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Samueru ,

I use my ksc75 daily with the headphone jack.

vext01 ,
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Koss!

I have porta pros and kph30i in my collection :)

Samueru ,

I also have the UR20.

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?

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.

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
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I use wired headphones easily 80% of the time I use any electronic device capable of sound, and >99% of the time I’m actually listening to that sound. I would sooner take a phone without speakers than without a dedicated 3.5mm jack. (I could be convinced with two USB-C ports though)

I don’t need more weight on my ears, another thing that can die, either buds that can be lost or an all-in-one that can’t survive my pocket, and I definitely don’t need another drain on my phone’s battery. I’m not against Bluetooth headphones in general (I do use an over-ear set occasionally), but they will never be my go-to.

A proper poll on use time/duty cycle would be interesting.

kogasa ,
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Qudelix 5k is a good amp/dac, should have no problem in your pocket

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
@Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca avatar

Another thing that I need to charge and more drain on the phone, when the phone is right there? And I still need to mess with cables? Plus $146 is more than I’ve spent on audio equipment in my entire life. This feels like the worst of both worlds for me.

Snapz ,

The point of the headphone jack is that it IS THERE when you need it.

How many of you use your fire extinguisher regularly?

wildcardology ,

It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Knusper ,

I came into this comment section wanting to make the same argument, but I guess, you could also be carrying around a USB-C-to-audio-jack adapter in addition to your wired headphones…

Snapz ,

Yes, and then the same power management issue comes up because you used to have two discrete poets for their own tasks and you don’t. You also have things to lose and to stress the usbc jack so that it fails earlier. 3.5mm Jack is also an especially sturdy jack compared to things like micro USB of the past.

I guess to continue the fire extinguisher analogy, your extinguisher is also your respirator now… So if you want to use it during a fire, you can’t do both. Burn in a fire with your mask on safely OR inhale in all those chemicals and smoke while fighting the fire - PROGRESS!!!

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.

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.

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.

VentraSqwal ,

I use mine everyday. I listen to music, podcasts, and sometimes watch videos at work, basically the entire time I’m working. I usually have my phone connected and charging at the same time through the charge port. Wireless charging doesn’t work because of my Pop Socket.

They also break or I lose them in occasion and it takes a quick trip to any gas station, grocery store, or basically any nearby store during my lunch break, and I’m able to pick up replacements for $10-$20.

Fair to say, I refuse to buy my next phone without headphone jacks. I do use wireless headphones for when I’m working out, but otherwise, at work or on walks, I use wired ones connected to my headphone jack.

roht ,

I have a Poco X5 5G which was the cheapest phone they had with a headphone jack and 5G support. I use it daily with my wired IEMs. The sound quality is better and I don’t have to worry about battery for long listening sessions. I do have a Soundcore Liberty 4NC for calls though. It gets pretty awkward using wired IEMs for calls nowadays.

FeelThePower ,
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Every single day, maybe a few times a year I don’t use it. Though because I have an iphone, my headphone jack is on an adapter. But still, I know for certain it’s not something I can ever give up at this point, have tried the Bluetooth thing.

rsuri ,

I use it by default to listen to podcasts when running or at the gym. I only buy phones with a headphone jack because I feel like wired headphones are a better feature than any flagship phone stuff. Wired headphones are much cheaper, interchangeable, harder to lose, no connection hassles, and best of all I don’t need to remember to charge them. The only downside is tangles.

I have a pair of wireless earbuds I got ages ago for about 5x what my wired earbuds cost, when I mistakenly bought a non-jack phone. I don’t use them since going back to a jacked phone.

PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

I used mine almost every day. My Lightning>1/8” adapter has a permanent spot in my pocket, inside of a miniature altoids tin to protect it.

But I also work as an audio technician, and use my phone for sound checks. And professional audio gear doesn’t use Bluetooth, for a variety of reasons. So I bet my use case is probably a little skewed.

mirisgaiss ,

still using an LG V30 (24bit 96k dac) with a few varying pairs of IEMs almost daily. going to keep using the V30 until it doesn’t work on cell networks anymore. really don’t want to have to fuck about with carrying an external dac to use good headphones.

helmet91 ,

I used it every day, when I had it. I would still use it every day if I had it. Sadly I don’t have it anymore.

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