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It seems like the spec supports digital and analog audio data. That seems like a potential nightmare for consumers - your headphones may plug in to you phone, but they don't have a DAC, and neither does your phone. Or what if they both have DACs?

I'm sure this will be standardized in the future, and I can see the advantages of dropping the connector. I just really like cool things that can be done with the DACs and ADCs built into people's phones




"The USB ADC 3.0 defines minimum interoperability across analog and digital devices in order to avoid confusion of end-users because of incompatibility."


The article says the headphones would have a DAC. You gotta get those headphone cones pumpin' somehow!




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