The solution is to bypass this by using an external DAC and headphone amplifier. If you intend to listen to music on a laptop while out and about, you’ll want a solution that is compact as well. Enter the AK USB-C Dual DAC cable, which is USB-powered and ticks all these boxes.
Employing bespoke designed capacitors, the audio circuit has been optimised to suppress power fluctuations for stable operation under a variety of conditions. There are two Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs, which support up to native DSD256 and 32-bit/384kHz. The output from the DACs feeds an independent analogue amp with a no-load output level of 2V RMS, which is designed to drive a variety of high-impedance headphones. The output is via a 3.5mm stereo socket.
No dice for iOS
The device will work directly from a USB-C connector on an Android smartphone, Windows 10 PC, tablet PC or MacOS computer, but sadly not on iOS-based devices, such as iPhone or iPads.
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