Anker USB-C to Lightning Audio Adapter (Audio Only, Does Not Support Charging, Black, White)

My experience so far is that this is a robust, good quality product enabling me to connect iPad earphones with lightning connector to an IPad Pro with USB-C connector. The adaptor has led to no loss of quality for either listening or speaking and has been excellent for listening to music and participating in online meetings.As I switch between iPads with different connections it is important that the adaptor will stand up to repeated plugging and unplugging. I can’t vouch for the quality of the connectors in this regard but the plastic casing gives the impression of a well made product that should give years of life.Whether this justifies the price is a matter of conjecture. Other products reviewed suggest that flimsiness leads to problems. I made my purchasing decision based on perceived quality and do not regret my decision.

The adapter may not be cheap but it does exactly what it has been advertised for. I saw a 3-star review and felt the urge to write a review to balance this a bit. To subtract 2 stars because it is not working with gear that it is not supposed to be compatible with is a bit unfair. The headsets it is designed for are clearly listed in the description. I am German and bought this adapter here because it wasn't available in Germany for some weeks - so excuse my English.I personally own the Audeze iSine 10 headphones with the 1st Gen. Lightning "Cipher"-cable, the Sennheiser Ambeo Smart headset and the Pioneer Rayz headphones. I normally use Android devices but also own an (old) iPad and iPod Touch. I bought some time ago an used iPhone SE for the sole purpose as a music player to benefit on the go from the sound quality improvement of the iSine cipher cable and to use the Ambeo headsets for noise cancelling, recording with their excellent awareness functionalities.This adapter allows me to finally use these Lightning headphones with my LG V30+ Android mobile phone and many other devices. Although not advertised for it, the adapter actually works with far more devices and operating systems than listed. There are minor limitations like the inline-remote controls skipping keys are not always recognized but essentially the headsets fulfill their purposes including using the mics for recording/phone calls. The lightning headphones have to be set up/initialized at least once with the corresponding iOS apps on i*-devices but then they remember the settings (internal equalizer of the cipher cable, key-switch-functionalities and noise cancelling defaults of the Ambeo set, etc.) when used on other devices.I successfully tested the above headsets with the adapter onAndroid: LG V30+, the Fiio M6 DAP, a cheap china phone with an USB-Cto-Micro-USB-OTG adapterChromeOS: an older chromebook and a "chromeBit" (although for that one only one sampling-rate is supported)Linux: a PC with Ubuntu 18.04 (using an USB-A to USB-C adapter)DAPs: Hidizs AP60 (with micro-USB-OTG-adapter) and Shanling M0 (quite high battery usage in these cases)and two Windows 10 PCsIt is important to note that this adapter is not a piece of cables only - it is an active device which acts as an USB-DAC. The Smartphone/PC etc. does not "see" the chip of the Lightning headset itself, instead it detects the chip of this adapter which converts the audio data for the headset connectors. At the other end of the cable, the adapter "fakes" an i*-device with a Lightning port - hence all modern MFI-Lightning-Audio headphones should work with it.The Adapter itself shows up on the PCs as an USB-Audio device without any need for driver installations. It is capable of (only) 48kHz or 44.1 kHz at 24 bit (no 16 bit setting available). The only incompatible device up to now is a more exotic RemixOS (x86-Android) computer which is a bit outdated anyhow.The only little flaw it has is that the cable is rather short and very stiff - hence it does not bend and always needs some additional space (image attached)For me, this is the perfect adapter I have wait a long time for and it exceeds me expectations w.r.t. compatibility by far. I actually don't know any alternative to this adapter and thus recommend it to anyone with the same sets of Lightning headsets and devices.

works great for what i bought it for (the AMBEO)it DOES NOT work with the original Lightning Sennheiser ClipMic Digital when I tested it with Galaxy Fold2 but that's fine since it doesn't claim to be compatible, just including here as info.

I've purchased this Adapter for my MacBook Air, and this adaptor works perfectly. No issues with sound quality either, however the price could be a little cheaper to achieve the full stars as £24.99 is a little too expensive for an Adapter.

TLDR: if you have a pair of basic Apple EarPods with a lightening connector, and you want a simple life so that you can use them with your MacBook for work or for your downtime and you don't have the money to buy new headphones - just buy this connector.I have two pairs of Apple EarPods with lightening connectors that I literally never use - remember the days when you'd get headphones with your phone 🤷🏼‍♀️. I had tried various 3.5mm audio cables so I could use the 3rd pair of EarPods I have with my work setup, but they were terrible and never lasted long, All the headphone cables were too short, and the adapter cables made them too long.I know this cable is expensive for what it is, but having searched for literal months to find comfortable headphones to wear for extended periods of time at work, that were as comfortable as these basic ones, didn't have a battery that would die after 4hrs, or have to settle for overpriced on- or over-ears that felt like my head was being crushed - it's worth the price. I don't need noise cancelling for working from MY home. I don't need surround sound or wonderful sounding highs or lows or whatever in my audio when in Zoom or Google Meets or auditing calls. I don't need RBG or sound dialers, or kitty ears, or braided cables.Audio and mic quality are the same as though they are plugged into my MacBook or iPhone directly. I have the adapter connected to a 4 port USB hub, which is then connected to an Anker multiport hub, and I held concerns that that would cause issues, but absolutely not an issue.

This worked fine for about a year then I suddenly got a loud noise through the headphones and then the adapter stopped working. For the price, this is unacceptable.

I have Comica Boom X wireless mic. The receiver has lightning connection. I recently changed my old Iphone for Iphone 15 with Type-C and needed an adapter to insert lightning into type-c to be able to use my Comica mic.Ordered this adapter to find out upon delivery that it won't work with the wireless mic.It does work with lightning headphones but not with the wireless mic. Probably because adapter does not provide power to the receiver.So if you want the adapter for the same purpose - don't buy.