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I find wireless headphones to be amazingly liberating - especially if they have their own mute button. Being able to pace around in the middle of a meeting, or

I find wireless headphones to be amazingly liberating - especially if they have their own mute button. Being able to pace around in the middle of a meeting, or even nip to the loo and not miss the conversation (we've been here 70min and I've been muted for 65 of them) means I actually pay far more attention to what's going on.

falcolas 6y ago
A lot of headphones have long cords, which can give you 10+ feet of movement options. Bluetooth may give you freedom, but you sacrifice latency and reliability.
gomox 6y ago
The higher end Jabra's are wired _and_ wireless (USB cable that can be detached) so you can get the audio quality or the freedom depending on what is more appropriate at a given time. Keep in mind: Bluetooth audio _sucks_ for calls, it's way lower bitrate than normal music-mode bluetooth audio.
- BuildTheRobots 6y ago
  I've been using a wireless corsair headset on the PC with it's own USB dongle. Latency, quality, range and comfort are all good enough for my needs. I've used long headphone cables (as the other reply suggested) but I usually end up getting twisted in them late at night or send drinks flying. I said for years that wireless was an unnecessary silliness, but I wouldn't dream of going back now. Bluetooth headsets are impressively awful still. Even when they're really good they still fail in surreal and unexpected ways (ignoring all the problems I have pairing them to my laptop). Listening to an audiobook on the beach would regularly have problems talking from the phone in my pocket to the headset if I was laying down on my back or leaning on a wall. I've also recently moved near a railway line and whilst I don't get disturbed by the trains, 8 seconds before they go past I get a blip in my headphones which is screamingly annoying. There are still a stunning amount of upsides for me personally; I'm not sure I'd go back to cheap in-ear wired headphones readily at all.
  - novok 6y ago
    What pro productions use for wireless microphones and audio is actually pretty decent with low or almost no latency. They present as a wired microphone to whatever sound source you plug them into. Ex: http://www.rode.com/wireless/wirelessgo http://www.rode.com/wireless/wirelessgo Also old school wireless phones don't have the latency & low bit rate issues of bluetooth either and they allowed you to plug in a headset too. It really comes down to the design of the system. I don't know how practical it would be although in a dense city or apartment building.

falcolas 6y ago

A lot of headphones have long cords, which can give you 10+ feet of movement options. Bluetooth may give you freedom, but you sacrifice latency and reliability.

gomox 6y ago

The higher end Jabra's are wired _and_ wireless (USB cable that can be detached) so you can get the audio quality or the freedom depending on what is more appropriate at a given time. Keep in mind: Bluetooth audio _sucks_ for calls, it's way lower bitrate than normal music-mode bluetooth audio.

BuildTheRobots 6y ago
I've been using a wireless corsair headset on the PC with it's own USB dongle. Latency, quality, range and comfort are all good enough for my needs. I've used long headphone cables (as the other reply suggested) but I usually end up getting twisted in them late at night or send drinks flying. I said for years that wireless was an unnecessary silliness, but I wouldn't dream of going back now. Bluetooth headsets are impressively awful still. Even when they're really good they still fail in surreal and unexpected ways (ignoring all the problems I have pairing them to my laptop). Listening to an audiobook on the beach would regularly have problems talking from the phone in my pocket to the headset if I was laying down on my back or leaning on a wall. I've also recently moved near a railway line and whilst I don't get disturbed by the trains, 8 seconds before they go past I get a blip in my headphones which is screamingly annoying. There are still a stunning amount of upsides for me personally; I'm not sure I'd go back to cheap in-ear wired headphones readily at all.
- novok 6y ago
  What pro productions use for wireless microphones and audio is actually pretty decent with low or almost no latency. They present as a wired microphone to whatever sound source you plug them into. Ex: http://www.rode.com/wireless/wirelessgo http://www.rode.com/wireless/wirelessgo Also old school wireless phones don't have the latency & low bit rate issues of bluetooth either and they allowed you to plug in a headset too. It really comes down to the design of the system. I don't know how practical it would be although in a dense city or apartment building.