so there is a lot of controversy about Fairphone dropping the 3.5mm audio jack, like here:
As it often gets mentioned, we can just use a USB-C to audio jack adapter. I will need one, because I still use the 3.5mm jack. Among other reasons, a lot of small bluetooth headphones don’t have the battery capacity I require.
If you are looking for something smilier to that sold by Fairphone then it should be a straight through wired contact and there should be no noticeable difference amongst the plethora you find… EDITED 3rd Nov
See note by @incanus in post 5 below RE:
(Digital to Analog Converter chip) to allow for listening to audio with earphones with a mini jack connector.
UPDATE 4th Nov
Given the valid critique noted above I tried searching for an adapter without DAC and didn’t find one, not say someone will more will to so couldn’t ??
Don’t know about “best adapter” or if it makes a difference if used with an FP4 compared to other devices, but I own this one and am quite happy with it.
I was recommended the Apple DAC. Apparently better signal to noise ratio than the internal DAC in a Samsung S8+ (but not better than LG’s old audiophile flagship phones), power level equivalent to some thumb sized dedicated amps, and 2 channel 24 bit depth/48kHz sample rate, and all for €10.
I imagine a decent splitter would allow two people to listen through this DAC very well.
Why? I bought an original apple pice for 6,-€ incl. shipping and it works great.
The headphone is much more important, if the bad, the most expensive adapter is useless
Sharcoon DAC also works well, but costs “a bit” mor.
I apologize for making a pointless dig against vendors that raise prices because of perceived demand rather than objectively measured quality. I hope to get here an answer here to my question about whether any of the listed compatible devices are indicative of compatibility with FP4.
You mentioned two adapters is that all that is available at the url you posted.
One model claims compatibility with:
The other model claims compatibility with:
if there are only two are you hoping someone has bought either or both to give you info.
UPDATE:
Could you please name the adapters rather than have people try to find the ones you are referring. I’ve just has a look at the site and have no idea to which you are referring to
The first does not at all mention a DAC and is compatible only with some phones without a dedicated audio jack, so I suppose its just a mechanical adapter and works only, if the phone sends an analogue output to the USB-C connector.
The more expansive one is a DAC for sure.
So far I am quite happy with it. All media controls are working, as well as my headset’s microphone. Using this headset on my FP2, I often heard a hissing noise during soft parts of a song (e.g. in a intro). Now with the adapter on the FP4, this noise seems to be gone. Yay! (Maybe this means that the digital-to-analog converter is of a better quality than in the FP2?)
