Post #2694739

2026-01-17 16:37 UTC

I want to agree, I used to hate wireless headphones, until I realised that wired don't last long if I wear them anywhere outside my desk. The cable keeps getting caught in door handles, accidentally stepped when I need to crouch and then snapped when I get up or the plug simply gives up from being constantly bent inside the pocket. I'm a person who can use a soldering but that doesn't make repair much easier, phones don't usually like the 3.5mm jacks available in the market, opening and closing whatever plastic thing covers the contacts or the back of the drivers often break after a third time opening it. The cables themselves start to breakdown and that time I ordered a whole replacement cable off eBay the phone lost all bass (probably high impedance). Another issue is that modern phones output a very quiet signal that doesn't get loud enough even when plugged the HD25. In end wireless headphones solve this problem, I still use wired headphones on my desk. But for mobile use wireless it is.

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@definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2026-01-18 06:15

I'm almost exactly in the same boat, except even at my desk I want wireless. I often turn my camera off and get up to make coffee or go pee in big meetings. It's great. Even when I'm presenting things, it's usually only at a specific time, and I can still talk when I'm away from my desk (flip-to-mute microphones are great.) I have several sets of wired headphones I used to love. I'd buy several sets at once so I already had a replacement when they inevitably broke But I literally can't remember the last time I used a pair of wired headphones. I only miss 3.5mm on my phone for plugging into my car's aux port.

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@coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-01-18 16:14

Indeed. I have had to replace my studio headphones multiple times because I broke them that way. My earbuds are great for travel - much smaller and easy to walk around with.

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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-17 20:52

The quiet issue is due to impedance. You need a better amplifier than your phones garbage dac. High ohm headphones require more juice. I dont listen to headphones on the go really. Only in office. Usually it sounds awful and there's too much noise around me to enjoy it, and I prefer to enjoy music on my actual listening setup at home amyway, headphones will always sound worse due to no depth. But im weird about sound. Music isnt background noise to me.

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