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By "huge old school connectors" I assume you mean the 1/4 inch TRS connector? Which is still totally normal on non-cheap headphones?
by voldacar 3y ago
By "huge old school connectors" I assume you mean the 1/4 inch TRS connector? Which is still totally normal on non-cheap headphones?
- scns 3y agoMore like 5 pin DIN connectors (MIDI) but different. If you take a lot at old electronics you will see things for the first time.
- FieryTransition 3y agoWouldn't that be too big? A typical failure point of all my wired headphones/buds has been the connector or whatever the connector plugs into. A bigger connector creates more leverage, which in turn creates more force, which has been a problem. So for mobile usage, wireless audio seems to just eliminate a whole range of problems and failure points, so it's not all good to use physical connectors?
- KerrAvon 3y agoConnectors break because the materials are cheap, not the force per se. Size doesn’t really matter.
- voldacar 3y agoI've had a ton of old headphones and I've never seen something like a 5 pin DIN connector. The old IBM keyboards do use a 5 pin DIN though.
- iamacyborg 3y agoOld keyboards in general if I remember correctly, and mice.
- wkat4242 3y agoKeyboards yes, mice no. XT and AT keyboards had a big DIN plug until the PS/2 popularized mini DIN for both keyboard and mouse. But in the XT/AT days mice just connected to the serial port with a 9 pin D sub. Mice weren't all that common in those days anyway as most programs were still text based.