USB C to 3.5mm Headphone DAC Adapter

I like to listen to music when working or gaming on my laptop using my Grado SR80e wired headphones, but onboard DACs on most laptops are notoriously bad - and mine is no exception. The fix? A simple external DAC like this one from UGREEN, and it instantly solved the sound quality problem. It’s small, inexpensive, and incredibly straightforward to use: just plug it into a USB-C port, connect your wired headphones, and you’re set. I dual-boot Windows 11 and Debian 13 (Linux), and both recognised the adapter automatically - no errors, no drivers to install, no fuss. Not only does it clean up the noise floor and improve clarity on laptops, but it’s also great for connecting wired headphones to phones that no longer have a 3.5mm jack. If your device has USB-C, this just works. I’ve bought several UGREEN products over the years and they’ve all been well made and reliable, and this DAC continues that trend. Great quality at a sensible price. Purchased August 2025 for £8.99.

connect every time, good price, perfect fit, 100% compatibility and functionality. Aluminium case with a stylish appearance.

Works as stated, no install needed Good product

Using to connect wired headphones to android phone usb c port. Have gone through several cheaper makes recently and all of them would constantly dis connect the audio from my phone so I had to remove and plug back in to reconnect. These have yet to do that once. So although more expensive they are much more reliable and useful for my use with my phone.perhaps the connection is more robust and stronger in to the port although this would be a guess.

Good, so far. I just changed phone to a model which doesn't include a headphone jack. While I do most of my headphone music listening these days using a modded vintage 512GB iPod 5th Gen with its audiophile Wolfson DAC it's occasionally handy to be able to use my wired Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Over Ear headphones with my phone. This has all the hallmarks of good quality manufacture. The perceived build quality is very refined and stylish. The output sound quality is good. If I anticipated using wired headphones connected to my phone on a regular basis then Ugreen also do a higher specification variant of this rated to 384 KHz / 32 bit although it is about twice the price (ASIN: B0CG5FTHT9 ) and I would probably get that one. By comparison, this one is 96 KHz / 24 bit. Nevertheless this has perfectly acceptable audio quality. I also did a test with my old Samsung flagship phone, an Exynos based Galaxy Note 9 which has a high end Wolfson DAC and still has a headphone jack. I plugged my Momentums first in to the headphone jack on the phone itself and then into this. While there was a subtle difference at best, a slightly different emphasis of vocals, everything else was absolutely fine. The level of detail was about comparable and the soundstage about the same. I didn't do an extensive comparison, but on a quick test (some Esbjörn Svensson Trio (jazz)) there was nothing that glaringly stood out as vastly inferior about this DAC to the premium one in my Galaxy Note 9. For this price tag I have zero complaints about the sound quality. There were no pops, crackles and there was no hiss. Others have remarked on the 3.5mm jack being a little loose. As a brand new item when it's reasonable to expect it is going to be as tight as it is ever likely to be, I agree it is slightly on the loose side, and it's likely to become a little more so over time. Ugreen might consider looking to a different supplier for a tighter fitting 3.5mm inline socket. Still, at this time the headphones plug into the socket and stay plugged in as long as you don't pull on it. I recommend this item, however looking at other reviews, some people have had problems with long term reliability with this item so I can only hope I got a good one. I get the feeling that Ugreen may need to address some issues of Quality Control if, going forward, they want to become as well regarded as the likes of Antec. This does however come with a 2 year warranty, in the UK anyway, which I frankly feel is more than acceptable for a product which costs as little as this.

I recently bought a new phone without a headphone socket and was looking for something simple to connect my existing earbuds. I have a couple of DACs already that I could have used but they are bulky and require charging before use. I have a Topping NX2 that I used to amplify the volume from a tablet when on a plane as the maximum volume from the tablet was insufficient for me to hear it over the engine noise. It stopped working on one flight and although it is now fixed I had replaced it with a Fiio BTR5 DAC. The Topping NX5 was about £50 and the Fiio BTR5 was around £100. This is significantly cheaper and while the other devices have more features, I basically use them for the same thing. My wife has previously bought cheap USB C earbuds and these hisses all the time and the sound was lacking so I was concerned about buying this in case it was the same but luckily it are much much better. When I received this earphone interface cable this afternoon, I was surprised by how thin the cable is. Where are the electronics? There has to be a Digital to Analogue Converter and some sort of amplifier hidden in there. When I tried it with my cheap every day earbuds the sound seemed fine but a bit lacking in the mid to upper frequency ranges but when I tried my more expensive earbuds, the sound was much better making it hard to tell the difference between this and the much more expensive BTR5. I think the BTR5 probably is better and an audiophile could probably easily tell the difference but to me they sound very similar. So great value for money and perform best when paired with earbuds costing a bit more than £3. ( I am very hard on wired earbuds so for daily use I've found these earbuds that are fine for normal, non music use.)

Good quality. Bought this because the more expensive Apple adaptor is too feeble to recognise different types of wired earphones. The UGREEN adaptor worked straight away, and looks to be a lot more robust.

I hadn't used this product for months, came to plug it in today and one side has no audio, always only the one side, i'm not sure what happened but the earphones work perfectly, both sets when not plugged into this adapter. i'm ordering a second one to see how long that lasts since they're relatively inexpensive and I do like the sound, but if it just stops working over time and has to be replaced each year then it's of terrible quality and unreliable

本格的なDACに比べたらそりゃ劣るかもしれませんが、百均とかよく分からん中華のやっすい変換ケーブルとは明らかに違います！！！ 自分の耳がバカすぎるのかもしれませんが1万程度のドングルDACとか遜色ない気がします、ありがてぇ〜 しっかり有線イヤホンのそれぞれの特徴とかを出してくれるような気がします、低音つよめのイヤホンを使用していて、以前はちゃんとしたDAC使っていて、手放してからはやっすいDAC搭載（笑）変換ケーブル使ってましたが、今これに変えてちょっとDAC使ってた時の感覚思い出しました😍 こんな音良かったんだなこのイヤホンとなっております

It is working but sound volume is low, suitable for hearing normal voice podcasts not for hearing music as the sound quality is not getting enhanced that much.

音質もいいし値段相応でいいと思います

It's neatly made and feels pleasant to the touch. There are no complaints about the sound. It fits securely in the connectors. Quite a decent performance.

Not sure about the DAC config but its value for money. I also realized that wired headphones deliver better sound than those overpriced wireless buds. So until phone companies bring back the headphone jack, this is the perfect solution.