![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I switched back and forth several times between Dragonfly Red and the 3.5mm jack and my impressions stayed consistent. First thing I did was to turn down the volume when using the 3.5mm jack because I thought louder volume via the 3.5mm jack could be a key factor in it seeming to sound better than via the Dragonfly Red. Immediately and quite surprisingly, the sound seemed more expansive, yet also more refined in tone. I was listening via my 14" MBP / Dragonfly Red DAC in a coffee shop when it occurred to me to plug my cheap and cheerful Sennheiser HD 400S directly into the Macbook's 3.5mm headphone jack. I know there are definitely better sounding portable DACs around, but the Dragonfly Red has a punchy and reasonably refined sound that I've found to better the built-in DACs in most laptops. Typically, I listen to streamed music from PC or Mac laptops via an Audioquest Dragonfly Red. BUT, the output via the 3.5mm jack on a 2021+ Macbook Pro 14" sounds REALLY good. ![]() I'm not a huge stickler for mobile sound quality as I'm usually listening in loud environments such as coffee shops anyhow. ![]()
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