Hi, I'm new here and I need to buy a additional adapter USB-C to jack 3.5 mm for my new phone (a Xiaomi MI 10T Pro). I've found this forum, full of interesting reviews and comments, and hope I could get here tips and /or answers to some questions.
The first is : does anybody knows if my phone is compatible with analog audio over USB-C ? And how one can find a silly adapter ? I don't know if chinese adapters sold at 2 or 3 $ do include cheap DAC or not. Additionally, I'm interested in USB-C adapters allowing both audio communication AND charging simultaneously and wonder if they also rely or not on DAC chip.
Lastly, I use a Sennheiser Momentum 1 and 2 (low impedance, I've forgetten if it was 32 or 18 ohms) and currently own a portable DAC (Encore mDSD) which I find quite good (but I have no other DAC to be used in side-by-side comparison !)... and it takes too much place in the pocket. I've started to search for another DAC, with smaller footprint. As I read this forums, it appears that the following products should be interesting for me :
And does anyone sincerely believe that I will be able to ear a major difference between any of these products ? I'm quite old now (47) and I do know my ears are not anymore what they used to be ;-). And, to be complete, I'm specially demanding on the quality of the tones of analog instruments (I play cello, I love the « matter » of a sound), I hate cramped or metallic sounds (eg. violins on mean products), skimpy soundstage. But I also prefer transparency over artificial warmness.
Thanks for reading this far, and more thanks in advance for any piece of advice.
AB
PS : my apologize for all English flaws, it's not my native language...
The first is : does anybody knows if my phone is compatible with analog audio over USB-C ? And how one can find a silly adapter ? I don't know if chinese adapters sold at 2 or 3 $ do include cheap DAC or not. Additionally, I'm interested in USB-C adapters allowing both audio communication AND charging simultaneously and wonder if they also rely or not on DAC chip.
Lastly, I use a Sennheiser Momentum 1 and 2 (low impedance, I've forgetten if it was 32 or 18 ohms) and currently own a portable DAC (Encore mDSD) which I find quite good (but I have no other DAC to be used in side-by-side comparison !)... and it takes too much place in the pocket. I've started to search for another DAC, with smaller footprint. As I read this forums, it appears that the following products should be interesting for me :
- Hidizs S9 (should I wait for the incoming Pro version ?) ;
- Hidizs S8 or its clone Sonata HD Pro ;HiBy FC3 ;
- E1DA #9038D.
And does anyone sincerely believe that I will be able to ear a major difference between any of these products ? I'm quite old now (47) and I do know my ears are not anymore what they used to be ;-). And, to be complete, I'm specially demanding on the quality of the tones of analog instruments (I play cello, I love the « matter » of a sound), I hate cramped or metallic sounds (eg. violins on mean products), skimpy soundstage. But I also prefer transparency over artificial warmness.
Thanks for reading this far, and more thanks in advance for any piece of advice.
AB
PS : my apologize for all English flaws, it's not my native language...