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While it is hard to do damage to a 6.3mm TRS socket and plug, I wouldn't say the same of the 3.5mm one. As a kid / teenager I damaged a number of sockets and be

While it is hard to do damage to a 6.3mm TRS socket and plug, I wouldn't say the same of the 3.5mm one. As a kid / teenager I damaged a number of sockets and bent a number of 3.5mm male TRS plugs. So I wouldn't call it a "just works" technology as it is far from perfect.

floodle 2y ago
USB C ports break just when I look at them slightly wrongly. In comparison to that, 3.5mm is a dream.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  I haven't managed to brake one yet but I admit on a thinkpad I own the cable appear to be wiggly once plugged to it.
  - Izkata 2y ago
    This happened to one of my phones after a few years, turned out it was a bunch of lint compressed into the port preventing the cable from going in all the way. I got it all out with a staple (only thing I could find that was small enough to fit), then the cable started snapping into the port like new.
- martin_a 2y ago
  Just use wireless charging. It works fine. I've 3D printed a little cover for my USB C port as I just don't need it for anything. Will keep that little port fresh for years...
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    You are saying that as if all smartphone were compatible.
    - martin_a 2y ago
      Well, what shall I say without sounding snarky... I'd choose a smartphone that offers wireless charging because that is the state of art and it just works. It makes my life easier. I can just rest it on a little charging pad and move on. No worries about broken cables, broken USB ports and whatnot. Yeah, maybe there's inefficiency while loading, but we're talking about so little energy that gets lost, I don't really care. Just like Bluetooth just works and makes my life easier. My little Anker earbuds charge in their case, they can live in my gym bag without getting lost, sound quality is fine, no connection issues at all, even across the gym (like 20 meters) with dozens of other BT earbud users around. Oh, and the case also has three LEDs to show me how full the battery in the case is. Charge it an hour with a USB-C cable and I'm good to go for weeks.
karmakaze 2y ago
True, but I find the 6.3mm to be overkill (except for commercial use). I'm hoping for the 4.4mm plugs that are used on hifi headphones to replace 6.3mm.
elric 2y ago
I've worn out more USB-C earphones in the 2 years since I've been forced to use them, than I have 3.5mm earphones in the 30+ years since I first got a Sony Walkman. The connectors and wires are so stupidly fragile. They're bulky. They're rectangular and can't rotate in the way the cable is pulled (unlike a 3.5mm jack). They always stick straight out (at least I haven't seen any 90° angled versions). Converters only make the problem worse, because now you have a fragile USB-C dongle sticking out and a 3.5mm jack so it's extra bulky and prone to damage. The wireless ones bug me to no end. Two more batteries to manage, two more single points of failure. Maybe I should dust off that old walkman.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  I am not trying to make a classification. I too find 3.5mm TRS very convenient for its universality and I like that it is low latency. But perfect it isn't.

floodle 2y ago

USB C ports break just when I look at them slightly wrongly. In comparison to that, 3.5mm is a dream.

prmoustache 2y ago
I haven't managed to brake one yet but I admit on a thinkpad I own the cable appear to be wiggly once plugged to it.
- Izkata 2y ago
  This happened to one of my phones after a few years, turned out it was a bunch of lint compressed into the port preventing the cable from going in all the way. I got it all out with a staple (only thing I could find that was small enough to fit), then the cable started snapping into the port like new.
martin_a 2y ago
Just use wireless charging. It works fine. I've 3D printed a little cover for my USB C port as I just don't need it for anything. Will keep that little port fresh for years...
- prmoustache 2y ago
  You are saying that as if all smartphone were compatible.
  - martin_a 2y ago
    Well, what shall I say without sounding snarky... I'd choose a smartphone that offers wireless charging because that is the state of art and it just works. It makes my life easier. I can just rest it on a little charging pad and move on. No worries about broken cables, broken USB ports and whatnot. Yeah, maybe there's inefficiency while loading, but we're talking about so little energy that gets lost, I don't really care. Just like Bluetooth just works and makes my life easier. My little Anker earbuds charge in their case, they can live in my gym bag without getting lost, sound quality is fine, no connection issues at all, even across the gym (like 20 meters) with dozens of other BT earbud users around. Oh, and the case also has three LEDs to show me how full the battery in the case is. Charge it an hour with a USB-C cable and I'm good to go for weeks.

karmakaze 2y ago

True, but I find the 6.3mm to be overkill (except for commercial use). I'm hoping for the 4.4mm plugs that are used on hifi headphones to replace 6.3mm.

elric 2y ago

I've worn out more USB-C earphones in the 2 years since I've been forced to use them, than I have 3.5mm earphones in the 30+ years since I first got a Sony Walkman. The connectors and wires are so stupidly fragile. They're bulky. They're rectangular and can't rotate in the way the cable is pulled (unlike a 3.5mm jack). They always stick straight out (at least I haven't seen any 90° angled versions). Converters only make the problem worse, because now you have a fragile USB-C dongle sticking out and a 3.5mm jack so it's extra bulky and prone to damage. The wireless ones bug me to no end. Two more batteries to manage, two more single points of failure. Maybe I should dust off that old walkman.

prmoustache 2y ago
I am not trying to make a classification. I too find 3.5mm TRS very convenient for its universality and I like that it is low latency. But perfect it isn't.