I've been trying to find a replacement for my BTR7 and I've only come across a few that have 4.4mm and BT. Others have mentioned the Tempotec V3, but I don't recommend it if you're mainly going to use it on BT with your iPhone. Its BT connection has about a 1 second sync delay, which is pretty annoying.Are there any affordable options I'm missing for Bluetooth DAC/AMPs with a built-in 4.4mm connection which aren't the FiiO BTR devices? Not that I necessarily have a problem with those by any means, but it seems like that's pretty much all there is. I tried the ddHiFi TC44Pro as a direct dongle but it slaughtered my iPhone 12 mini's battery, so I probably need something I can use independently if I don't want to stick with the Apple dongle and an adapter. I'm on Apple Music, so even a DAP like the R3 II feels like a nonstarter (I'm aware it has some kind of BT mode, but my impression from a couple anecdotes is that it doesn't work perfectly).
MUSE HiFi M4 - $140 USD
ACMEE Magic Sound 5 - $260 USD
and I know you mentioned affordable, but I can't leave out this one..
Questyle CMA18 Portable - $800