If you own a smartphone without a 3.5 mm headphone
jack and really miss being able to quickly attach your expensive wired
headphones. You may be interested to know that Essential have created a new
magnetic headphone jack specifically designed for smartphones lacking the port.
Priced at US$ 149 the 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter is not the cheapest solution
available but it does provide a built-in ESS Sabre DAC and an
“audiophile-grade” amp offering 24-bit/96kHz audio for your high-end
headphones.
Features of the Essential magnetic headphone jack
include :
- The first to feature a high-resolution ESS Sabre DAC with hardware MQA rendering designed for high resolution audio on PH-1.
- Input of 24-bit, 96 kHz and MQA rendering up to 32-bit, 384kHz
- Sports an audiophile-grade amp that can drive audiophile-grade headphones
- Studio quality audio performance with MQA as well as High Resolution audio.
- Click to connect to phone directly and allow phone charging even when you listen to the music.
- 100% machined Titanium, a space age material that’s exceptionally durable.
- Thoughtful placement and design of audio jack to fit all types of 3.5mm headphones
- LED with different colors to indicate master quality, standard or non-MQA content played
