I still have never used wireless earbuds. I don’t understand why anyone would prefer them over regular earbuds. The only benefit is not having a cord that could snag on something. But you need to charge them, keep them in range of your Bluetooth source, you risk losing one or both because they’re so tiny, and they’re expensive as hell and way overpriced for the garbage you’re getting.
I’d rather pay $10 or less for wired headphones, be able to grab and go anytime without charging, plug and play immediately instead of wirelessly pairing them to a device and then having to manually pair them again anytime I connect to a new device, and then run the cable under my shirt so it doesn’t snag on anything. Wireless earbuds are teaching us to put up with more BS in the name of hip trends.
I respect your choice and opinion on not wanting wireless earbuds but there’s plenty of use cases for them besides just wanting to be hipster.
I have had jobs where I was moving around so much that even with the cord under my shirt they would tug and get pulled out, I have spent a comparable amount of money buying wired earbuds because they’ve gotten pulled and the cable ruined. Mind you, I’m a careful person but accidents happen, especially when you’re listening to as much media as I am. I was in the top .1 percent on Spotify for the past couple years.
Wireless are more decreet for jobs where they are accepted but sorta looked down upon.
You use your wired earbuds on a devise that already uses a battery you have to keep charged, it really isn’t that much effort to make sure the wireless ones stay charged and plenty last for a week of regular use. I personally just plug in my case at work every day so it’s a non issue, and before I would just plug them in at night before sleeping like plenty of people do with their phones.
Pairing isn’t difficult nor does it come often, I’ve had my buds for 3 years and I’ve had to pair to 3 things. My phone, pc and laptop. I would argue having to run the cable under your shirt has wasted more of your time than the occasional pairing of wireless to a new devise ever would.
They used to be expensive, there’s a bunch now that have decent quality for 30 to 40 bucks and some of the best are around 100. Here’s a site if you wanna browse through some reviews from a trusted source.
Wireless isn’t a hip trend it’s the future. The proof is that you’re carrying a wireless phone with you instead of using landlines or public phones and you probably use some sort of plastic card to pay for stuff instead of carrying all your cash with you at all times.
No hate, everyone is free to do what works best for them. By all means if wired works great for you have at it.
I prefer wired, bit the industry doesn’t fucking care what consumers want.
You can’t vote with your dollars when Apple cuts it and Google and Samsung follow suit. You (we) are just screaming into the void mostly.
For what it’s worth, the real airpods innovation in my mind was the charging case, and while there are plenty of crap ass basic immitators there are also some decent midrange contenders that do great for day to day listening.
Crinical and others reviewed the Moondrop Space Aage well, so for $25 I tried them. Which is a good price point because I dgaf if I lose them. I tried their slightly more premium Moondrop Golden Ages and loved them. They are miniature planar drivers, so the sound is very clean. It’s not as good a amp powered monitors of course, but for for any kind of mobile casual listening it’s pretty excellent.
I say all this really to say that as the wireless buds have become truly cheap, and the quality floor has raised on some of them, they aren’t actually trash options anymore. I still like having a headphone jack but I miss it less now. As long as I charge the case once a week, for my listening habits, it’s more than enough.
Sony still makes phones with headphone jacks, they also have kickass cameras. I’m rocking an xperia 5 v and its been great. The only thing its missing is a removable battery.
This true, though I do find the pixel series cameras to be subjectively better overall. That’s the key feature for me over the others sadly. I used to use Xperia. Then they got expensive and switched. Now everyone else got expensive too. So I might just switch back if their camera keeps improving. The sensor is always top tier, their post processing is just a few steps behind the others.
Again, just my subjective feel. I check MKBHDs blind camera rankings each year to see if there’s a standout to look into as well. Xperia does okay there IMO. Pixel kills it though as an all-arounder camera. (The gcam port projects help fix this though)
No doubt. For me, the pixel is a non-starter due to lack of sd card slot and lack of headphone jack. They used to not be ip rated too which is a big deal for me but I think the newer ones are.
