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I lost 3 of them until my current ones have "lasted" a year. If I move the cord at certain angles, the phones voice control switches on, podcasts skip, pause, o

I lost 3 of them until my current ones have "lasted" a year. If I move the cord at certain angles, the phones voice control switches on, podcasts skip, pause, or run at 3x speed. I don't mind the cord, I don't see why $200 shitty earpods that I have to charge every 5 hours and battery runs out after 1.5 years is better.

Shish2k 8y ago
> If I move the cord at certain angles, the phones voice control switches on, podcasts skip, pause, or run at 3x speed. It is incredibly reassuring to hear somebody else find these symptoms - it took me weeks to narrow down the cause to the dodgy adapter, and then I ended up buying a $80 bluetooth adapter for my wired headphones, because I couldn't find an "ignore the stupid commands that the broken lightning adapter is sending" option...
- layoutIfNeeded 8y ago
  >I ended up buying a $80 bluetooth adapter for my wired headphones What's the point of a headphone if you're listening to MP3/AAC → A2DP transcoded music?
  - grkvlt 8y ago
    it turns out that even mp3 encoding audio doesn't actually stop it being audible to other people nearby when played through speakers, the headphones on the other hand, mean only the wearer can hear it...
    - layoutIfNeeded 8y ago
      True, but I was talking about a headphone being pointless for A2DP because the transcoding would degrade audio quality to the point that even a cheap earphone would be sufficient. Or if someone wants the headphone form factor, then 80 bucks is more than enough for an ok pair of Bluetooth headphones that won’t sound worse than the A2DP transcoded stream already is.
      - grkvlt 7y ago
        FYI, I think your terminology is slightly non-standard though - (UK) english normally would describe any device worn on the head which allows you to listen to audio as either 'headphones' or 'earphones' interchangeably, with the distinction you refer to being indicated by using the modifier 'in-ear' beforehand... Also the cost differential that you seem to suggest exists between them is not apparent - I have seen examples of both form factors of bluetooth headphones as cheap as GBP 10.00 (or less) at a minimum, and you could spend way over GBP 500.00 on either kind if you so desired - you get what you pay for, though...!
      - Shish2k 8y ago
        My three priorities are convenience, comfort, and noise-cancelling (call me a heretic, but for me A2DP is "good enough" quality-wise, so I don't care about that). I already have a pair of super-comfortable noise-cancelling headphones that I carry everywhere, and getting an adapter is more convenient than carrying wired headphones in one pocket and wireless headphones in another pocket :P

Shish2k 8y ago

> If I move the cord at certain angles, the phones voice control switches on, podcasts skip, pause, or run at 3x speed. It is incredibly reassuring to hear somebody else find these symptoms - it took me weeks to narrow down the cause to the dodgy adapter, and then I ended up buying a $80 bluetooth adapter for my wired headphones, because I couldn't find an "ignore the stupid commands that the broken lightning adapter is sending" option...

layoutIfNeeded 8y ago
>I ended up buying a $80 bluetooth adapter for my wired headphones What's the point of a headphone if you're listening to MP3/AAC → A2DP transcoded music?
- grkvlt 8y ago
  it turns out that even mp3 encoding audio doesn't actually stop it being audible to other people nearby when played through speakers, the headphones on the other hand, mean only the wearer can hear it...
  - layoutIfNeeded 8y ago
    True, but I was talking about a headphone being pointless for A2DP because the transcoding would degrade audio quality to the point that even a cheap earphone would be sufficient. Or if someone wants the headphone form factor, then 80 bucks is more than enough for an ok pair of Bluetooth headphones that won’t sound worse than the A2DP transcoded stream already is.
    - grkvlt 7y ago
      FYI, I think your terminology is slightly non-standard though - (UK) english normally would describe any device worn on the head which allows you to listen to audio as either 'headphones' or 'earphones' interchangeably, with the distinction you refer to being indicated by using the modifier 'in-ear' beforehand... Also the cost differential that you seem to suggest exists between them is not apparent - I have seen examples of both form factors of bluetooth headphones as cheap as GBP 10.00 (or less) at a minimum, and you could spend way over GBP 500.00 on either kind if you so desired - you get what you pay for, though...!
    - Shish2k 8y ago
      My three priorities are convenience, comfort, and noise-cancelling (call me a heretic, but for me A2DP is "good enough" quality-wise, so I don't care about that). I already have a pair of super-comfortable noise-cancelling headphones that I carry everywhere, and getting an adapter is more convenient than carrying wired headphones in one pocket and wireless headphones in another pocket :P