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Apos Druid DAC

Physical Product · DACs, amps & players · 5 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/headphones

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Pros

  • I got mine just over 2 weeks ago and I love it. I have it paired with Gremlin tube amp and everything sounds great!
  • It's a fun little DAC; I have it running into an Apos Greml;in and I've been pretty pleased so far (got it about a month ago).
  • I use the Druid DAC paired with the Gremlin and Tidal exclusive mode works fine for me.

Cons

  • The only issue I’ve found is that I can’t use it with Exclusive Mode on Tidal. After playing a few songs with Exclusive Mode on Tidal will display an NPD00 error message and stop streaming music altogether.
  • So I just tried it and can confirm your exact issue. Went from a 24 bit 48k song to a 16 bit 44.1k and caused the NPD error 3 songs in. Seems to not like switching the sample rates.

Sentiment

3 positive (60%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 2 negative (40%)

Trust + time weighted score: +20% · raw score 20%

What redditors said (5 of 5)

The only issue I’ve found is that I can’t use it with Exclusive Mode on Tidal. After playing a few songs with Exclusive Mode on Tidal will display an NPD00 error message and stop streaming music altogether.
negative · u/H****e · r/headphones · comment · Feb 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I got mine just over 2 weeks ago and I love it. I have it paired with Gremlin tube amp and everything sounds great!
positive · u/H****e · r/headphones · comment · Feb 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
It's a fun little DAC; I have it running into an Apos Greml;in and I've been pretty pleased so far (got it about a month ago).
positive · u/D****r · r/headphones · comment · Feb 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
So I just tried it and can confirm your exact issue. Went from a 24 bit 48k song to a 16 bit 44.1k and caused the NPD error 3 songs in. Seems to not like switching the sample rates.
negative · u/S****S · r/headphones · comment · Feb 12, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I use the Druid DAC paired with the Gremlin and Tidal exclusive mode works fine for me.
positive · u/S****S · r/headphones · comment · Feb 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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