I have a set of decent ones and still think they’re inferior to wired ones in a lot of ways. Bluetooth is always janky, they have a noticeable delay when watching videos especially when I use them with my PC, It might just be that I have weird ears but they constantly shift around and disconnect despite trying different sized rubber things and they’re expensive and you can’t easily replace the batteries when they inevitably wear out.
I tried them when apple removed the headphone port. No cable is nice but no battery is incomparably better.
I gifted one of my parents a BT headset for zoom and the battery on that legitimately lasts a long time. I think currently BT headsets would be my choice if I went back to wireless. I bought some for work (for the office) and tested the range out last week - actually impressive connection from my laptop. Waiting 10 years for tech to mature is my happy place.
That “only” reason is my primary (but not only) reason. Having had too many headsets I had to replace because only one ear would work. Wasn’t worth the hassle to keep replacing em. In addition, I like a lot of the noise canceling and remote control features good wireless comes with. Not that you couldn’t get those from wired, but a lot of the good ones I’ve seen don’t have much controls.
Yet another reason, my phone, which I chose for the screen size, unfortunately has no headphones jack.
I do currently use wired headphones for my pc, both work and fun, but I started this after my wireless of about 5 years fell apart(plastic degraded, the electronics still work). While the audio quality is higher and my new desk mic is highly superior as well, I do miss being able to walk around my room or get a drink and still listen to conversations.
Anyone who adamantly states such a position of yours is stuck in their own use cases and thinks everyone has the same needs and priorities. I’m not you, and you aren’t me, and we use our devices differently.
A benefit is that they are so small that I can have them as a part of my stuff I always carry without thinking about and use whenever and easily put them away. With wired its always neccesary to roll them up and then run them under the shirt so they don’t get caught on things.
I got a cheap Skullcandy pair of wireless headphones for slow days in the office to pop in and listen to a podcast in one ear but not be obvious about it in case a board member wandered up for assistance (as they did not infrequently in that job)
As soon as I left that job those earbuds stopped being used. Like, I get it it’s cool, and you don’t have to detangle the wire, but I just prefer not eating earbuds/headphones when I don’t have to
I still have never used wireless earbuds. I don’t understand why anyone would prefer them over regular earbuds. The only benefit is not having a cord that could snag on something. But you need to charge them, keep them in range of your Bluetooth source, you risk losing one or both because they’re so tiny, and they’re expensive as hell and way overpriced for the garbage you’re getting.
I’d rather pay $10 or less for wired headphones, be able to grab and go anytime without charging, plug and play immediately instead of wirelessly pairing them to a device and then having to manually pair them again anytime I connect to a new device, and then run the cable under my shirt so it doesn’t snag on anything. Wireless earbuds are teaching us to put up with more BS in the name of hip trends.
I respect your choice and opinion on not wanting wireless earbuds but there’s plenty of use cases for them besides just wanting to be hipster.
I have had jobs where I was moving around so much that even with the cord under my shirt they would tug and get pulled out, I have spent a comparable amount of money buying wired earbuds because they’ve gotten pulled and the cable ruined. Mind you, I’m a careful person but accidents happen, especially when you’re listening to as much media as I am. I was in the top .1 percent on Spotify for the past couple years.
Wireless are more decreet for jobs where they are accepted but sorta looked down upon.
You use your wired earbuds on a devise that already uses a battery you have to keep charged, it really isn’t that much effort to make sure the wireless ones stay charged and plenty last for a week of regular use. I personally just plug in my case at work every day so it’s a non issue, and before I would just plug them in at night before sleeping like plenty of people do with their phones.
Pairing isn’t difficult nor does it come often, I’ve had my buds for 3 years and I’ve had to pair to 3 things. My phone, pc and laptop. I would argue having to run the cable under your shirt has wasted more of your time than the occasional pairing of wireless to a new devise ever would.
They used to be expensive, there’s a bunch now that have decent quality for 30 to 40 bucks and some of the best are around 100. Here’s a site if you wanna browse through some reviews from a trusted source.
Wireless isn’t a hip trend it’s the future. The proof is that you’re carrying a wireless phone with you instead of using landlines or public phones and you probably use some sort of plastic card to pay for stuff instead of carrying all your cash with you at all times.
