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Wired headphones are back : a true Christmas miracle
- Thread starter Liquid Plejades
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I did that when I forgot my AirPods for a day.
Got AirPods last Christmas and they are going strong. I've had fairly expensive wired earbuds and headphones fail on me more quickly.
It's ironic that while headphone jacks are disappearing from flagship smartphones, the high-end DAP market has been having sort of a resurgence lol
People who actually care for sound quality have other avenues and there's always companies willing to fill a niche.
People who actually care for sound quality have other avenues and there's always companies willing to fill a niche.
The apple dongle or some other usb-c ones for android phones have actually measured pretty well as DACs for something like IEMs as well.
I'm more annoyed at some thinking Apple is the only one in the wireless business.
Yeah, I bought a pair in 2012 and they broke so fast, I'm still using them in 2019.... And guess what? They will still outlast any single battery equiped wireless. If anything, it's the true wireless that break yoo fast.
2 years is a joke.
They never left though? Even if I had disposable income coming out of every orifice I have, I would still buy a budget 200-300€ cellphone that has a jack than a 1000€ piece of fashion that doesn't have one, or many other feature for that matter. I still treat my phone like a proper MP3 and nothing is gonna change that. 3 or 4 micro SDs filled with music, wired headphones, Neutron Music Player, and you will have to pry it from my cold dead hands before giving me a wireless phone with cloud storage.
Y'all got better luck than me. I can't rely on them anymore.
I've started using wireless earbuds (airpods pro) for the first time ever this month and I will NEVER go back to wired.
Exactly. Felt good to throw my wired set in the trash as well as my wife's.
There's a whole emerging market segment for portable ultra small DAC/Amps meant to connect to smartphones through USB C.
Look at the picture in the OP. See how she has to hold her phone out in front of her to keep the wires from tangling. She how she has to push the one earbud back in because tugging on the wires is pulling them out of her ears. Fuck all that.
Wires fucking suck. End of story. They are inconvenient garbage.
Wires fucking suck. End of story. They are inconvenient garbage.
Over consume to own the planet...
You know what's more inconvenient? Having to change your pair of headphones every 2 years (or even less if you use it more) because you can't change the battery.
To be fair if you were one to buy airpods you probably would buy something like this.I never leave the house without my airpod strap
That's not inconvenient to me at all. It's the difference between never using earbuds because they suck and using them constantly. I love having easy to use wireless earbuds in my pocket at all times. I will gladly pay to replace them when the time comes.
The environmental impact is the only good argument anyone can make and I do hear that. I hope they can figure out how to make them more recyclable in the future.
Any other argument is invalid to me because I hate wires with the intensity of a thousand white hot suns.
What exactly are you doing with them? I've been using a pair of B&O wired buds since 2014. Just jam them in my bag all the time. Have never run into a wear and tear issue.
I hope those rumors recently of iphone moving away from any port at all aren't true.
On a side note to people complaining about wired headphones breaking easily, you do know that there are models with replaceable cables right?
No matter how much I'm careful with them one of the earbuds always stops working within months. It could be that the quality of the wires on $10 - $40 earbuds have gone down. So I decided to switch to wireless, and I'm still paying around the same price.
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It isn't cost, it's what marketing makes you think it more exclusive or expensive
WTF, did you use your wired earbuds to lasso cattle or something? I've never had this issue, and that's with cheapo <$10 ones.
I'll just hijack this thread for an actual question on the matter... Hoping Sony announces them at CES in January, I was planning to buy XM4s for my daily commute as well as home listening device.
Is the battery really an issue on wireless headsets? Is there no way to replace them if they in fact break some day?
Is the battery really an issue on wireless headsets? Is there no way to replace them if they in fact break some day?
YOU GODDAMN WASTEFUL CAPITALIST SWINE.
Really though, the price of AirPods is utterly laughable to me, and I'd be too scared of losing them. Prefer paying $15 and putting up with some tangled wires annoyance now and then.
I've bought plenty of Sony's that were over $20.
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I have the same, but I use the cable that comes with them to use them in the office.
Love having options!!! /s
You can't say something is back when it literally never left. I still use wired headphones. They came with my 2018 phone. And it's not just me being a crotchety old man-- I work in a school and a lot of the kids still have them too.
imo $50 is about the sweets spot for wired earbuds, they tend to be more durable with better sound.
Let me know how things are after school comes back from Christmas break. Assuming you mean teenagers and not small children.
Just get a pair of over-ear headphones with a detachable cable. I've had my Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro since 2013. I've replaced the leather and cable a couple of times, but it's still the same good ol' headphones.
I said "to me". They might be valid arguments to you! I buy products based on my wants and needs, which shouldn't be surprising to you.
Who? Why should I care what she does? Are we not our own individuals and should we not do whatever the hell we want instead of following what others do?
Alternatively, let people buy what they find most convenient and helps them enjoy music to their hearts content :)
This is a silly war and no one is stopping you from using wired headphones.
This is a silly war and no one is stopping you from using wired headphones.
Looking forward to the thread where you take a spill and swallow an airpod.
I usually use wired for traveling as I don't want another device that requires keeping the battery level up, especially on a plane. But working out in the gym I can't imagine not having wireless ear buds.
I'd rather untangle a cord from headphones any day than hear the "low battery" warning from my stupid wireless earbuds. Just tell me once and don't tell me that every 15 seconds until they die jeez.
I replaced my "lightning adapter to audio cable into audio jack" in my car with a Bluetooth receiver connected to the audio jack. The improvement in sound quality switching to that lightning jack headphone adapter to Bluetooth has been remarkable.
That leads me to believe Apple's DAC in the lightning connector is absolute dog shit. So wired headphones on the iPhone is actually inferior to using Bluetooth I've found.
That leads me to believe Apple's DAC in the lightning connector is absolute dog shit. So wired headphones on the iPhone is actually inferior to using Bluetooth I've found.