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Stereophile – Apogee Groove Review

Apogee Electronics Groove D/A headphone amplifier – By Jon Iverson • Posted: Dec 22, 2015

“Right off the bat, through the Sennheiser HD600s, the Groove revealed every detail of [Christy] Moore’s great voice, each breath and reverb tail clear to the end. More than with the other headphones, this combination made the microphone’s own character abundantly obvious. With the DragonFly, Cambridge DacMagic, and Audioengine D3, I had to max the volume to get a proper level, and when I did, the loss of detail and, again, the compressed dynamics were apparent.”

“What I’ve learned: Among the five pint-size, USB-powered DAC-headphone amps I had on hand, the Apogee Groove excelled at pushing high-impedance headphones like the Sennheiser HD600s, and just sounded better with anything I hooked up to it. Dynamics opened up, and details were more clearly defined.”