Four boxes from the High End Vienna 2026 floor are already in the Soundium catalogue as forthcoming, and they line up almost end to end: a reference streaming transport, a portable balanced DAC, the dongle that kicked off the whole dongle-DAC thing rebooted, and Cambridge Audio's most powerful one-box system yet. Prices run from €249.95 to €3,999. Short read on each below, plus who each one is actually for.
Eversolo T10
The T10 is a streaming transport, not a streamer-DAC: it pulls your music off the network and hands it to an outboard DAC as cleanly as it can, then gets out of the way. Successor to the T8, it adds an OCXO master clock with a 10 MHz external clock input, fully isolated digital outputs up to DSD512, 2.5G Ethernet and an 8.6-inch touchscreen. Two M.2 NVMe slots take up to 16 TB of local hi-res, so you can skip the NAS. The catch is the whole point of the thing: there's no internal DAC, so it only makes sense if you already own, or want to choose, the converter that defines your sound. €2,180, shipping July 2026.
iFi Audio iDSD GR 2
The iDSD GR 2 is iFi's pocket answer to desktop drive. As the successor to the xDSD Gryphon it pushes around 50% more power, up to 1,513 mW balanced, off a Burr-Brown PCM1795 DAC tuned warm rather than clinical, with both 4.4 mm balanced and 3.5 mm S-Balanced outputs and a colour OLED touchscreen. Bluetooth 5.4 covers aptX Lossless and LDAC, but it tops out at 16-bit/44.1 kHz, so plug in over USB-C when you want full hi-res. Battery runs about 7 hours; hybrid power lets a wall supply take over at the desk. €549, shipping June 2026.
AudioQuest DragonFly Copper
The DragonFly Copper is the first all-new model in AudioQuest's DragonFly line since 2019, and it revives the stick that started the dongle-DAC movement. The copper-plated case isn't only cosmetic: it drains RF noise off the signal. Inside sits a new 32-bit ESS Sabre ES9218 DAC and amp stage putting out up to 2.1 V, double any earlier DragonFly, Cobalt included, while drawing 25% less current. It's plug-and-play on phone, tablet or computer and ships with the USB-A to USB-C DragonTail adaptor. PCM tops out at 24-bit/96 kHz with no native DSD, which is the one spot a numbers-first buyer will look elsewhere, but for driving real headphones off a phone that was never the job. €249.95, shipping September 2026.
Cambridge Audio Evo 300
The Evo 300 is the most powerful all-in-one Cambridge Audio has built: streamer, ESS Sabre DAC, moving-magnet phono stage and a Hypex NCOREx amp doing 2 × 300 W into 8 ohms (2 × 550 W into 4) in one aluminium chassis. StreamMagic covers Spotify, TIDAL and Qobuz Connect, Roon Ready, AirPlay 2 and Chromecast; a single HDMI eARC brings the TV in; and the 7.8-inch screen is the brand's largest yet. Two limits worth knowing up front: the phono stage is moving-magnet only, so a moving-coil cartridge needs an outboard stage, and that lone eARC handles TV sound, not full home-cinema switching. €3,999, shipping June 2026.
Four different jobs, one floor: a transport for people who pick their own DAC, a portable for desk-and-pocket duty, a €249 reset of the original dongle, and a one-box system with real power-amp muscle. All four are forthcoming, so plan around the ship dates above. Soundium.
