# HiBy FC1
- **Product Page**: https://chi-fi.top/dac/hiby-fc1
- **Category**: Headphone DACs
- **Brand**: HiBy
- **Price**: from $20 USD
- **Summary**: Tiny headphone dongle for phones and laptops
- **AliExpress**: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4rY0luR

## 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

## Specifications
- **DAC chip**: ESS ES9270
- **Outputs**: 3.5 mm
- **Output power at 32 Ω**: 70 mW
- **Platforms**: Android, iOS, PC, Mac

## Details & Specifications
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

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