e30ernest
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I'm afraid you've been given incorrect information. The HTC dongle works fine with the Pixel 2. I'd personally say that it has a more musical presentation than the one Google supply, certainly when listening with my over-ear Senns. I bought a second HTC dongle and keep one with each of my headphones, with the Google dongle being relegated to backup.
I suspect that this confusion came from either the proprietary "U-Sonic" tech in HTC's headphones, which will only work with HTC, or the fact that the HTC dongle won't work with Motorola phones, who were the only others using the USB-C socket for audio output when HTC released theirs (but, as has been established in this thread, Motorola do not use the USB-C digital audio standard, so the dongle not working with Motos doesn't tell us whether it will work with others).
Thank you for that information. Also great to hear about the differences in SQ between the 2 dongles.
It's interesting that for audiophiles, we're now presented with relatively cheap options in getting better sound out of our mobiles.