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Apple Lightning didnt provide any improvement (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Affectionate-Ice-322@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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I have kingston's hyperx ii and this headphone's dongle provides better sound than apple's dongle, also motherboard sounds better than apple's dongle too.

In this situation does that mean hyperx ii's dongle has better dac than apple's ?

I was thinking buying fiio's K3 but im feeling like that wont provide any better dac too.

My ears are very sensitive and i play with equalizers often.

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[–] AngryTank@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dongles won’t change much, they’ll either provide sufficient power or not, but in this case I’m guessing you are mixing up volume with “cleanliness”. The Apple dongle has been known to not be as loud when using it one other devices that aren’t apple, there are ways to bypass it on android but I’m not sure about pc.

[–] RB181@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The title says it's an Apple Lightning dongle. Which can only be plugged into an Apple device.

[–] Affectionate-Ice-322@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] RB181@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But what does the connector on the source end look like, and what are you plugging it into? I can't tell if that's supposed to be a Lightning dongle or a USB-C dongle.

[–] Affectionate-Ice-322@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is USB-C to 3,5mm jack.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MU7E2AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter

I guess this is not called lightning then, but it does have dac in it, thats what i read.

https://www.audioglorye.com/apple-type-c-to-3-5-mm-adapter-review/#:~:text=Sound%20Quality%20of%20Apple%20type%20C%20to%203.5%20mm%20Adapter&text=The%20output%20it%20gives%20for,the%20same%20or%20even%20better.

[–] RB181@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Oh, okay.

[–] RB181@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I see.

Apple Lightning is a proprietary Apple connector, meaning it's only supported by Apple devices (notably, iPhones prior to version 15). You can get a Lightning to 3.5mm dongle which works very similarly to the USB-C to 3.5mm dongle on Apple devices that support Lightning.

[–] Affectionate-Ice-322@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yes sound is lower, but even when i equalize both sounds from hyperx dongle and apple dongle, apple one is more muddy.

Im definetly aware of the danger going down dac/amp path, thats why wanted to try this cheap dongle first, i guess i will buy Akg K361 or something instead going to dac route.