Can we get the headphone sockets back please?
Thirded. Will buy a dozen sacrificial dongles if that will please the gods.
Corded headphones are making an unexpected return
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#332I can't wear earbuds. I've tried a variety and they cause excruciating ear canal and inner ear pain for me within 15 minutes. I have to use around-ear, open-back headphones to not feel like I'm free diving 15ft under water. I particular, Beyer Dynamics DT 990 Pro https://north-america.beyerdynamic.com/dt-990-pro.html
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#333I 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…
There are wireless headphones with a good TCO. I have a Logitech headset that cost me $80 or so. Changed the battery two times over the last 7 years. Each battery was like $12. Battery replacement was trivial.
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#334I haven’t found comfortable tips for my AirPods Pro. None of the ones in the box fit properly and the foam ones I bought are pretty painful. Despite constantly pushing them back into my ears, I prefer them to wires getting snagged on door knobs and the awful rubbing sound against my coat. I still grab my AirPods over my great old IEMs which sound way better and were only $80.
What brand are the old IEMs?
Massdrop x NuForce EDC3
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#335Amazing how wireless earbuds basically means airpods for almost everyone here, maybe it's a north american thing... I've been using cheap bluetooth earphones (20-30 €) since way before Apple decided to reinvent them, they always sucked, terrible audio, terrible battery, lousy waterproofness... but they get the job done as a sports companion. Having a wire jumping left and right can really get annoying or even dangerous while biking. Cheap chinese ones have a nice rubber thing that sits inside the concha making it way more stable than apple ones that seem so popular these days...
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#336Amazing how wireless earbuds basically means airpods for almost everyone here, maybe it's a north american thing... I've been using cheap bluetooth earphones (20-30 €) since way before Apple decided to reinvent them, they always sucked, terrible audio, terrible battery, lousy waterproofness... but they get the job done as a sports companion. Having a wire jumping left and right can really get annoying or even dangero…
Hmm, $30 Xiaomi wireless Bluetooth earpods have pretty good battery life and very decent audio quality. I don't know about waterproofness, but the low end range of wireless earphones has improved significantly in the last few years.
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#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Easy to mispolarise I've never given polarization any thought and never had any problems, so I don't buy this being an actually a problem in practice. > not earthed NEMA-1 aren't earthed, but NEMA-1 sockets have been forbidden since the 60s, so that fails the "unchanged" part of coldtea's assertion. NEMA-1 plugs may still be used on Class II double insulated appliances, which is fine. And NEMA-5 does have a ground.…
> I've never worried about it, never been hurt by it, and never heard of anybody being hurt by it. Just as my anecdotal experience: I've shocked myself at least twice because my finger slipped over the contacts while I was trying to plug/unplug something in the dark. I have of course learned my lesson and am much more careful when plugging stuff in, but it's a relatively easy mistake to make if one is tired or not pa…
> The US has the "excuse" of being the first domestic power distribution system -- other countries have better standards because they were able to learn from the design flaws in our plugs.
Are the US plugs actually original? The UK ones are on their third generation (originally various proprietary or light-socket-based things, then the three prong round ones found in very old buildings and specialised industrial applications, then the three prong rectangular ones from the 60s).
> And our split-phase 120V system is (as far as I know) a great idea that's way safer than direct 240V.
Eh. They are both safer or less safe in different ways. The US system requires about double the current for given power, so is less forgiving of marginal wiring.
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#338I loved my AirPods but I’ve gone back to wired headphones.
Why? The batteries lasted less than 18 months and the cost to replace them is more than a new pair. Not even considering again until this is fixed.
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#339Earlier quoted context omitted.
That link completely glosses over the fact that UK electrical networks are one big ring circuit instead of a radial circuit. This is because during WW2 they needed the metal savings, and this is also why every UK plug is fused and quite bulky. IMO the EU way is the best. Radial circuit, fused in groups, and the plug is either the Schuko plug (very safe since the earth/ground is always engaged first) or Europlug (rela…
>metal savings.... why every UK plug is fused Metal savings is why every plug is fused ? How does that even make sense when historically fuses were all metal construct instead of the modern ceramic whatnots. And anyway, fused plugs were not a requirement until ... 1992: "That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Plugs and Sockets Etc. (Safety) Regulations 1987 to require pre-wired plugs to be fitted to all…
The plugs are part of the overall system they are in and are designed to that. If you have a ring circuit and 240volts like in the UK, then you had better have a plug that deals with common failure modes - switches on the sockets, fuses, ground as standard etc. If you have 120volts and a radial circuit then you can perhaps do without it.
The US plug does have advantages, like being smaller. UK plugs are really annoyingly large and weighty.
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#340I loved my AirPods but I’ve gone back to wired headphones. Why? The batteries lasted less than 18 months and the cost to replace them is more than a new pair. Not even considering again until this is fixed.
Exactly the same here. My AirPods are worse than useless now because they enticingly work for 5 ~ 20 minutes before instantly dying.
I now use corded earphones because they're consistent and always ready to work.