel amp. The Syn offered a surprisingly good 5.1 surround experience with movies, but what was most surprising was how great it sounded with music! Just to do my due diligence I also gave the separate surround processor a go, but honestly the surround experience wasn't any better (albeit in my simple 5.1 system) and the Syn was much better with music. So the surround processor went back and the Syn is staying. The Syn is more of an audiophile product and I'm more of an audiophile than a videophile so YMMV, but if you you have a 5.1 system you might consider giving the Syn a try, you might be as pleasantly surprised as I was!

Whatever happened with this? I see here that LH ordered a Dragonfly 1.2 to test: Topic: RESPONSE NEEDED: Audioquest questions measurements (1/3) - Geek Temple - LH Labs Did LH ever measure the Dragonfly with the 1.2 version? If so, can someone point me to the results? Looks like the results here are still for the Dragonfly 1.0: Topic: Geek Out vs. the Others, 3rd Installment (1/2) - Geek Temple - LH Labs Thanks!

Good point. Also, the DF is Asynch USB. However, the DACport has substantially higher output for harder to drive headphones.

Hi, See figure 11 here: AudioQuest DragonFly USB D/A converter Measurements | Stereophile.com

Interesting. I was hoping someone would compare the USB-only Dragonfly to the QB9. No, I didn't expect the Dragonfly to be as good, but certainly the law of diminishing returns applies here. Especially to someone with 40-something ears, not owl or bat ears ... The march of technology continues!

I'm not finding the DragonTail available anywhere online or locally (USA) ... are they available for sale yet? They better hurry and get them out before it's too late for the Christmas rush! ;-)

Another product I would consider a high "value" product is the SqueezeBox (SB3 and Touch), which has unfortunately recently been discontinued by Logitech.

I'll second the DragonFly. What Ohm rating are your DT880's?