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[MENTION=281070]bjrmd[/MENTION] Hi, I have a few question about Pixel usb-c dongle.

I bought huawei mate 20pro (before I had a LG v30) and usb dongle from huawei is a piece of crap. They have certificate and some options from "dolby atmos" but it quality is like from the first mp3 players. Sound is totaly flat, volume is ver, very low (I'm using Sennheiser HD555, HD569, jays one+, Xiaomi Mi Pro HD In-Ear Headphones, Xiaomi 3.5 Noise Reduction Hybrid In-ear Earphone and KZ-ATE). The original huawei dongle have very big problem to drive a headphones with high impedance like Sennheiser HD555.

Comparing a sound of LG V30 and huawei mate 20pro doesn't make sense. It's like comparing a Bugatti Veyron to kids roller skates...

I decided to buy a "Venture Electronics Odyssey Type-C to 3.5mm DAC dongle" because it is easy to order it via Aliexpress. The sound is better than original mate 20pro dongle (it is not flat, it is louder than original), but still difference is very big, comparing to V30. Volume in my opinion is about 30% lower than V30.

The same volume level is where I put V30 to level 70%, and usbc dongle to 100%.

It strange that maximum volume is still very low. I suppose that volume at maximum value will be at level that will be unpleasant for listening for long time, but for me maximum volume is at "standard level" and I need to listening at maximum volume all the time, and still it is not enough for me.

So next, I decided to buy a Pixel USB-c dongle because all people saying that is the best option. It is hard to find a 1st version, but I found some seller from china, and I've ordered one from him.

And... and it seems to be the same as this Venture Odyssey dongle. For me it still is not enough and still I'm not happy with sound :( Volume is on the same level, sound is very similar.

In my own comparison Oddysey and Pixel dongle has the same volume level ( no matter what headphones I'm using) and its about 30% lower than V30.

I connected Pixel dongle to my MacBook (yes, its working fine), and also volume is still lower on about 30% than internal MacBook sound card or my external card (Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and Sound Blaster Omni)

I wonder if its a real genuine Google dongle. My dongle is visible at OS as:

USB-C to 3.5mm-Headphone Adapter:

device ID:	0x5029

ID producent:	0x18d1 (Google Inc.)

Version:	22.80

Serial number:	FLK71002052010A78P00A82

Speed:	do 12 Mb/sek.

Producent:	Google

On photos it is similar to original, but I have questions about it:

- it is normal that volume is lower than some internal computer sound card? Before I had a LG V30, LG G3, and Samsung S1/S2/S3 and any of this phones was very louder than this usb-c dongles

- it is all made of some kind of rubber? Not only a cable, but also other white parts is soft like if it be made of some kind of hard rubber.

- on cable there is a light gray letters: G016A A78N

- it has a two wholes on both sides? One of them is white (it seems like there is the same material like other white parts), but on the other side it seems that there isn't a white rubber inside hole, but some brown color, looks like some kind of copper?