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by SingAlong 455 days ago
Since you mentioned the 3.5mm headphone port: I recently found out that USBC audio accessory spec was deprecated in 2023. Means those cheap usbc to 3.5mm adapters are going to be useless soon since there is no obligation to support audio through usbc. Only the relatively more expensive DACs remain.

https://x.com/nileshtrivedi/status/1901512841318072572

(I am not the tweet author)
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JeffeFawkes 454 days ago
On the bright side, the official apple adapters are $10 and have a legitimately alright DAC in them (including mic input). I picked up a couple to use with pcs and laptops since I generally have better luck with the OEM apple adapters vs the onboard audio (which usually applies weird EQ and FX - looking at you, Dell).
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rahimnathwani 455 days ago
Right, but the cheapest ones with a DAC are $4 on AliExpress.

I don't know whether they also do ADC for the mic input.

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