I got the apple one for my oneplus 7t and the volume doesn't go high enough. There must be ones that don't have a dac so they use the phone's built in one? Anyone got a list for these?
I got the apple one for my oneplus 7t and the volume doesn't go high enough. There must be ones that don't have a dac so they use the phone's built in one? Anyone got a list for these?
I got the apple one for my oneplus 7t and the volume doesn't go high enough. There must be ones that don't have a dac so they use the phone's built in one? Anyone got a list for these?
the apple USB-C dongle doesn't really work well with android phones. their output are severely limited on android phones. They were made for iPads after all when Apple starting using USB-C for iPads. They work great on those devices and Macs though. IIRC OP7T support passive adapters as well (those without DAC) by utilising the internal (most likely the bog-standard qualcomm one) DAC. But if you plug in a dongle with a DAC, it will use the DAC from the dongle instead. Anyway, can't really give much recommendations since I haven't tried that many, but I thought the JCALLY JM04 Pro is pretty nice. Cheap, sounds decent, and well built. I think it sounds better than the Google dongles at least (both v1 and v2). If you read up more in the thread, you'll probably find more recommendations.
the apple USB-C dongle doesn't really work well with android phones. their output are severely limited on android phones. They were made for iPads after all when Apple starting using USB-C for iPads. They work great on those devices and Macs though. IIRC OP7T support passive adapters as well (those without DAC) by utilising the internal (most likely the bog-standard qualcomm one) DAC. But if you plug in a dongle with a DAC, it will use the DAC from the dongle instead. Anyway, can't really give much recommendations since I haven't tried that many, but I thought the JCALLY JM04 Pro is pretty nice. Cheap, sounds decent, and well built. I think it sounds better than the Google dongles at least (both v1 and v2). If you read up more in the thread, you'll probably find more recommendations.
I am not sure if this fits in this thread, normally I always carry a spare IEM, just in case I forget the one I use normally.
So I forgot my good ones when going somewhere.
Of course I had my spare headphones with me. But my current phone doesn't accept 3.5 mm headphones, so I looked for a solution, went into an electronics shop, looking for a dongle, didn't find what I wanted, but saw this Samsung USB-C headphone, so decided to go with it.
The sound quality is OK when listening to interviews (that would be only voice), that was fine.
But I can't recommend it for listening to music, then it sounds bad compared to the Headphones/Dongle I normally use (Etymotic ER-3XR with Ibasso DC-03).
So for emergency earphones it is fine, but not for permanent use.
Obviously the SXFI part is useless but as a USB-C Dongle DAC/AMP it's fantastic. Supports up to 24/96 only and no MQA (lol) but that's absolutely enough for me! Power wise it seems like it would power anything. Absolutely dead silent noise floor with sensitive IEM's. 0.2 ohm impedance.
It's a nicely built little unit. With its own DSP chip it also has its own volume control (rather than controlling Androids output), and a nice set of playback controls. EQ can also be applied in software and saved to the dongle.
Obviously the SXFI part is useless but as a USB-C Dongle DAC/AMP it's fantastic. Supports up to 24/96 only and no MQA (lol) but that's absolutely enough for me! Power wise it seems like it would power anything. Absolutely dead silent noise floor with sensitive IEM's. 0.2 ohm impedance.
It's a nicely built little unit. With its own DSP chip it also has its own volume control (rather than controlling Androids output), and a nice set of playback controls. EQ can also be applied in software and saved to the dongle.
I had a look at the website, a lot of commercial mumbo jumbo promoting the thing.
No doubt a good device when you want watch movies with surround sound via your headphones.
I don't see the usefulness when you want to listen to music on your phone, so I stick to my Ibasso DC-03.
If I want to listen to music with surround sound on my phone, I will get some binaural albums (difficult to find) which don't require a special DSP dongle.
Great thread once again. Read "only" through the last couple of pages though. Can any of these hold up against a cheap portable dac/amp like the schiit fulla? I don't need a dongle perse, just want a cheap option for at work etc.
Great thread once again. Read "only" through the last couple of pages though. Can any of these hold up against a cheap portable dac/amp like the schiit fulla? I don't need a dongle perse, just want a cheap option for at work etc.
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