On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices.

How many actually use the headphone jack?

I ask, because I have one on my phone, since I really wanted one, but I rarely use it. Like Tops 1/Month.

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    376·
    1 year ago

    There are honestly no good wireless headphones out there. Yes, in the price range ~300€ you can get some decent earbuds. But still not even close in sound quality to what you can buy for 100€ with a wire.

    • Thteven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Best option for wireless is to grab a portable DAC/amp like the qudelix5k or fiio btr5 and plug your headphones into that.

      I like good headphones but I don’t like spending good amounts of money on headphones with the built-in point of failure of a battery that will inevitably crap out after a couple years. I deal with that enough with my damn phones.

    • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Oh come on. For $230 you can get the Sony WH-1000XM4 (or similar). Works wired or wireless, active noise canceling, pretty long battery life.

      For 99% of people, those are “good” wireless headphones. I’ve been very happy with my XM3s for five or six years now

      • DrRatso@lemmy.mlEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        You don’t need that kind of quality to hear a podcast clearly, or listen to “Dance Dance Track 15”.

        You don’t, but once you’ve had it, turning back and going to something more expensive that is worse, more annoying to use and will be aproaching useless in 3-5 years? For what? Like it straight up is less convenient for me because i forget to charge it and then it starts dying mid-run or mid commute.