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The 3.5mm adapters that Apple makes absolutely include a DAC themselves. Not sure where you get the idea that they don't. Both the USB-C and the Lightning vers
by Kirby64 4y ago
The 3.5mm adapters that Apple makes absolutely include a DAC themselves. Not sure where you get the idea that they don't.
Both the USB-C and the Lightning versions are all digital on the port side.
There are very few USB-C analog -> 3.5mm adapters, strictly because there is so many compatible issues (i.e., you need to support the alternate mode, AND you need to map the pins correctly).
- tazjin 4y agoI got an official Apple one and couldn't get it to work with any of my devices (I don't have any other Apple devices, so maybe they do have a DAC but it only works with their devices?). It exhibited the same behaviour as the DAC-less adapters (i.e. just, well, nothing).
- danieleggert 4y agoThere’s a real DAC inside the Apple one: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Lightning+to+Headphone+Jack+Adapter+Teardown/67562 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Lightning+to+Headphone...