What to consider when buying a USB-C to jack adapter?

[IAmAndre]

Hi,

 

I finally gave in and after many years of resistance. I am buying a phone with no headphone jack although I thought this would never happen... It's a OnePlus 7 and it turns out that the version I'm buying comes with no included jack to USB-C adapter or headphones. Now I can see several price ranges on Amazon but I'm not sure how much to invest in this. I will be using the phone to listen to music quite a lot via streaming services. I don't consider myself an audiophile, and my current headphones are the Corsair HS50.

Does the quality of the adapter really matter for headphones in this price range or would a $10 adapter on eBay do the trick?

 

Thanks

[Derkoli]

1 hour ago, IAmAndre said:

Hi,

 

I finally gave in and after many years of residence. I am buying a phone with no headphone jack although I thought this would never happen... It's a OnePlus 7 and it turns out that the version I'm buying comes with no included jack to USB-C adapter or headphones. Now I can see several price ranges on Amazon but I'm not sure how much to invest in this. I will be using the phone to listen to music quite a lot via streaming services. I don't consider myself an audiophile, and my current headphones are the Corsair HS50.

Does the quality of the adapter really matter for headphones in this price range or would a $10 adapter on eBay do the trick?

 

Thanks

Probably won't matter due to the quality of the headphones + the source material (whatever is "spitting out" audio, youtube or spotify etc.) So just get one that looks nice physically or is a nice colour

[Tarun10]

Agree with @Derkoli, but make sure you don't go ultra cheap. Some of the cheaper ones are so poorly made, I feel like I'm breaking the jack everytime I plug them in or out.

[rice guru]

I own the one plus 6t and the best adapter I have heard personally is the one that came with it. You can buy it off of the one plus website. Tried a few amazon ones and they always sound tinnier. But the best I have heard overall is just using my fiio Bluetooth adapter the fiio ubtr weirdly enough.

[kokakolia]

Google sells a USB-C headphone dongle for $12. I would buy that. 

 

https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter

[rice guru]

1 hour ago, kokakolia said:

Google sells a USB-C headphone dongle for $12. I would buy that. 

 

https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter

They are probably not compatible with other phones except for the pixel. There are only a few universal usb c adapters and unfortunately the Google one isn't.

[IAmAndre]

3 hours ago, rice guru said:

I own the one plus 6t and the best adapter I have heard personally is the one that came with it. You can buy it off of the one plus website. Tried a few amazon ones and they always sound tinnier. But the best I have heard overall is just using my fiio Bluetooth adapter the fiio ubtr weirdly enough.

Interesting. Does this or this look legit to you?

[rice guru]

6 minutes ago, IAmAndre said:

Interesting. Does this or this look legit to you?

To me? No but it's eBay rather low risk you could buy it to try it.

[IAmAndre]

4 minutes ago, rice guru said:

To me? No but it's eBay rather low risk you could buy it to try it.

It's pretty cheap but I'm really not sure what to expect.

[xtroria]

If you use non-exspensive earphones, nothing really.

 

If you use Balanced Armature IEMs, you need to look for the input impedance so that it doesn't affect the sound signature

[IAmAndre]

1 hour ago, xtroria said:

If you use non-exspensive earphones, nothing really.

 

If you use Balanced Armature IEMs, you need to look for the input impedance so that it doesn't affect the sound signature

Can you try again in plain English?

[joinally]

You can check iBasso DC01 or DC02, Meizu HiFi Pro, Xduoo link, hidisz S3 and so on If you use HiFi IEMs