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This argument is disingenuous. I hope people would stop spouting it. There will ALWAYS be an advantage to wired headphones over wireless: reliability and versa
by pickdenis 8y ago
This argument is disingenuous. I hope people would stop spouting it.
There will ALWAYS be an advantage to wired headphones over wireless: reliability and versatility.
Bluetooth headphones can be VERY finicky about who they'll connect to and with how much hassle. They also cannot be plugged into a separate DAC/Amp setup.
Perhaps if it were standard for headphones to allow the user to bypass the bluetooth DAC and run the drivers on our own signal, but I haven't really seen this on affordable headphones.
- gizmo385 8y agoThis argument is equally disingenuous because you're implying that you simply can't use wired headphones of any kind. You can still get wired headphones without a headphone jack and just use the USB-C port.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoAnd demolish any supposed gains in size and weight from removing the jack in the first place. The thing that gets me is, removing the headphone provides no benefit whatsoever for the vast majority of users. A few grams and some fraction of a millimeter aren't enough for you to feel the difference in your hand. If you don't use wired headphones, you gain no advantage from removing the jack. If you do use wired headphones, there's a substantial disadvantage to removing the jack. So if it doesn't benefit anyone, why do it?
- reaperducer 8y agoThey also cannot be plugged into a separate DAC/Amp setup. It's a telephone. It's not a giant stereo rack system with hipster vacuum tubes all around. That's where your audiophile wired headphones go.