They never went away. Not the slightest.
Corded headphones are making an unexpected return
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#372I never got the appeal of cordless headphones. A 120$ pair of headphones from the 80s will still work perfectly fine today. A pair of bluetooth headphones will probably die in 3-6 years, either from a dead battery or because the protocols become outdated.
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#373I 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…
I had a kid a few years ago when I switched. Wearing headphones and holding a child sucks because they will probably get pulled out of your ears. I always hated cords tangling in my pocket and I'd often have the wires snag on a doorknob or drawer when walking around--often breaking them. I also used a messenger bag. Ear fit sucks, is it worse with cordless headphones? Ear fit always comes up with earbuds, wireless or…
FWIW, the standard Apple earbuds, both wired and regular AirPods, will not stay in my ears, but the silicon tipped Pros fit like a champ. I have the same experience with non-Apple earbuds as well. Something about the shape of my ears makes the silicon ends a necessity.
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#374Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah yes, the "I've never had a problem so you must just be doing it wrong" defense. Please understand that not everyone has the same experiences as you do.
What's wrong with anecdotes
My phone can connect to the wifi in my house perfectly, but not at my parents house even tho its the same phone, same make of router and both where setup by me.
Wifi depends more on location than the hardware or how you are using it. The anecdote that it works for you is fair enough but pretty useless in this situation as its just a coincidence.
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#375Earlier 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…
Schuko plug (very safe since the earth/ground is always engaged first) or Europlug (relatively safe because it is only allowed for low class power appliances) the problem is that they don't have contact covers. What I like about the British plug is that its closed most of the time, and really really difficult to put stuff in the live/neutral. That has advantages for safety, but also cleanliness. It cuts down dust ing…
They can have contact covers no problem, it's just not in the plug standard. Every couple with kids I know installed socket safety protectors[0] in their power outlets if they wheren't int there already. Some built in ones just require to push the plug in a bit harder, but for even better safety turning ones as in the amazon link are available.
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#376Earlier quoted context omitted.
Without coming across too much as an ad placement, I have to say I have virtually none of these problems with my Jaybird X2 headphones, and I think its entirely a design thing. My headphones are wired from one to the other. They're wireless to the music device, but wired to each other if that helps paint you a picture. Plus, they have these little rubber fins that help hold the headphones in your ears So for me: I ca…
I had the Jaybird X2 headphones and they always fell out with the silicon tips and the foam tips made it so I couldn't hear anything in my vicinity and they still fell out (especially while running). Also they felt kind of bad in my ears. I now have AirPod Pros and I have none of the above problems. I waited a long time before buying them and was really surprised how well they fit (because of my experience with norma…
When they announced AirPods 3 I checked the apple website every day since the release.
But they are not sold in Taiwan yet. So I bit the bullet and got the pros about 5 days ago. I hate my wife’s Sony headphones cos they hurt my ears, and figured the pros would last until the non silicon tip comes came out. But now I love the pros.
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#377Wireless headphones are just as good as wired. I own both I like both.
It's annoying that since apple removed the jack a lot of people suddenly became very opinionated that wired headphones are somehow less than. Apple isn't a cult.
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#378Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have AirPods or AirPods Pro? I was a fan of the originals, but bought the Pros shortly after they came out. I'm on my second pair now - the first pair came down with the dreaded "crackling" and Apple replaced them. I find that they stay in my ears well enough that I regularly use them when driving my Jeep without doors, even when I'm not listening to music. They provide some level of reduction of the wind nois…
It's pretty common for motorcyclists to wear hearing protection- as little as 18mph of wind can cause permanent damage with extended exposure.
Just wanted to second this, if you ride a bike regularly, even a quiet one, wear hearing protection. After a year commuting on my 250 I looked outside and saw that it was raining - I hadn't even heard the rain begin. I started wearing earplugs every ride and my hearing's back to normal but it was a wakeup call. These days I don't ride as much but I'll wear ear plugs any time I'll be going over 60km/h.
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#379Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's pretty common for motorcyclists to wear hearing protection- as little as 18mph of wind can cause permanent damage with extended exposure.
Does a helmet not provide that protection or are you referring to riders who don't wear helmets?
None at all, wear earplugs.
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#380I 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…
> - They fall out of my ears
And contrariwise, while for day-to-day wear I love my bluetooth over-ear headphones, my 'plane earphones' are wired Bose QC25s. Partly because in-ear provides superior noise canceling, partly because when I'm on that 5:30am flight I can lean my head against the side of the plane without upsetting my headphones, but mostly because if I drop my phone I can fish it back up with the headphone cable. :D