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I’m going to do what I do in every thread mentioning a headphone jack: Say I don’t mind Bluetooth and get downvoted.
I know a lot of people that lost their headphones, I don't have that issue.
Also I'm a musician with pretty good custom IEMs. I have to use a very energy hungry external DAC (and while that I can't easily charge), if I wouldn't still have a jack (with a very good DAC)
"it works for my use case"
Good for you? I prefer having headphones I don't need to charge and that won't take my phone's only USB port, so while you personally might not find it useful, a use case for the 3.5mm jack clearly still exists.
BT is good, but anything wired is (and always will be) better and more reliable while being a little less convenient (with some exceptions)
Unless I’m paying for $1600 audio cables my noise-damaged ears can’t tell the difference and I like that I don’t rip things out of them.
audio cables don't matter beyond the $5 range. what you're experiencing with expensive cables is placebo in that case. for me the annoyances with bluetooth are:
- lag
- a/v resync
- high pitched hiss
- having to keep headphones that used to just plug into the phone charged
- the fact that bluetooth headphones degrade over time, giving them less longevity than wired
- interference
i understand there are people in this thread that don't miss headphone jacks, but to act like bluetooth is flat superior is to ignore that bluetooth has genuine downsides that just a wire doesn't
Don't forget audio quality drop when switching from audio only to audio + microphone. Shit drives me up the wall.
Does your fetish extend to pickles as well or in something vital lost in the pickling process?
oh god, it's so noticable
I'm an avid fanboy of Bluetooth on mobile. Its not "better in every way" but when I'm out and about, it is.
- I don't have the lag issue because I only listen to music with it. But this is an issue, and while it's better it's still not consistent enough.
- A/V resync maybe this is just luck but I have had resync issues with Bluetooth in like half a decade? Outside of my phone just sometimes not connecting to them or something.
- High pitched hiss - actually not sure what you mean by this because anything better than $1 ear buds won't have the hiss, and $1 wired ear buds are going to hiss after 1 month when the cable deteriorates
- Wired headphones also degrade over time. Especially when you're out on the go and they get snagged, tangled in pockets, etc. I got my current earbuds for Christmas in 2019 and they are still going strong.
- Interference - again I'm curious to see what earbuds you've used in the last ~5 years. This really isn't a problem any more unless you're 10+ meters from your phone or leave it next to the microwave anymore.
Anyways, i don't expect this to change your mind. It just seems like these "critiques" of Bluetooth earbuds have literally never changed even though the tech has gotten orders of magnitude better in the last decade or so.
- yeah music is fine, mostly
- my $40 bluetooth set needs resync like once a day. it happens automatically, but while it does everything stutters
- i get high pitched hiss on ALL bluetooth, even $300 sets. i think i'm just sensitive to it. i hate it
- when the cable degrades i buy a new cable
- i run into issues with interference with all bluetooth devices about once a month here where i am. i'm near a military post though, so who knows what they're pumping out
Lag
So it essentially makes BT win vs wires by 2:1
Every argument I have ever heard boils down to "in my specific use-case because of X Y Z and Purple, all the benefits of wired are irrelevant" and the people espousing such opinions don't at all take into consideration that other people exists and their specific use-case is not at all widely experienced.
"My tinnitus means I can't distinguish high tones well" okay buddy, but how many other people enjoy distinct highs?
"I move around too much so Bluetooth is the only practical solution" okay my friend, but many people either don't have that problem, or they've found a solution.
imagine a time where phones have Bluetooth and and go on the aux
The magical time of 2017, where devices could have Bluetooth 5 and a headphone jack.
I have a genuine issue that I'd love to get your ideas on.
When I am walking around with my bluetooth headphones in what I assume are places with lots of other signals, the audio goes to complete shit as if I'm on a bumpy road in a car listening to a super skippy CD.
How can I avoid that? It works perfectly when I'm on a bus or at home..
The only time I ever experience this with Bluetooth is when I'm a foot away or less from a running microwave. Or fifty feet away from the connection point. I've never had any other signals interfere, at least not that I notice.
Be around fewer people.
downvot tiem
Thanks
It depends. Had that issue a while back, personally found it was only when I was connected to 2.4 ghz wifi, which is the same frequency as Bluetooth. I haven't really had the issue on my current phone (except in areas where it's really windy), but it does have Bluetooth 5.0 so that might be part of it because it's a massive upgrade from Bluetooth prior.
I had two generations of phones with never-used headphone jacks before I happened to get one without it. I almost got a Moto Z though.
I don't mind it either and do have both, but sometimes i get interference when i'm close to people (which is when i wanna to use the earphones) and i complain about the lack of the port not because bluetooth is shit, but because is importante to have the option
I'll do something similar.
What headphones do you use on your Switch? Or on an airplane? Or a regional bus?
How is the experience switching from your phone, to your laptop, to your tablet, to your Steam Deck?
I gave you an upvote. I'm extremely happy with my BT ear buds.
And my phone syncs up easily and quickly on anything I use. I literally just connected to a work truck that I haven't been in for months. Took 3 clicks of buttons to setup.