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For years I swore I would never get wireless headphones. I always made this mental mockery of running out of battery and not being able to use them. But now t

For years I swore I would never get wireless headphones. I always made this mental mockery of running out of battery and not being able to use them. But now that I have a pair - and ones that have noise cancellation, at that - I can't imagine not using them. I plugged in headphones to my laptop once and it felt so clunky. Never thought I would say that.

snvzz 4y ago
Get Sennheiser HD600 (cabled!) and you'll recover your wired sanity.
- elsonrodriguez 4y ago
  For those curious the correct way to pronounce this is "Hodo 6 Hungoes by old mate Senny".
- Groxx 4y ago
  open-back headphones are rather different than noise-canceling ones
- bitcharmer 4y ago
  I've had them for a long while but find myself using my wireless Momentum 3's almost 90% of the time. The protruding cable is just annoying.
ben-schaaf 4y ago
I'm in the same position but have the opposite conclusion. They cut out when using the microwave or in busy areas of the city. The fact that they're not attached means I forget my phone on occasion and have to go back. Pairing with new devices is much more hassle than using the cable, so I only use bluetooth with my phone and cable otherwise. Even then it sometimes just doesn't connect. The battery life is amazing, but I have on many occasions just used the cable or my backup wired earphones instead because it was flat. In conclusion the noise cancelling is awesome, but the wireless for me is at best a very situational improvement and I wouldn't be less happy without it. I certainly will continue to use wired earphones and avoid products without an aux port.
- M4v3R 4y ago
  Did you try the AirPods though, or some other brand? I literally had no problems from the ones you listed: they don’t cut out, they connect to all my devices automatically (they are paired to your every device that is logged in to your Apple account) and it takes only a few seconds to do so.
  - ben-schaaf 4y ago
    AirPods Max are way more expensive than what I'd consider paying for headphones, the case I wouldn't trust in my backpack, the battery life doesn't even last a long international flight, nor does it come with airplane adapters, it doesn't have an aux cable for backup and I don't trust apple to integrate with anything outside their walled garden - which includes pretty much everything I own. As for other brands the cutting out is inherent to bluetooth and so is the pairing process. Even with longer lasting batteries they'd still run out eventually. It sometimes not connecting automatically is likely related to my phone, so I doubt an alternative would change that. I'm extremely happy with my Sony XM4's, but to me them having bluetooth makes little difference.

snvzz 4y ago

Get Sennheiser HD600 (cabled!) and you'll recover your wired sanity.

elsonrodriguez 4y ago
For those curious the correct way to pronounce this is "Hodo 6 Hungoes by old mate Senny".
Groxx 4y ago
open-back headphones are rather different than noise-canceling ones
bitcharmer 4y ago
I've had them for a long while but find myself using my wireless Momentum 3's almost 90% of the time. The protruding cable is just annoying.

ben-schaaf 4y ago

I'm in the same position but have the opposite conclusion. They cut out when using the microwave or in busy areas of the city. The fact that they're not attached means I forget my phone on occasion and have to go back. Pairing with new devices is much more hassle than using the cable, so I only use bluetooth with my phone and cable otherwise. Even then it sometimes just doesn't connect. The battery life is amazing, but I have on many occasions just used the cable or my backup wired earphones instead because it was flat. In conclusion the noise cancelling is awesome, but the wireless for me is at best a very situational improvement and I wouldn't be less happy without it. I certainly will continue to use wired earphones and avoid products without an aux port.

M4v3R 4y ago
Did you try the AirPods though, or some other brand? I literally had no problems from the ones you listed: they don’t cut out, they connect to all my devices automatically (they are paired to your every device that is logged in to your Apple account) and it takes only a few seconds to do so.
- ben-schaaf 4y ago
  AirPods Max are way more expensive than what I'd consider paying for headphones, the case I wouldn't trust in my backpack, the battery life doesn't even last a long international flight, nor does it come with airplane adapters, it doesn't have an aux cable for backup and I don't trust apple to integrate with anything outside their walled garden - which includes pretty much everything I own. As for other brands the cutting out is inherent to bluetooth and so is the pairing process. Even with longer lasting batteries they'd still run out eventually. It sometimes not connecting automatically is likely related to my phone, so I doubt an alternative would change that. I'm extremely happy with my Sony XM4's, but to me them having bluetooth makes little difference.