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Author's opinion is subjective and falls under selection bias. There's a lot of famous people that don't use wired headphones For the wireless argument, here i
by kevindeasis 5y ago
Author's opinion is subjective and falls under selection bias.
There's a lot of famous people that don't use wired headphones
For the wireless argument, here is mine.
I use an airpods pro. I also have multiple high end headphones. I only apple os with wireless. If I was using linux, android, windows then I have to use my other headphones, since my bluetooth always have issues with wireless using other os.
The airpods pro is probbably my favourite headphones that I have. I use it 95% of the time
The only time I use wired headphones is if I need to use my amp when I really need/want to listen to the quality of something or if im using non apple os.
Wires are a pain in the a$% for me personally and ironically more fragile than my airpods pro. It's hard to move around with wires and they tangle a lot wether if im wearing them or not.
The airpods pro are small and you can have noice cancelling, transparency, and normal mode. The only downside is I have to charge them every 5~ hours.
They connect to my phone, and my 3 computers easily without unhooking the wires.
The only annoying thing about the airpods pro is that people don't know that i have something in my ear because my hair is long and I am listening to something. When they are trying to start a conversation I usually can't hear them.
The only time they fall out of my ears is if im cleaning the house cause im moving my head around too much. They don't even fall when I'm working out or running
- bananamerica 5y agoPlease point me to an opinion that is not subjective.
- ddingus 5y agoLol, I always liked that line. People like what they like. Forcing it just does not go well, unless the reasons are really good. I was, and am seriously put off by the omission of analog audio jacks. Most of the reasons given just do not resonate and sometimes it is stated or strongly implied I am somehow the problem.
- scns 5y agoI'd guess it is tribalism at work. Different opinion -> Not my tribe.
- Wildgoose 5y agoLikewise. My son and I both ditched iPhones when Apple took away the headphone jack. How else are we supposed to use our phones to listen to music in our cars? (My car's bluetooth only works for phone functions, not music, and my son's doesn't even have that option).
- zwirbl 5y agoI've connected a cheap (~15€) Bluetooth audio receiver to the Aux-In. No phone functionality, but I always ignore calls and texts while driving (and some of the time not driving) anyways
- Wildgoose 5y agoI did try that, but the quality was dreadful and it's just something else needing recharging/eating batteries. The decision to drop a universally supported headphone jack really doesn't make any sense unless you are trying to force people to buy your expensive wireless ear-buds, (which I can't wear because they are uncomfortable and fall out of my ears within seconds).
- ddingus 5y agoSame. The quality is just not there. Even a cassette adapter beats BT. When I rent newer cars, which I do frequently, I am amazed at the diversity of general conbobtwinkulating required to connect, looking hard at you Dodge, and quality, latency is never worth the hassle. End up just using earbuds every time.
- aksss 5y agoThere is a BT cassette adapter, believe it or not. Tried it an old Audi we had that still had a deck in it. It worked but the charging cable couldn’t stay plugged in while cassette was loaded, and if you left it in car in cold temps of course battery would turn to rubbish pretty quickly. However, it’s awesome that this exist[s/ed]. I thought there must be a way for some bright engineer to get the thing to gen power from the rotation of the tape reels and just dump the need to charge as often or at all.
- stemlord 5y agoThe form factor and noise cancelling aspects of the airpod have nothing to do with it being wireless though. Wired phones could have those things too.
- pfranz 5y agoYou're right in theory. In practice that either means a battery in the headphones and/or a new audio cable. I'm sure this has been tried before. It seems like something Sony would try--maybe Lighting headphones would count? I guess Airpods Max would count?
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoYour opinion is subjective and only makes use of andecdata.
- anothernewdude 5y agoYeah, like Napoleon and Stalin.
- eertami 5y ago>The only downside is I have to charge them every 5~ hours. I mean that sounds like a pretty major downside. Maybe when this becomes "I have to charge them every 5 weeks" they might be more appealing.
- darkwater 5y ago> Author's opinion is subjective and falls under selection bias. There's a lot of famous people that don't use wired headphones That's pretty obvious. The article gave that for granted (actually, it even explicitly acknowledged it) and put the spot on famous or not so famous people going the other way round. They will be always be a minority and guided by fashion/aesthetics rather than comfort, but it was worth (or not) to point it out.