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UGREEN USB C to 3.5mm Audio Dongle Adapter Hi-Res 32bit/384KHz $20.30 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ UGREEN Amazon AU

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Higher performance Dac then the Apple Dongle A2049 everyone raves about.

If you qualify for the Cashrewards $5 bonus cashback on $20 spend, even cheaper ~$15.00.

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  1. DAC Chip for Hi-Fi Sound Quality: Built-in with digital audio converter (DAC) high-resolution chipset, UGREEN USB C to headphone adapter offers a sampling rate of up to 384KHz/32bit to enhance the original sound quality.

  2. Hi-Res Design: High fidelity design ensures stable audio signal and no loss transmission. The DAC chip and PCM/DSD decoding technology will provide clear high, soft intermediate, and pure low frequency for you to enjoy an incomparable musical Banquet all the time.

  3. More Durable Design: With the relief strain design, this USB Type C to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter can withstand more than 15000 bending tests. The 3.5mm audio cable has alloy shell and nylon-braided materials, so you don’t have to worry about it being scratched or wires fracture

  4. Wider Compatibility: The USB C Aux Dongle fits most USB-C phones tablets, and laptops, compatible with iPhone 16 Pro Max/16 Pro/16 Plus/16, Galaxy S23/S23 Ultra/S23+/S22/S22 Ultra/S22+/S21/S21 Ultra/S21+/Note20/Note20 Ultra/S20 Ultra/S20/Note10+/S10/S10e/S10+/S9/S8, Google Pixel 7/7 Pro/6/6 Pro/5a/5/4XL/4, iPad mini 6/iPad Pro 2022/2021, iPad Air 4/5, iMac, Macbook Pro 2023, Macbook Air 2022, 10 Pro/9 Pro/8, most of the Type C phones, PS5

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  • willyroo on 25/02/2025 - 17:26
    -5

    Higher performance Dac then the Apple Dongle A2049 everyone raves about.

    And the moon is made of green cheese.

    • Dan24 on 25/02/2025 - 17:30
      +1

      Any evidence to back up this criticism of what OP is saying, or just blind faith in apple overcharging for "quality hardware"

      • 0jay on 25/02/2025 - 17:36
        +4

        apple unit’s about $12 yeh?

      • beeze on 25/02/2025 - 18:06
        +9

        I think the shoe should be on the other foot, the Apple DAC is cheap and has been extensively tested by the audiophile community who look at data (eg ASR).
        I don't own any Apple products other than their DAC and it is great for cans that dont need much power.

        • Dan24 on 26/02/2025 - 00:14

          Well maybe this comment should have said something like this, instead you had to be baited into contributing something, by a comment which said nothing by comparison. Would be interested to know why and how this ugreen is supposedly better or worse.

          • dmkst56 on 26/02/2025 - 08:59
            +2

            @Dan24: It's supposedly better because the specs are better. However, that will only be useful if you are a bat. Not many people understand digital signals and the sampling theorem even in the audiophile community (perhaps espectially in the audio community lol, sorry not sorry), and the placebo effect is very strong, so it is a popular belief that higher numbers equals more better.

            Even ignoring that, the specs quoted are usually of the DAC chip, not the product's circuit as a whole. Put the chip in a circuit with other components and the circuit will affect the characteristics of the chip's performance, so the actual output of the product will not be anywhere near that 32bit depth spec.

            • Dan24 on 26/02/2025 - 09:06

              @dmkst56: Thanks for explaining, yeah if it were me I would go for the apple dongle, the ones I found on JB and Apples website appear to be a different model though that don't play nice with androids, maybe the old one didn't either.

          • willyroo on 26/02/2025 - 10:32
            +1

            @Dan24: The specs for the UGreen are meaningless, and as soon as anyone suggests anything higher than 16 bit 44.1kHz will "enhance original sound quality" is effectively trying to say what I said.

    • Droz on 25/02/2025 - 22:26
      +2

      The reason I'm going to have ago at this USB-C DAC is that the Apple one - on my S23 Ultra - drops r volume down horrendously. It's not the DAC's fault, it's a thing with Android. Other DACs don't do this (but some do).

      There are some software things you can do, but it is annoying, and I don't want to run another program just to listen to my good headphones on my phone.

      RIP 3.5mm ports.

      For the record the Apple dongle is quite good, just not on my phone

      • greatlamp on 26/02/2025 - 11:16
        +2

        The Apple DAC is ironically one of the best tested units available. Unfortunately it cuts output power if you attempt to use it with a non apple product (android phone). It's not just your phone.

  • Lomax on 25/02/2025 - 17:28

    I have the one with 24bit/96KHz. Will this be a good upgrade?

    • adrianhughes1998 on 25/02/2025 - 17:50

      If your ears can tell the difference then why not lol

    • Phoebus on 25/02/2025 - 18:09
      +9

      Anything over 16bit/44KHz isn't worth the upgrade, unless you've got some really good headphones for your dog.

    • Russ on 25/02/2025 - 19:29
      +17

      Welcome to the world of marketing, where "bigger numbers" can pull the wool over the eyes of most people.

      Even selling a 24-bit DAC is really a lie. If you can find out which DAC chip is in your adaptor, find the datasheet for that chip online, and look through the specifications. The numbers to look for are usually under the label "SNR" (Signal to Noise Ratio), or sometimes under "ENOB" (Effective Number Of Bits).

      Most "24-bit" DACs list the SNR as around 108dB, or an ENOB of 18 bits. Both of these figures are telling you that "Yes our chip has 24 bits, but it achieves the same results as an 18-bit chip".

