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There's also a small plaza in what's considered the very center of my city where I get tons of interference (sound basically keeps cutting as if I was losing connection). There's a subway station underground, and some trolley cables suspended in the air, so maybe there's some sort of power converter underground.
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I hate cabled headphones on a portable device Physically tethering to something designed to be slipped into a pocket, put in case, set down on the table while I walk around, etc is stupid Physically tethering to a stationary object (that you can't really use if you walk away form it) makes sense in some cases
I like headphones primarily on devices that go in my pocket because they move with me. When I use headphones at a non-portable device I'm likely to damage them by walking away with them on. I use a BT headset at my PC for this reason; I can get up and pace &c. without worrying. Quick tip if you are using wired headphones while doing chores: run the cable under your shirt; that should leave little-to-no exposed cable…
...except your shirt when you take your phone out of your pocket to change what's playing, answer a message, etc :|
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I hate cabled headphones on a portable device Physically tethering to something designed to be slipped into a pocket, put in case, set down on the table while I walk around, etc is stupid Physically tethering to a stationary object (that you can't really use if you walk away form it) makes sense in some cases
I like headphones primarily on devices that go in my pocket because they move with me. When I use headphones at a non-portable device I'm likely to damage them by walking away with them on. I use a BT headset at my PC for this reason; I can get up and pace &c. without worrying. Quick tip if you are using wired headphones while doing chores: run the cable under your shirt; that should leave little-to-no exposed cable…
So I have to leave everything off when I go for a run and not connect headphones until I make it to the end of the street. It’s weird.
Anytime somebody runs the microwave in my office, my headphones start crackling. I'm sitting probably 20 feet from the microwave and my computer (source of the bluetooth signal) is right next to me.
Office microwaves (assuming it's not just a retail one that happens to be in an office) can be overpowered. Think the last one I was near was a 2.5kW unit.
(Clearly, the idiots microwaving fish in them. In one office I know they put a sticker with a crossed-through fish symbol after one particularly pungent incident)
My neighbors have something crazy emanating from their house. None of my Bluetooth devices, from Bose to Plantronic to new AirPods Pro, survive signal connectivity when I walk past their house. The connection gets very disrupted and the devices have trouble reconnecting. So I have to leave everything off when I go for a run and not connect headphones until I make it to the end of the street. It’s weird.