No hate, everyone is free to do what works best for them. By all means if wired works great for you have at it.
I prefer wired, bit the industry doesn’t fucking care what consumers want.
You can’t vote with your dollars when Apple cuts it and Google and Samsung follow suit. You (we) are just screaming into the void mostly.
For what it’s worth, the real airpods innovation in my mind was the charging case, and while there are plenty of crap ass basic immitators there are also some decent midrange contenders that do great for day to day listening.
Crinical and others reviewed the Moondrop Space Aage well, so for $25 I tried them. Which is a good price point because I dgaf if I lose them. I tried their slightly more premium Moondrop Golden Ages and loved them. They are miniature planar drivers, so the sound is very clean. It’s not as good a amp powered monitors of course, but for for any kind of mobile casual listening it’s pretty excellent.
I say all this really to say that as the wireless buds have become truly cheap, and the quality floor has raised on some of them, they aren’t actually trash options anymore. I still like having a headphone jack but I miss it less now. As long as I charge the case once a week, for my listening habits, it’s more than enough.
Sony still makes phones with headphone jacks, they also have kickass cameras. I’m rocking an xperia 5 v and its been great. The only thing its missing is a removable battery.
This true, though I do find the pixel series cameras to be subjectively better overall. That’s the key feature for me over the others sadly. I used to use Xperia. Then they got expensive and switched. Now everyone else got expensive too. So I might just switch back if their camera keeps improving. The sensor is always top tier, their post processing is just a few steps behind the others.
Again, just my subjective feel. I check MKBHDs blind camera rankings each year to see if there’s a standout to look into as well. Xperia does okay there IMO. Pixel kills it though as an all-arounder camera. (The gcam port projects help fix this though)
No doubt. For me, the pixel is a non-starter due to lack of sd card slot and lack of headphone jack. They used to not be ip rated too which is a big deal for me but I think the newer ones are.
I have a set of decent ones and still think they’re inferior to wired ones in a lot of ways. Bluetooth is always janky, they have a noticeable delay when watching videos especially when I use them with my PC, It might just be that I have weird ears but they constantly shift around and disconnect despite trying different sized rubber things and they’re expensive and you can’t easily replace the batteries when they inevitably wear out.
I tried them when apple removed the headphone port. No cable is nice but no battery is incomparably better.
I gifted one of my parents a BT headset for zoom and the battery on that legitimately lasts a long time. I think currently BT headsets would be my choice if I went back to wireless. I bought some for work (for the office) and tested the range out last week - actually impressive connection from my laptop. Waiting 10 years for tech to mature is my happy place.
That “only” reason is my primary (but not only) reason. Having had too many headsets I had to replace because only one ear would work. Wasn’t worth the hassle to keep replacing em. In addition, I like a lot of the noise canceling and remote control features good wireless comes with. Not that you couldn’t get those from wired, but a lot of the good ones I’ve seen don’t have much controls.
Yet another reason, my phone, which I chose for the screen size, unfortunately has no headphones jack.
I do currently use wired headphones for my pc, both work and fun, but I started this after my wireless of about 5 years fell apart(plastic degraded, the electronics still work). While the audio quality is higher and my new desk mic is highly superior as well, I do miss being able to walk around my room or get a drink and still listen to conversations.
Anyone who adamantly states such a position of yours is stuck in their own use cases and thinks everyone has the same needs and priorities. I’m not you, and you aren’t me, and we use our devices differently.
A benefit is that they are so small that I can have them as a part of my stuff I always carry without thinking about and use whenever and easily put them away. With wired its always neccesary to roll them up and then run them under the shirt so they don’t get caught on things.
I got a cheap Skullcandy pair of wireless headphones for slow days in the office to pop in and listen to a podcast in one ear but not be obvious about it in case a board member wandered up for assistance (as they did not infrequently in that job)
As soon as I left that job those earbuds stopped being used. Like, I get it it’s cool, and you don’t have to detangle the wire, but I just prefer not eating earbuds/headphones when I don’t have to