← Back to context Comment by LPisGood 7 hours ago That decision had a lot of detractors at the time, but it ultimately seems to have been correct. 3 comments LPisGood Reply m463 5 hours ago I don't know if I agree.People who moved to bluetooth got arguably worse sound quality.For wired headphones, there were very few lightning headphones and they mostly sucked.Now with usb-c you can get a broader range of headphones (because other phones have gone with usb-c).either kind needs a dac inside the dongle, or the shell of the headphone, or have a bulky external dac.3.5mm is still king for decent wired headphones/earbuds. jianfenglin 3 hours ago Most people don't like wire and don't care about genuinely good sound through wire vs. artificially sweetened (DSP-ed) sound through Bluetooth. That's what Apple is targeting at, the mass consumer. _carbyau_ 6 hours ago It still has a lot of detractors but it is hard to beat such a sheer market flex.
m463 5 hours ago I don't know if I agree.People who moved to bluetooth got arguably worse sound quality.For wired headphones, there were very few lightning headphones and they mostly sucked.Now with usb-c you can get a broader range of headphones (because other phones have gone with usb-c).either kind needs a dac inside the dongle, or the shell of the headphone, or have a bulky external dac.3.5mm is still king for decent wired headphones/earbuds. jianfenglin 3 hours ago Most people don't like wire and don't care about genuinely good sound through wire vs. artificially sweetened (DSP-ed) sound through Bluetooth. That's what Apple is targeting at, the mass consumer.
jianfenglin 3 hours ago Most people don't like wire and don't care about genuinely good sound through wire vs. artificially sweetened (DSP-ed) sound through Bluetooth. That's what Apple is targeting at, the mass consumer.
_carbyau_ 6 hours ago It still has a lot of detractors but it is hard to beat such a sheer market flex.
I don't know if I agree.
People who moved to bluetooth got arguably worse sound quality.
For wired headphones, there were very few lightning headphones and they mostly sucked.
Now with usb-c you can get a broader range of headphones (because other phones have gone with usb-c).
either kind needs a dac inside the dongle, or the shell of the headphone, or have a bulky external dac.
3.5mm is still king for decent wired headphones/earbuds.
Most people don't like wire and don't care about genuinely good sound through wire vs. artificially sweetened (DSP-ed) sound through Bluetooth. That's what Apple is targeting at, the mass consumer.
It still has a lot of detractors but it is hard to beat such a sheer market flex.