Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly?

I got one for my wife to upgrade her computer audio. It is a very large upgrade compared to straight mini-RCA. That's with Itunes in Apple lossless. I'D imagine a further upgrade with Pure Music or similar product. We also use it with ear phones and again it's a substantial upgrade from just the mini-microphone port out. Obviously it's small and portable meaning you can travel with it. My wife, who loves music and tolerates the Hifi stuff, loves it.

For the money it offers a lot. You would probably have to spend around a 1000 dollars for better sonics. Other devices do have more connection options.
FWIW, my system is Atma-sphere MP3 to Atmashere S30 to Zu Soul Superfly.
Out of curiousity, we compared it to my analog set up, (Technics SP10 in a OMA slate plinth with a Graham phantom and Koetsu Jade) lisening to identical Billy Holliday songs. Was it close? Ahhhh, no. Nor should it be at the huge price difference. But the fact that the dragonfly sound was good enough to make me wonder speaks volumes.

Sfar, good one.

Johnny regarding the miniplug comment I made I guess I was thinking about a $250 device and a cable that costs almost as much just to be able to use it would make it less cost effective.

Also I wonder about the quality of the connection of the miniplug.

No big deal and I do still wonder how the Dragonfly stacks up against the Musicstreamer II which you can use RCA ICs with that you have at home already (most of us)

OK OK I am cheap! I said it!

my two cents...

Philojet: I'm also cheap but am addicted to good cables. I already mentioned a couple of excellent stereo mini-to-RCA iPod style interconnects, and I own some of each. The first is the Zu Audio Mission iPod cable. This is a cable designed to sell somewhere around $200. Yet Zu and other storefronts put up new or slightly used ones on eBay all the time. If you check the completed auctions you'll see that people are picking up 1M examples for anywhere from $25-45. These are *excellent* interconnects--fast, clean, smooth, full-bodied.

The other is an AudioQuest blowout at MusicDirect.com. I picked up one of these, a 3M AQ mini-5, retail $209, yours on closeout for $59. It's superb, and a gift at $59. If you need more length, here's an 8-meter mini-3 at the same price.

And if you need still more flexibility and length, go here for a selection of AQ mini-3 and mini-5 mini-to-mini cables (male at both ends) and a mini-plug extension cord (female and male).

If you want to use interconnects you already have, get one of these or something like it. $12.95 gets you the adapter at the mini-5 level of conductor--PSC+ (PCOCC six-nines copper with gold-plated connectors).

As to the Dragonfly's connectors, they're first-rate: silver-plated and thick and sturdy. Sliding that AQ mini-5 cable into the Dragonfly's stereo mini feels slick and secure.

I haven't listened to the HRT Music Streamer II, but the October 2012 issue of Stereophile is a Recommended Components issue. According to them, the Dragonfly is a Stereophile Class B component, same as the $500 HRT Music Streamer Pro, while the Music Streamer II and II+ are both Class C.

How does the Music Streamer II compare to the Dragonfly? One would think that a USB connection would be better then a single wire. Anybody make a comparison yet? Does the Music Streamer II bypass your computer DAC like the Dragonfly does?