If the article were just about the headphone jack, maybe you'd have a point. Maybe not, though. For one thing "pro audio workflow" isn't the limits of concern h

If the article were just about the headphone jack, maybe you'd have a point. Maybe not, though. For one thing "pro audio workflow" isn't the limits of concern here. 1/4" mono ain't exactly a dream interface from an audio engineering POV (ground? what ground?), but it's sure a popular one and a lot of musicians don't know/care. If iOS devices are now instruments, just because producers/sound guys might spend hundreds on their headphones (and I have) doesn't mean there aren't going to be would-be performers using what came with the device. Or that there shouldn't be. But the article is not just about the headphone jack, there's an additional half-dozen considerations that you haven't said anything to address other than "works for me." I can assure you that this is not everyone's experience.