aspire5550
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Hey, I recently got a pixel 3, I'm using the included usb c dongle and it has a very bad noise floor and hiss alot.I went through an exercise of identifying a decent-sounding & cheap USB dongle as I was replacing my LG G6 with Pixel 3 phone. Bought a couple non-brand ones from China. They all look exactly the same, and most of them had noise floor like a waterfall in the background. I finally settled on a model which claimed to use Realtek's ALC4040 chip (with pictured teardown). Couldn't hear the noise floor, forward-sounding, plays loud and tested 24bit/192khz. Was a good sonic replacement/upgrade of the G6's 3.5mm output on the Pixel. You can give ALC4040 dongles a try, it only cost a few dollars.
I'm wondering if your pixel 3 came with the dongle and whether you have the same issue.
Cause I'm worried that my usb c dac dongle might be a counterfeit.