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emptiestplace ,

Definitely wired for more serious listening and important calls.

I see a lot of people talking about latency - I am generally very sensitive to this, but I think Apple gets the delay down pretty low with AirPods.

I have another complaint, though: the Bluetooth spec doesn’t allow for enough bandwidth to simultaneously send and receive audio at proper bitrates, so any time you are doing both, it dramatically reduces the quality of both. This means if you are using Bluetooth for anything better than PSTN calls, you sound like shit.

Also, the microphones in AirPods make this so much worse by emphasizing sounds of anything you are doing - if you wash dishes or crumple a bag or basically anything, even if it seems relatively quiet for you, there is a good chance it will be loud as fuck for the other person.

Euphoma ,

I keep losing my usb c to headphone jack, but I usually use it a couple times a week when its not lost. I have airpods, but I’m on android so I lost the charger for it, and nearly lost the airpods many times.

tocopherol ,
@tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Do you have issues with keeping track of things like that in general? There are adapter keychains you can use to keep any on your keys. Or I’ve found having a specific place for things helps me, I used to lose my usb-c adapter but now I just always put it in the same spot when I am done using it.

sloppy_diffuser ,

Daily with a USB-C DAC (prefer no DAC). I’ve had Bluetooth headphones ranging from $30 to $300. Keeping them charged is just a pain in the ass and the battery inevitability wears out due to too many cycles.

All my peers stalling our remote meetings for 5+ minutes when their air pods die or have pairing issues also annoys the fuck out of me as it happens every damn week. We do a lot of pair programming sitting in discord all day.

Until the tech improves, I’ll stick with wired.

tocopherol ,
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I remember people saying it was funny how Han Solo had a wired headset when he flew, even though they have all the Star Wars technology, but I feel like even with amazing advances it will be hard to beat the wire anytime soon.

sloppy_diffuser ,

You’re probably right! The reliability is just leagues better, especially with heavy use.

Drusas ,

If I had one, I would use it for somewhere between 2:00 to 8 hours per week. Considering getting the next ZenFone largely because it has one.

AdmiralRob ,

I prefer wired for almost all cases. The reasons are threefold:

  1. It seems like the only Bluetooth headphones being sold lately are either tiny individual ear buds that are easy to lose or big bulky over-the-ear headphones. Right now, my preferred wireless ear buds are connected by wires to an around-the-neck device, and I’m worried I won’t be able to replace them easily when they finish falling apart.
  2. Wireless ear buds are one more thing I have to charge. I already have to charge my phone, watch, game accessories, and vape. I don’t need one more battery to manage.
  3. Latency makes it obnoxious to watch video with wireless audio.

Right now, the only use case for my wireless ear buds is when I’m walking the dog and don’t want to worry about the wire bouncing around and getting caught on my clothes when I’ve already got the leash in one hand. The only reason I use Bluetooth in my car is because my old car had annoying feedback when I listened on the aux cable while the phone was charging. I’m considering trying aux again in the new car because the latency on the car’s Bluetooth is even worse and I’ve found myself watching videos in my parked car while on break from work.

tocopherol ,
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I strongly prefer wired, in part due to the latency, though it’s too bad your car has such bad latency because I have found that it can be essentially zero, maybe there is a setting somewhere you could adjust or firmware update?

AceFuzzLord ,

I have been using the headphone jack on every single smartphone I’ve owned. When I was in school I’d listen to music whenever I was in the bus, when I was going from class to class, when lunchtime came around, whenever I could. When I got home, I would listen to music and watch videos. Hell, I still use my phone way too much for videos and music when I don’t have anything to do.

I listen to so much audio that I couldn’t imagine a world with a limited battery for my headphones.

RvTV95XBeo ,

My only wired headphones are for gaming (not on my phone), and I’m planning to replace those soon with something wireless as I’m tired of getting tangled up getting in and out of my desk.

Wireless headphones are great. Not perfect, but neither are wired.

DerisionConsulting ,

When my phone lost the headphone jack, I just stopped listening to music outside of my home.

I honestly prefer walks now.

xylogx ,

I prefer wired - one less thing to charge.

vortexal ,
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I always use mine, the audio delay that bluetooth headphones have make them almost useless for me. I’m also not a fan of the fact that they either make loud noises or have some form of a voice to tell you when it’s either connected to a device or got a low battery.

mdhughes ,
@mdhughes@lemmy.ml avatar

I have a lightning-analog dongle on my phone headphones, that works fine. I have another analog headphones on my iPod classic for walks. The terrible catastrophe of taking out the headphone jack is nothing. There’s no situation where I’d be listening to my phone and want to charge it, if it’s on the charger I have a computer with speakers.

Arghhh ,

Really? A long day out, the phone almost empty and you want to listen the music? It happens to me quite often, that’s why I decided to buy a DAP.

mdhughes ,
@mdhughes@lemmy.ml avatar

iPhones have like 8-20 hours of charge now, depending on what I’m doing. My old iPod is <4 hours, maybe <2, but it’s enough for a walk. And if I’m out, where would I be charging it? I don’t usually carry a phone charger and wall wart. If I was out for days, I’d use my laptop to charge it, while listening ON THE LAPTOP, which has analog headphone jacks.

So, it’s a pointless conflict.

DavidP ,
@DavidP@midwest.social avatar

Never. Bluetooth headphones and connectivity in the car.

Calcium5332 ,

I only use wired headphones. I don’t like earbuds, and Bluetooth headphones are too bulky and need charging.

abbotsbury ,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

Every day at work when I listen to music.

Siegfried ,

I used it daily when i had one

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