11/9/2023 0 Comments Lightning to usb c adapter![]() Ken Rockwell writes on the lightning version : “… This tiny Appl e dev ice has better performance and more and cleaner output than many fancier audiophile devices I have tested. Apple has more resources to make better stuff than the smaller companies. In this case, you still don’t need a DAC the analog output from the iPhone will probably be better than that from an outboard DAC…”įrom the iPhone 7, the 3.5 mm audio jack and therefore the internal amp/dac disappared from the logic board so that the listener had to rely on the external $10 Apple “lighting to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter” – which features the whole works: a microscopic stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a stereo headphone amplifier, a microphone preamplifier, and monophonic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) – and power converters to run this all. He summarizes: “ …As expected, the analog audio output of the iPhone 5S is extraordinarily good…The only reason to get an outboard headphone amplifier for use with the iPhone 5S is if you have high-impedance (100Ω or greater) headphones which may require more voltage output than the 1V RMS from iOS devices. I have an old iPhone 5S that was analyzed by tech writer Ken Rockwell. The early iPhones featured stellar internal audio components that produced great music playback. Then there was the iPhone which made the ipod somewhat obsolete. ![]() “3000 songs in your pocket” did Apple CEO Steve Jobs announce in 2001.
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