      If you have a really expensive chip, some achieve 20 bits equivalent performance.

      If the DAC actually had true 24-bit performance, which is an SNR of 144dB, then the amplifier part of the chip would add more noise than the DAC did, still bringing you back to about 20-bit equivalent performance. Even though modern electronics are getting better, this is one specification that isn't getting any significant improvement, because it's limited by the laws of physics. See here for more detail: https://www.thesoundadvocate.com/2021/07/the-24-bit-delusion…

      While manufacturers of 32-bit DACs can claim their DACs have 32 bits, they don't ever claim those DACs perform better than a 20-bit DAC. They put that information in the data sheet, confident that more than 99% of the population won't read the datasheet, and even fewer will be able to decipher the numbers in the datasheet. And even though the numbers are in the datasheet, they'll sometimes try to obfuscate them, by giving a "raw" figure, an "A-weighted" figure, and maybe a few more. And they'll be testing while running the chips from laboratory-grade ultra-low-noise power supplies in a shielded room, which your headphone adaptor won't have.

      There are SOME actual ADCs and DACs that achieve 24-bit performance, but they're not suitable for audio as their maximum sampling rate is around 1kHz, too low even for recording or replaying speech, let alone music. These ADCs and DACs use techniques that are effectively the same as averaging, to "average out" the noise. Such chips are used in 8-digit (laboratory-grade) benchtop multimeters, in gas sensors that detect in the parts-per-billion range, and anywhere that really small, slow waveforms are measured.

      • Lomax on 26/02/2025 - 09:17
        +2

        Thank you for the in depth explanation about the numbers. My thought of trying to get the 'bigger numbers' because my son joining the school band and he told me that 'the detail is missing' (he is using IEM) and I thought our adapter caused this (I'm not quite familiar with all of this, tbh). So now I think I can tell him to check the rest of configuration and not to blame the adapter :D.

        Cheers!

        • Russ on 26/02/2025 - 22:59
          +1

          Glad to help!

          I can tell him to check the rest of configuration

          Yep, there are many things required for the best-quality audio, not just the adapter.

          It's going to be hard to figure out where your audio system is "less than wonderful". You could suggest your son borrow a different adaptor, and see if it makes a difference. But this can be difficult to test: testing has shown that just having a slight volume increase will make most people think an audio source is clearer - even when the equipment hasn't changed, only the volume was adjusted!

      • Russ on 26/02/2025 - 23:01
        +2

        If anyone is looking for proof of what I said above about DACs not being the full 24 or 32 bits, here's the datasheet of a typical 32-bit DAC (View in-browser): https://octopart.com/datasheet/ak4331ecb-akm+semiconductor-9…

        Wait a second or two for the first page to appear, it can be a bit slow. On the first page of the datasheet, under point 2, it says "S/N: 109dB". S/N is another way of abbreviating "Signal to Noise". 109dB equates to 18.1 bits equivalent. So much for being a "32-bit DAC"!

        Also, I had a look at the best audio DACs currently produced by Texas Instruments, one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world, and their very best DAC is a 24-bit model, here: https://www.ti.com/product/PCM1794A-Q1

        Ignore the headline figure on that webpage, the "132dB" figure is not achieved when using the DAC in the normal way. When used in the way you would for an adapter, with stereo audio being output, it achieves 129dB SNR, which is equivalent to 21.4 bits. So my "20 bits" figure in the comment above, which was from when I was studying such chips a decade or more ago, is out-of-date. I should have done some more research and said 21 bits. As I said, electronics is improving, but on DACs it's very slow - from 20 bits to 21.4 bits in about 15 years.

        • 0jay on 26/02/2025 - 23:07
          +1

          thankyou for your service!

  • happykamper on 25/02/2025 - 17:52

    I have a cheapo adaptor that gets so hot it will literally burn you. Would this get equally as hot?

    • 0jay on 25/02/2025 - 17:59

      unlikely with reviews like that

    • s1Lence on 25/02/2025 - 22:32
      +4

      The target audience for this product is audiophiles living in a Siberian winter, it keeps you warm while you listen to your music.

  • skyva on 25/02/2025 - 20:21

    won't headphones need a DAC and an amp? Not seeing any power figures or impedance in the specs.

    • Dollar Dreamer on 25/02/2025 - 23:06
      +1

      It should drive most headphones reasonably well. Even the Apple dongles gets 150 Ohm headphones to reasonably loud levels. Ideally you want something efficient and sub 70 ohms. I use both this and the Apple dongle on my Sennheiser HD598 and 599 and also my Philips X2HR, all 3 get's super loud. On my Hifiman Edition XS, it struggles.

  • Genepi on 25/02/2025 - 21:47

    So this will convert analogue into USB audio right? i.e. to feed audio into Sonos

    • McFly on 25/02/2025 - 21:54
      +2

      No. It's a DAC, not an ADC.

  • Hello22 on 26/02/2025 - 11:43

    Would this work with most phones? Like a Motorola G85?

  • Darkness666 on 27/02/2025 - 14:10

    New version is same price?

    https://www.amazon.com.au/UGREEN-USB-C-3-5mm-Female-Adapter-…

    • MonkeyJai on 27/02/2025 - 16:47

      Different/lower spec it seems

  • Droz on 27/02/2025 - 19:15
    +1

    I received mine today, and compared to the Apple USB-C to 3.5mm, it plays at full (or at least much more) volume on my S23 Ultra!

    The braided cable is nice too.

    Good purchase!

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