Meet Apogee Groove™

Apogee Groove is the best portable USB DAC and headphone amp for listening to music on your Mac or PC. Groove takes the same high quality audio technology found in the world’s most prestigious recording studios and delivers it to your laptop. Connect Groove to your computer’s USB port and your headphones or powered speakers to Groove’s audio output. It’s that easy. Groove’s output provides ample power at any impedance and Apogee’s Constant Current Drive™ technology makes your headphones sound their best. You’ll be amazed by the difference in sound quality – the precise stereo image, punchy bass and stunningly clear high-hats.
Recorded by Apogee. Played by Groove.

For 30 years Apogee has been an innovator and industry leader in digital audio recording. From rock to classical, hip-hop to country, and reggae to jazz, the world’s most successful artists, producers and audio engineers rely on Apogee gear to capture GRAMMY winning recordings. Now, for the first time, Apogee Groove takes this same recording studio technology and makes it available in a simple take-anywhere device dedicated to delivering the ultimate listening experience.

Hear Every Detail In Stunning Clarity and Fidelity

Whether you’re building your FLAC file collection or subscribing to a premium music streaming service, you are investing in a higher quality listening experience. Groove unlocks the full potential of that experience, revealing definition, clarity and details like you have never heard before.

Work on Your Music Anywhere

With professional headphones, your laptop and Groove, you can mix or make music anywhere. Groove’s reference quality sound insures you will hear every detail of your project as it would sound in the studio.

System Requirements

Mac OS:

• Computer: Intel Mac 1.5GHz or faster
• Memory: 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended
• OS: 10.8 or greater
• Connection and power: Any available USB port
• Driver: Mac Core Audio.  No download or installation necessary.

Windows OS:

• PC or laptop manufactured after January 2006
• Intel Core 2 @ 1.6 GHz or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 1 GB RAM minimum
• Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
• Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit)
• Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit)
• Connection and power: Any available USB port
• Driver: Register to download from Apogee’s website

In the box

• Groove
• USB Cable (1′)
• Carrying pouch
• Product booklet (Quick Start Guide, Warranty Information)
• Instructions for download of software and complete documentation

Specifications

D/A conversion :

• THD+N: -107 dB with 600 Ohm load @ 16 dBu
  (-109 dB with 600 Ohm load @ 16 dBu-Anniversary Edition)
• THD+N: -100dB with 30 Ohm load @ 10.5 dBu
  (-101dB with 30 Ohm load @ 10.5 dBu-Anniversary Edition)
• Dynamic Range: 117dB a-weighted
  (119dB a-weighted-Anniversary Edition)
• Frequency response: 10Hz – 20K +/- 0.2dB
  (10Hz – 20K +/- 0.1dB-Anniversary Edition)
• Max output level:8 channel ESS DAC (4 DACs per channel)
  • 225mW into 30 Ohm
  • 40mW into 600 Ohm