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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by com2kid on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:36PM (#15538222)
The interior of most PCs (and phones) are very noisy from an RF standpoint. I get hiss on my USB headphones (!!!) from just out poorly shielded the case on my computer is.

That said, Apple had traditionally put very well isolated low noise DACs in their products. I'm not sure if that is still the case.

Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by matt4077 on Monday October 23, 2017 @10:35PM (#15538781)
Isn't the story that they don't put any DACs in their products anymore? Or, more accurately, that the DACs have moved to the output devices (headphones, speakers).
Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by exikyut on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:58PM (#15538654)
Are you 100% sure it's not the USB DAC on your headphones?

If you've inspected it, sure. If not, I would glare at it for a bit.