> You’re on your high horse about the sennheisers but the commodity hardware we are talking about isn’t capable of properly powering those types of devices. I

> You’re on your high horse about the sennheisers but the commodity hardware we are talking about isn’t capable of properly powering those types of devices. I use sennheiser headphones with my smart phone on a regular basis. > You clearly care about sound and want the best experience so why would you attach a non-usb amp to a crappy aux port on commodity hardware? Because that's what is there, convenience trumps quality in many situations. > You can’t get grumpy about mainstream devices following the mainstream. You are not mainstream. On what do you base this? The article itself shows that the majority of headphone purchases are not bluetooth. It seems like the 'mainstream' uses headphone jacks.