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Quality


The sound quality is fantastic and because it is class compliant it interfaces perfectly with my macbook air and imac


Its sleek and the build quality is top notch


That said youll get the best out of it with studio monitor quality headphones but it even makes ear buds sound better


Sound quality is as you would expect outstanding

Price


Notes the price is higher than other usb dacs but it is worth it


The apogee is worth every penny of its retail price

Packaging/appearance


It does everything youd think and more and it arrives in apple design packaging with a nice little carry bag and the cord


Initial thoughts i found the groove to have rather sparse packaging


I was pleasantly surprised to notice that the c5s2s which sound great for listening to music but have a profile not suitable fo...  Read More

Competitiveness


Whether a quiet classical piece or boomy edm remix these adapt very well on their own


This is my first purchase of a portable dac and amp to drive my beyerdynamic dt 1350


Sounds great through both of my headphones as well a 10year old set of akg k240s and beyerdynamic dt 880 pros


2 nuforce udac 2 and 3 audioengine d3 and meridian explorer

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 122 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 22 2021.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Get the groove and hear what you’ve been missing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It turned out that dacmagic power was simply not enough to uncover my headphones potential


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    All these cons are insignificant when you consider the audio quality


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have owned the audioquest dragonfly v1


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The groove is practically equal to 2 outs on the symphony


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My needs were for a portable dac that could be used both at work and for ontheroad where i often have to edit podcasts without a chance to get back to my main setup


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The good apogee is known for their quality and this will further their reputation installation on mac os was instant compared to the noisy output on my macbook this thing is dead silent


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was pleasantly surprised to notice that the c5s2s which sound great for listening to music but have a profile not suitable for editing well on the go had a response not far from the sonys when connected to the groove

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