HiBy FC1
Tiny headphone dongle for phones and laptops
Pros
- Small, light dongle for USB-C phones and laptops
- Volume buttons on the dongle, with 30 steps
- Enough power for earphones and easy-to-drive headphones (70 mW at 32 Ω, maker's figure)
Cons
- 3.5 mm jack only, no 4.4 mm balanced output
- In-line remote buttons on headphone cables don't work
- Not enough power for hard-to-drive headphones
Updated
Details and specs
The HiBy FC1 is a small, light headphone dongle for phones and laptops with USB-C. It has its own volume buttons with 30 steps and a light that shows the audio format, and it doesn’t need charging.
It has enough power for earphones and easy-to-drive headphones, but not for demanding full-size headphones. There’s only a 3.5 mm jack, no 4.4 mm balanced output, and the play/pause and volume buttons on headphone cables don’t work through it.
- ESS ES9270 DAC chip
- 70 mW per channel at 32 Ω (maker’s figure)
- 3.5 mm headphone output
- 30-step volume buttons on the dongle
- USB-C; works with Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux
