How bad does the USB-C to AUX dongle ruin audio quality? - eviltoast

Hi there, I’m thinking about getting my first pair of IEMs, as I’ve never had any before and would like to have a wired option that is easy to travel with. I’m specifically looking at the Moondrop Chu 2 as they seem quite affordable and a good starting point.

However my phone does not have AUX anymore (Pixel 7A) and I doubt I’ll get a phone that has one in the future as I want to continue to use GrapheneOS.

Does anyone have any experience regarding the use of these dongles. Is there something I should be aware of before doing a purchase?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I see on the pictures(website link) that it’s possible to purchase this with an adapter between the dongle and the IEMs. Is this one in specific strictly necessary or can I go with a smaller/cheaper one?

Edit 2: Further investigation, it seems like these can come in two variants: 3.5jack and USB-C.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Depends on you and the phone.

    My old lg v60 has a headphone port and sounds better than almost anything.

    My last gfold 3 sounded ok with a cheap dongle but great with a rhodium off Amazon. Cheap dongle was fine too.

    My current pixel fold sounds marginal with a cheap dongle but great with the rhodium.

    Depends on your ears, have Shure 825s or whatever and Etymotic er4xrs for more casual stuff, the rhodium and v60 are incredible, fold can push them, the pixel again clearly isn’t tuned as well.