The big question gamers and average listeners often ask when presented with a product like this is “why.” When most of us are content with what we have when it comes to audio, what makes a device like the Onyx worth investing the cost of three games into? The answer comes in how the device renders sound and the amount of electricity it’s able to push to your headset. Make no mistake, the Onyx may look small compared to larger DACs, but it puts out more power than something this size has any right to. The Onyx uses THX’s AAA-78 amplifier and an ESS ES9281PRO DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to deliver its audio wizardry, generating enough power to drive even high impedance headphones, all without over-taxing your device’s battery. Each housing also built in magnets for some quick cable management, though this didn’t work well with my Note 20 using a case.Ī good portion of that length is to accommodate the high-end headphone amp and DAC arrangement inside the bigger housing. The cable is sleeved in a soft-touch rubber, which is nice to handle and should outlast a normal braided cable. There’s also built-in strain relief to protect it further. Both ends are enclosed in metal housings and the length of cable in between is long and flexible enough to make sure either end isn’t torqued when taken in or out of a pocket. That added length allows it to be far more robust than your standard dongle. For starters, it’s much bigger at just over 8-inches long. The Onyx isn’t your average headphone adapter.
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