I had a feeling that there would be drawbacks to BT headphones, but I'm
interested in the portability and the privacy. For instance, I could play
music CDs on my laptop and be able to wander about the house or coffee shop
with ease.
>
>In my opinion, they don't exist. BT for serious listening has plenty of
>problems, including flaky connectivity and limited fidelity. Plus, it's one
>more damn charger. That's one of the things that drives me crazy about the
>people that say wires are for old people, wireless is the future. If I run
>out of the house and want to listen to an hour-long podcast on the train,
>what if I forgot to charge my headphones? With wired 'phones, there's no
>oddball compression, no possible RFI, no trying to pair them with a device,
>NO BATTERY. I plug the little Kosses in and away I go.
>
>One of the biggest things I'm afraid I'm not going to like about today's
>iPhone reveal - all of the credible rumours that Apple has eliminated the
>3.5mm analog jack and you are either forced to use wireless, or have to
>plug a Lightning dongle in so you can plug your analog phones/patch cord
>in. I also have a calibrated measurement mic that plugs into the headphone
>port that I use with the SPL/Spectrum analyzer apps on my phone - remove
>the 3.5mm jack, and it suddenly becomes useless.
>
>
>> I've noticed a few people here at the coffee shop using stereo
>> bluetooth headphones. I'm interested in looking into these but have no
>> idea what is out there that would have decent quality for listening to
>> music, which pretty much eliminates the earbud types at the start. Anyone
>> have a recommendation for something of music quality?
>>
>>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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