I love this little dongle-dac, I love how it looks, I how it's build, and the sound quality is just as good as any of the other standards such as the apple dongle dac. The biggest selling point for me is just that the build of this thing is lightyears beyond the apple dac. The added strength from the braided cables is all I'm looking for in a dongle-dac.
It is nice small DAC for USB-C. Grat to use with your smartphone and laptop. Nice quality for the price. Works great with my Sennheiser HD 58X both on my laptop and my Galaxy S21 Ultra.
The Usb C connector sits very loose in my phone and the wiggle of it causes it to constantly cut out and then you have to re-initialize your music app every single time. For me it is unusable.
When I plug it into my phone 75% of the time nothing happens, no audio comes out, i have to unplug and plug it a few times before audio actually comes out, then it starts disconnecting audio when you walk because the tiny bit of wiggle causes it to disconnect. It is very frustrating.
When it does work it sounds great, but that is very few and far in between.
Phone is a brand new Samsung S20 FE 5G - This product, although compatible does not work well together at all with this phone.
HEsicADGet a fine and long bearded brush and clean both yous phone usb-c in and the dac connector. To me the problem was constant and unwanted activation of google assistant. Having the inputs very clean helps. Not calling you dirty! Just telling you something that worked for me.
I can't tell you how good it is, but it does the job.
This is my first piece of "audiophile" tech. I got the Lightening adapter for my iPhone. My only complaint is that the cables connecting the audio jack to the DAC stick straight out, and it doesn't seem wise to constantly sit on them or otherwise abuse them, if you intend to wear your earbuds/headset a lot. This isn't a huge complaint though, as you can just change whatever pocket you're using.
Nice looking dongle-DAC. Seems to be a bit more durable than the $8 Apple one, but to my ear it performs identically to it. If aesthetics and build quality are important to you, then It's definitely worth a look, but there are better options if you care about performance and cheaper ones if you don't.
Honestly, the Apple dongle is more than enough for a lot of use cases. When I need something with more power, I use my Qudelix 5K, which can work over bluetooth or with a Lightning to USB-C cable