Apogee Groove

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USB 2.0 DAC and Headphone Amplifier

  • Up to 24 bit / 192 kHz
  • ESS Sabre DA- converter
  • 4 DACs per channel for highest dynamic range
  • A-Synchronous Clocking
  • Multi-color LED for status and level display
  • Frequency range (+/- 0.2 dB): 10 Hz to 20 kHz
  • Dynamic range (a-weighted): 117 dB
  • THD+N: -107 dB at 600 Ohm load, 16 dBu
  • THD+N: -100 dB at 30 Ohm load, 10.5 dBu
  • Max. output level: 225 mW at 30 ohms, 40 mW at 600 ohms
  • USB bus powered
  • Aluminium housing
  • System Requirements: Mac OSX 10.8 or later (no driver required), Windows 7 or later, 32 and 64-bit (driver download required)
  • Dimensions (L x W x H): 95 x 30 x 16 mm
  • Includes connection cables A and C and a transport bag
Available since June 2015
Item number 364991
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Recording / Playback Channels 0x2
Number of Mic Inputs 0
Number of Line Inputs 0
Instrument Inputs 0
Number of Line Outs 0
Headphone Outs 1
Phantom power No
Number of S/PDIF Connectors 0
Number of ADAT Connectors 0
Numer of AES/EBU Connectors 0
Number of MADI Connectors 0
Ethernet 0
Other Connectors No
MIDI interface No
Word Clock No
Max. sample rate (kHz) 192 kHz
Max. resolution in bit 24 bit
USB Bus-Powered Yes
Incl. power supply No
USB Version 2.0
Width in mm 95 mm
Depth in mm 30 mm
Height in mm 16 mm
Connection Format USB port Micro B
Number of stereo channels 1
Output Level Adjustment Per Channel 1
Amount Of Inputs 1
Included in delivery USB cable
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898 AED 226,05 €
Plus 277 AED shipping
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A bit overpriced but nevertheless great DAC/Amp
Anonymous 21.02.2017
I bought this to use with my Sennheiser HD-650s and my Mac Mini. It works great, the build quality is excellent, the volume buttons are very sturdy, the led lights are helpful, the audio out jack is tight.

The most important one: the audio quality is simply perfect. But to be honest, the audio out of my Mac Mini is almost that good and the Mac Mini drives the high impedance HD-650 without any problems with volume slider at 50% already loud enough to hurt me ears. The only difference I could find so far is the Groove has a bit more detail and clarity in the bass region. But I would have to listen really hard to tell the difference. In my opinion it's a bit overpriced considering it improves my Mac Mini audio output only so slightly. If you have higher impedance headphones, e.g. 600 Ohm it might be another story though. It also gets slightly hot under normal operation which I understand is not unexpected.

Apogee Groove is a nice audio interface that gives me confidence I am listening to the very best audio quality possible, however it's a bit expensive for the slight improvement it offers over high quality embedded audio as in the Apple computers. Anyway, I am giving it max score because the sound quality is absolutely perfect and that's what people would buy it for.
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Great for what it does !
Konodo 05.05.2019
This is the best portable DAC I have found, really good sound quality for low latency... The only thing you should ask yourself is: do I need it ?

Because without the DAC, using Asio4All and the builtin soundcard can be enough for a lot of use. This is maybe a bit pricy for just a little improvement in sound quality ?

If you need to mix/master on the go, that might be really useful though.

If I had to find a con, I would say the Apogee gets very hot very quickly. It's apparently normal, but it's good to highlight.
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Thabang "VVS" Madia 30.09.2021
This unit sounds great and drives my HD650 headphones with ease.
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Good DAC
Alex Raptis 14.03.2020
Really good and portable DAC. Kinda pricey, but quality is ensured.
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