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That's a safety precaution, you really don't want charging LiPo batteries on your person, especially not stuck in your ears.
No it's not. It's a design limitation. Every single phone on the face of the earth can be charged while being used, even if you're talking on the phone. Nobody is worried there, and the risk is much higher since batteries are bigger, charged faster, etc.
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Do you exclusively use a messenger bag/shoulder bag? I've never had a problem with a backpack and wired headphones. There's an auxiliary benefit as well in that a backpack seems to be way better for my back than a shoulder bag.
A downside being that backpacks (outside of hiking context) are so visually associated with schoolchildren that wearing them as a professional is kind of impossible, image-wise. For someone fresh out of college maybe; for thirty+ it starts communicating a very juvenile appearance. The key with messenger and shoulder bag ergonomics is all in positioning (vertically and in orientation relative to body).
How juvenile do you have to be to give a fuck about what people think of you wearing a backpack
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#423I have never really gotten used to wireless buds, and still find myself reaching for wires half the time: - Wireless buds don’t connect 100% reliably; sometimes I get one and not the other, or neither. Sometimes they will randomly disconnect during use. - Sometimes the sound glitches out randomly, which is so irritating that I don’t care how good the sound supposedly is the rest of the time. - Gestures and voice are…
The rich truly live in a world of their own.
Wired headphones never went away. Wireless earbuds were mostly airpods and clones, which were always a victory of style over practicality or rationality, yet another example of douches with too much money burning that money on inferior products to look fancy (see also: Apple's entire business model). At BEST, you end up paying a higher price for something with ALMOST the same audio quality, slightly less wire-related hassle, and new, much worse NON-wire related hassle, like dropping one somewhere you can never retrieve it from.
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#424Today I learned that for most people, even on HN, headphones means earbuds. All wireless earbuds I have ever used, including Apple Airpods Pro, sucked. Fit, charging stability, not randomly breaking, sound, you name it. By contrast, I have wireless Sennheiser (over-ear) headphones which sound great (compared to my old wired HD25, say), last for 20 hours or so, and plug into USB, Headphone jack and, well, Bluetooth. R…
> I really only use earbuds for sport. In my opinion, that's what they are for.
People have different ears. People have different needs. Maybe if you talked to more people about why they used earbuds instead of headphones - you’d know that earbuds can be for anything.
Simple reasons like not wanting headphone hair are reason enough to not use headphones. Same for other aesthetic reasons. Personally, I am not a bigger user of earbuds either because I have small ear canals that don’t play nicely with most in-ears but I 100% understand why people would use them for more situations than headphones. I frequently wish I could use in-ears because I also wear glasses and overear headphones do not play nicely with my glasses. Again, so simple to think about as to why use earbuds over headphones…
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#425Corded headphones are arguably better if your commute involves a bike ride or crowded subway. They also feel more secure when face masks are involved. Airpods 1 and 2 have long stems, and can fall off when wearing certain accessories like scarves, earmuffs, and face masks (when wearing or removing masks that use ear loops). This is not an issue with Airpods 3 or Airpods Pro which have shorter stems. Tip for people wh…
Corded headphones are pretty annoying to use with masks; I recently switched to wireless for this reason.
Fair enough. My point was if they do fall out, they just dangle from the cord - they don't fall to the floor like AirPods (which is annoying if they fall into subway tracks, or if they fall onto the road while you're on a bicycle).
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#426Today I learned that for most people, even on HN, headphones means earbuds. All wireless earbuds I have ever used, including Apple Airpods Pro, sucked. Fit, charging stability, not randomly breaking, sound, you name it. By contrast, I have wireless Sennheiser (over-ear) headphones which sound great (compared to my old wired HD25, say), last for 20 hours or so, and plug into USB, Headphone jack and, well, Bluetooth. R…
I can give pretty much the same anecdotes as you. The bulkier over-ear headphones seem to have no trouble with connectivity, brilliant battery life, and great sound. While every pair of in-ear headphones has had troubles. A lot of people I know have the fancy sony over-ear headphones and the issues they have had are very rare.
Yes, in addition to the ridiculously long life (30h seems to be the standard), they also have somewhat-easily replaceable standard cell batteries. (judging by iFixit guides)
My friend has an older model that he uses every day for like 4 years, the battery is still reasonably good. And after that, you can still replace the battery and they'll be good as new.
So I opted for over-ear Sony and never looked back. The considerable investment (about 130% of top AirPod model in my country) is totally worth it in my opinion. My wife's AirPods became unusable for a single 1-hour call after about a year.
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#427I am surprised the vast majority of the 280 comments seems to be about bluetooth connection, fitting, sound quality and not a mention about TCO ( Total Cost of Ownership ). May be I am cheap, but I cant get myself to buy another Wireless Earphone again with non -replaceable battery. They are basically consumables. And Apple expect you to buy a new pair every 1-2 years. And even if you dont use it much the battery wil…
If you want a modular and replaceable system, I use KZ headphones with their Bluetooth adapters. If the battery of the adapter dies you can buy a new pair for 20$, and you can meanwhile use cables.
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Same. The quality is just not there. Even a cassette adapter beats BT. When I rent newer cars, which I do frequently, I am amazed at the diversity of general conbobtwinkulating required to connect, looking hard at you Dodge, and quality, latency is never worth the hassle. End up just using earbuds every time.
There is a BT cassette adapter, believe it or not. Tried it an old Audi we had that still had a deck in it. It worked but the charging cable couldn’t stay plugged in while cassette was loaded, and if you left it in car in cold temps of course battery would turn to rubbish pretty quickly. However, it’s awesome that this exist[s/ed]. I thought there must be a way for some bright engineer to get the thing to gen power f…
Neat device. Too bad about it being BT.
I really hate BT.
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This is a type G outlet strip.[1] It's huge. 6 outlets in a 19 inch unit. [1] http://www.internationalconfig.com/icc6.asp?item=60150
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying you don't like how big and bulky it is? It's worth noting what you've linked is more for industrial use. You might see something like that in a server rack for example, but Brits don't have them in their homes. In British homes/offices you'll see something like this[0], this[1], or this[2]. [0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R2ZMJNY [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08…
The 6-long one [0] is just as long as the industrial version. It's just plastic and lacks mounting ears.
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#430Today I learned that for most people, even on HN, headphones means earbuds. All wireless earbuds I have ever used, including Apple Airpods Pro, sucked. Fit, charging stability, not randomly breaking, sound, you name it. By contrast, I have wireless Sennheiser (over-ear) headphones which sound great (compared to my old wired HD25, say), last for 20 hours or so, and plug into USB, Headphone jack and, well, Bluetooth. R…
I probably have that same Sennheiser Urbanite XL and I love it. It has micro-USB for charging and listenening, using the built-in DAC. It has 2.5mm audio jack with included headphone cable to 3.5mm. It has Bluetooth. And two big batteries inside.