Dossier — Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter

The brochure speaks; the silicon answers. What follows is what each has said.

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Claims breakdown

Claim Bucket Witnessed Verdict
Apple's product page does not enumerate sample rate, bit depth, DSD support, or USB Audio Class version. Silent Alt 1, Subslot 3 — 24-bit PCM. Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 44.1 48Alt 2, Subslot 2 — 16-bit PCM. Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 44.1 48 Silent: claims unwitnessable by descriptor

Remarks

Apple publishes no digital specifications for this adapter; the record belongs entirely to the silicon descriptor. From it: a UAC2 device capping at 24-bit PCM, 44.1 and 48 kHz, with no DSD path.

One curiosity worth the witnessing — it enumerates as high-speed UAC2, the modern class, yet offers no rung above 48 kHz. It does the ordinary rates correctly and stops there.


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