# HiBy FC3
- **Product Page**: https://chi-fi.top/dac/hiby-fc3
- **Category**: Headphone DACs
- **Brand**: HiBy
- **Price**: from $30 USD
- **Summary**: Headphone dongle for phones and laptops
- **AliExpress**: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4NR16o3

## Pros
- Compact aluminium body with volume and playback buttons
- Clean, clear sound according to reviewers
- Light drain on your phone's battery

## Cons
- Same rated power as the cheaper HiBy FC1 (70 mW at 32 Ω)
- Some users report the connection dropping
- Faint hiss with very sensitive earphones
- 3.5 mm only, and not for power-hungry headphones

## Specifications
- **DAC chip**: ESS ES9281PRO
- **Outputs**: 3.5 mm
- **Output power at 32 Ω**: 70 mW
- **Weight**: 9 g

## Details & Specifications
The HiBy FC3 is a compact aluminium headphone dongle for phones and laptops with USB-C. Reviewers describe its sound as clean and clear, and it draws little power from your phone. It has volume and playback buttons on the dongle and a light that shows the audio format.

Its rated power is the same as the cheaper HiBy FC1, so it's best with earphones and easy-to-drive headphones. Some users report the connection dropping, and very sensitive earphones can pick up a faint hiss.

- ESS ES9281PRO DAC chip
- 70 mW per channel at 32 Ω (maker's figure)
- 3.5 mm headphone output with headset mic support
- 30-step volume buttons on the dongle
- About 45 × 13 × 9 mm, 9 g

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