My favorite portable hi-fi accessory is back, but I think it’s missed a trick — the AudioQuest DragonFly DAC was my go-to for great-sounding music on the go, and I heard the new version in action, but it's made one key upgrade mistake
THE SO WHAT
Incremental spec bumps in legacy form factors are getting harder to justify when user workflows have shifted to phones and USB-C everything. Hardware teams clinging to old industrial designs should assume attach rates will fall unless they align with current device ecosystems and power/port realities.
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