Comment by barbazoo
1 month ago
I just don’t know a single real person that still wants to use wired earphones with their phone. To me it’s the same as complaining that an artist only has CDs, not records.
1 month ago
I just don’t know a single real person that still wants to use wired earphones with their phone. To me it’s the same as complaining that an artist only has CDs, not records.
I want to use the extremely simple and reliable direct interface and inexpensive cheap earphones and patch cables that I can buy in any reasonable electronics store for low markup. They are all passive components.
Adding an external sound card introduces variables outside of manufacture control, the quality, latency, and drive power all at the mercy of some random integrator.
My phone is easily thick enough to accommodate a 3.5mm port, and it can't be that difficult to waterproof such a jack, which should also make reasonable cleaning easy if it's ever required.
That might all be true, but at the same time most people don’t care or prefer wireless earphones.
The security, performance, usability and reliability of wired headphones will always be superior to wireless. There is just no substitute for the simplicity of an uninterrupted piece of copper carrying an analog signal. The convenience of having no wires simply isn't worth the downgrade in these other aspects.
Your opinion is valid, but irrelevant. The above comment said that you’re a minority and that they’ve never met a person irl that shares your opinion. I can say I’ve also never met anyone who shares that opinion.
Also of note is that I used to care a lot about sound quality, and owned very expensive wired IEMs until 2 years ago. I was annoyed when I switched to a phone without a jack, but now I’m used to it and don’t particularly miss it.
> The above comment said that you’re a minority
If we're going to pick nits, no it didn't. And the fact that I'm in a minority (which I definitely am) is what's irrelevant. The comment seemed to be doubting the existence of this preference, and I gave an example of its existence.
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Wired headphones have no latency. AptX-LL are rare in the good quality headsets.
This right here, especially for gaming.
When I use my Sony XM5 Bluetooth headphones, the latency is noticeable. Watching videos, the lips don't match the audio. Playing games, I see things before I hear them. It's probably in the ~150-200 ms range for latency.
While gaming, I use a different set of wireless headphones that use a proprietary dongle. If they have any latency at all, I don't notice it.
On the phone?
Good wired headphones (or in-ear monitors) still sound noticeably better than wireless. This makes a big difference when listening to music.
Makes sense, I guess it comes down to how you use your phone, if it's your primary high fidelity music listening device, then you would totally need an audio jack. My guess is simply that that's the minority of people.