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I know it's popular to screech and yell and rage on the internets but... you people do know that USB-C to jack adapters are a thing you just throw next to your

by izacus 5y ago

I know it's popular to screech and yell and rage on the internets but... you people do know that USB-C to jack adapters are a thing you just throw next to your headphone cable? They work fine with my iPad, Huawei Android tablet and S22 phone. I'd guess they'll work well with Pixels too? You're not forced to use bluetooth/wireless headphones.

jokteur 5y ago
I recently got the new fairphone, which also doesn't include a headphone jack. I have been using the same 17$ in-ear headphones for years, and they have been working amazingly (they even got multiple times in the washing machine and still work). I'm not in for the sound quality, I just want something that works out of the box. First problem: the USB-C to jack adapter from fairphone is out-of-stock. Okay, I guess I will buy from a third party (22$). It was written for iPad, Samsung, I guessed that it could work for my fairphone. Well, it didn't. I give the cable back, shop for another, doesn't work either. Second problem: there is no way I will buy for more than >100$ headphones. So I cave in, buy the fairphone wireless headphones (82$). They arrive, and the experience is terrible: sound quality is worse than my 17$ headphones (everything is muffled except bass), the touch interface is terrible, the ANC really bothers me and the latency is horrendous. If I use the piano app on my iPad (for rehearsing vocal music), I feel the latency and it is really unusable. Switching between devices (windows laptop, smartphone and tablet) is terrible. Yes, I could go out of my way to find a quality USB-C to jack adapter that works, or look at all the reviews of wireless headphones, but the fact is that if you are not an Apple user and use the Airpods (which are quite expensive), the whole experience is just terrible.
hajile 5y ago
Analog adapter put your audio signals right next to noisy digital signals. I’ve never heard one that didn’t introduce a ton of noise into the audio.
schrijver 5y ago
I’ve bitten the bullet, but using an adapter is still suboptimal in two ways: - you can’t charge your phone and listen to music at the same time. - it’s really easy to loose the adapter, especially if you use your headphones on other devices that still have the jack.
- aasasd 5y ago
  While not being a fan of dongles and adapters, I have to note that afaik the power and data/audio signals of usb-c are independent, which allows for charging and audio to coexist on the same port. Something in this vein: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/bed1a88d-6cce-4687-acd9-c52a99359ac4_1.a944a8b009de9766ebdb27524c375754.jpeg?odnWidth=1000&odnHeight=1000&odnBg=ffffff https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/bed1a88d-6cce-4687-acd9-c52... Though, as others mentioned, putting the analog audio signal next to the power line is questionable, especially in cheap adapters.

by izacus 5y ago

jokteur 5y ago

I recently got the new fairphone, which also doesn't include a headphone jack. I have been using the same 17$ in-ear headphones for years, and they have been working amazingly (they even got multiple times in the washing machine and still work). I'm not in for the sound quality, I just want something that works out of the box. First problem: the USB-C to jack adapter from fairphone is out-of-stock. Okay, I guess I will buy from a third party (22$). It was written for iPad, Samsung, I guessed that it could work for my fairphone. Well, it didn't. I give the cable back, shop for another, doesn't work either. Second problem: there is no way I will buy for more than >100$ headphones. So I cave in, buy the fairphone wireless headphones (82$). They arrive, and the experience is terrible: sound quality is worse than my 17$ headphones (everything is muffled except bass), the touch interface is terrible, the ANC really bothers me and the latency is horrendous. If I use the piano app on my iPad (for rehearsing vocal music), I feel the latency and it is really unusable. Switching between devices (windows laptop, smartphone and tablet) is terrible. Yes, I could go out of my way to find a quality USB-C to jack adapter that works, or look at all the reviews of wireless headphones, but the fact is that if you are not an Apple user and use the Airpods (which are quite expensive), the whole experience is just terrible.

hajile 5y ago

Analog adapter put your audio signals right next to noisy digital signals. I’ve never heard one that didn’t introduce a ton of noise into the audio.

schrijver 5y ago

I’ve bitten the bullet, but using an adapter is still suboptimal in two ways: - you can’t charge your phone and listen to music at the same time. - it’s really easy to loose the adapter, especially if you use your headphones on other devices that still have the jack.

aasasd 5y ago
While not being a fan of dongles and adapters, I have to note that afaik the power and data/audio signals of usb-c are independent, which allows for charging and audio to coexist on the same port. Something in this vein: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/bed1a88d-6cce-4687-acd9-c52a99359ac4_1.a944a8b009de9766ebdb27524c375754.jpeg?odnWidth=1000&odnHeight=1000&odnBg=ffffff https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/bed1a88d-6cce-4687-acd9-c52... Though, as others mentioned, putting the analog audio signal next to the power line is questionable, especially in cheap adapters.