Wired versus Bluetooth earphones
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47067241
I used to dislike the removal of the 🎧 jack in many Android 📱. For earphones, I preferred wired to Bluetooth. But many of my wired earphones broke. My Soundpeats trueshift2 lasted a few years before dying. My Soundcore a20i has seemed tough. both Bluetooth
So I've preferred Bluetooth earphones for a few months now. Charging has been a hassle but the toughness has been so 👍.
I never got the hate when Fairphone for example removed the headphone jack. Yeah, batteries. But if the cable of your $150 cans craps out, will you whip out your soldering iron?
yes. who throws away $150 earphones?
A lot of wired in-ears from China have swappable cables now.
I've preferred toughness.
@datendefekt @drawerair
Yeah, no, that's utter nonsense.
During the COVID lockdown I was doing a lot of walking around the local woods with my infant daughter in a pushchair. I listened to music on my phone. I was using free conf-swag head phones.
So I bought myself new ones. Absolute top-of-the-line super-fancy Sony in-ear things with bass boost and all the trimmings.
They were about CzK 600, which equates to about £25.
I still use them. 6Y later they still sound amazing. By any objective measure they are better than any in-ear things: excellent isolation, superb sound (in as well through the integrated mic), complete cross-platform compatibility, *infinite* battery life -- no batteries! No pairing, no synching, no updates ever. Come with build-in anti-theft anti-loss device: a cable.
£25. What that is in dollarbucks I don't know as I avoid visiting fascist states that might imprison me. $35?
@datendefekt @drawerair
P.S. They're extremely comfortable thanks to Sony's tiny unpressurised rubber bubbles. They don't fall out, which all Apple phones do from my ears. The rubber domes are replaceable, and the 'phones came with S/M/L domes provided. They work with both my UK and Czech phones, and my work and personal laptops, and my desktops.
In my not-remotely-humble opinion, wires always beat wireless. I don't use wireless keyboards or mice, either, if I have any option. Wired works better, it's cheaper, it's more compatible, there are no parts to lose, it's totally secure in all conditions, and I never need to charge my input devices.
I spent money on good keyboards, but I use 2nd hand gamer mice, because they're nice and heavy and have integral cords with woven insulation.
They do pulse with colour, but I try to ignore that.
Top tip from nearly 40Y in the industry: always favour the low-tech reliable option over the clever and allegedly convenient one. It's often cheaper and easier as well.
It is surprising how widely this advice applies. It works just as well right up to groupware and office automation software for nation-states, too.
My Sony wired earphones broke.