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I looked over nearly all of the similar devices and most seemed to have too many sound quality issues reported. I was not going to be convinced by number of bits or higher price. One reviewer here (Stephen J. Boone) helped the most, but others counted. So I got it and the sound is perfection on my Sennheiser headphones. I recently purchased Neumi BS5 speakers and a Aiyima A07 mini amp for my 2019 iMac - and I couldn’t be happier with that purchase either. My headphone port is on the back of the monitor and I have it feeding into the amp. I could use the jsaux device to feed the amp (which I did) but I’m dedicating it to my headphones for easy access. I use VLC for my music app and block Apple’s Music app (with noTunes (GitHub download)) because virtually nothing it does is what I want and it is nasty, rigid, uncustomizable. I also just bought a (SmartQ H302) USB 3 hub which came the same time as the jsaux device. I have the jsaux audio adapter plugged in to the USB hub. The hub (and the iMac) will use USB 3.1 but the jsaux device is shown to run at USB 2 speeds (which is good). The jsaux device can be bought with a USB A connector ($10) or a USB C connector ($15), so there is no need for me to waste a USB C/Thunderbolt port or $5 (and both my USB C ports are already in use). Regardless, either method is obviously using USB 2 throughput. Below is system information which shows both the jsaux device (China) and my new USB hub use Realtek chips (Taiwan).
[Update: I liked it so much that I bought a second one as backup so now I have both the grey and the red (both type USB A). I'm listening to the second one now and it's producing beautiful sound just like the first one. I noticed two new reviews came in in the last week and they are negative. One refers to using it with a Mac Mini - all kinds of crazy stuff going on. Don't know what to make of that. The other complains about the microphone aspect (which seems to be a customary complaint with almost every brand that I can remember reading reviews for). I haven't tested the mic functionality and I may never care. But I have a large mic - the kind with a fat plug although I should have the necessary mini adapter - but it's buried in a stuffed audio equipment box so I'm in no hurry try it. The built-in mic on my iMac is in the middle on the bottom edge of the screen and could be improved on so an external mic could be important some day. With two of the jsaux audio adapters plugged into my USB hub, they are indistinguishable in the Sound preference pane, both are only named: TX-Hifi Type_C Audio. I have to guess the right one to select. In system report->hardware->USB, they show as identical too (no surprise) but in ->hardware->Audio, TX-Hifi Type_C Audio is displayed three times when two of these are plugged-in - take out one of them and only one gets displayed - an Apple bug there.]
% system_profiler SPUSBDataType
USB 3.1 Bus:
Host Controller Driver: AppleIntelCNLUSBXHCI
PCI Device ID: 0xa36d
PCI Revision ID: 0x0010
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
4-Port USB 3.0 Hub:
Product ID: 0x0411
Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Version: 1.04
Speed: Up to 5 Gb/s
Manufacturer: Generic
Location ID: 0x14a00000 / 5
Current Available (mA): 900
Current Required (mA): 0
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
4-Port USB 2.0 Hub:
Product ID: 0x5411
Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Version: 1.04
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s
Manufacturer: Generic
Location ID: 0x14700000 / 4
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 0
Extra Operating Current (mA): 00
... TX-Hifi Type_C Audio:
... Product ID: 0x4c07
... Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
... Version: 0.01
... Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s
... Manufacturer: Generic
... Location ID: 0x14710000 / 8
... Current Available (mA): 500
... Current Required (mA): 100
... Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
system report -> hardware ->audio
Devices:
Built-in Microphone:
Default Input Device: Yes
Input Channels: 2
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Current SampleRate: 48000
Transport: Built-in
Input Source: Internal Microphone
Built-in Output:
Default System Output Device: Yes
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Output Channels: 2
Current SampleRate: 48000
Transport: Built-in
Output Source: Headphones
TX-Hifi Type_C Audio:
Default Output Device: Yes
Manufacturer: Generic
Output Channels: 2
Current SampleRate: 48000
Transport: USB
Output Source: Default
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This Item  USB Audio Adapter, JSAUX Sound Card USB to 3.5mm Jack Adapter with 3.5mm TRRS Headphone and Microphone Jack External Stereo Audio Compatible with Windows, MAC, PC, Laptop, Desktops, PS5, PS4 -RED |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| Sold By | JS Digital US | Vention Official Store | CableCreation | HAGIBIS | CableCreation | MILLSO US |
| hardware interface | usb2.0 | usb2.0 | usb2.0 | usb | usb | usb3.0 |
| audio output mode | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo |
| surround channels | 5 1 | 5 1 | 5 1 | 5 1 | 5 1 | 4 |
| hardware platform | Headphones | Laptops, Speakers, Headphones | Headphones | Headphones | PC | Headphones |
48 KHz | 48 KHz | 44.1 KHz | 48 KHz | 44.1 KHz | 48 KHz | |
| signal-to-noise ratio | 120 decibels | — | 95 decibels | 70 decibels | 100 decibels | 84 decibels |
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Great for PS4
All my favorite games are still on PS4. It is a challenge to get great audio options for this game console. So a USB to 3.5 mm adapter is a great choice considering the limitations of the game system. I connected my soundbar to the PS4 with this adapter and it worked well. I was unable to get the volume of the audio loud enough for my liking though. I don't know if that is a limitation of the soundbar or the adapter. I will have to try other 3.5 mm audio devices to know for sure. At least I now know that this will work. The build of this product seems well made and easy to use.
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