![]() ![]() People like to complain about how the iPhone earbuds would constantly break at the joint. It was sent to the frontlines without the right equipment. Since every manufacturer seems to be horribly committed to irreplaceable batteries. There’s just no reason not to move towards fully waterproof and dustproof devices. Since we’ve already gotten rid of the keyboards on mobile devices (which is a shame, but that’s another article). Using a connector that was already adopted and manufactured on a large enough scale when home audio began to be a common thing. Moving it out into the world could arguably have just been a quick hack. It was never designed to be the end-all connector for quality audio signals. ![]() It was designed to be an easy to use connector that could be plugged in and removed quickly for low-quality audio phone switching. A nice clean dry switchboard in a professional location where it would be used by trained personnel and serviced regularly. It’s like we all agreed to ignore the fact that these connectors were designed to be used in a switch board. I’ve even seen some get irreparably corroded by the salt from sweat alone. There’s also a chance that it could be sealed off, but since it has to have little springs inside and holders it’s still susceptible to damage from liquids and dust by nature. Some phone makers have tried by adding a little gasket or a flap, but this doesn’t last. I guess if someone were having a really bad day they could spill coffee at the switchboard… There is no good way to seal or maintain a 3.5mm headphone jack. Now rinse repeat for every portable device on the planet and it seems like an odd mass hallucination. They let you know that they want you to drill a hole right in it and put an unserviceable deep hole in the case. You know your stuff so you’re already thinking about gaskets and IP ratings. Let’s say you had to design a consumer facing device that goes in someone’s pocket. How could anyone reasonably expect the infinitely more subjective and variable headphone and amplifier set to do better?īut rather than just idly trash it, I’d like to make a case against it and paint a possible painless and aurally better future. Plus, it’s not like most Ethernet cables even meet a spec well enough to meet the speeds they promise. When was the last time it was common to hook an Ethernet cable into a laptop? Who would do this when we can get all the bandwidth we want reliably over a wireless connection. It appears to be an historic kludge of hack upon hack until something better comes along. In the usual way hindsight is 20/20, the 3.5mm audio jack can be looked at as a workaround, a stop over until we didn’t need it. It’s a global episode of the sunk cost fallacy. Sure it’s simple, but I’m willing to take bets that very few people will miss the era of the 3.5mm audio jack once it’s over. Sure it’s one of the few global standards. I can’t think of a single good reason not to immediately start dumping the headphone jack. It was a clear betrayal and ever since I’ve regarded them with suspicion. I would save up for a nice set of headphones or an mp3 player only to have the jack go out. Maybe I’ve just been unlucky. Money was tight growing up. The jack has always been a pain point in my devices. This may come off as gleeful dancing on the gravesite of my enemy before the hole has even been dug it kind of is. As for me, I hope I never have to plug in another headphone cable. There is a volume control button on the right earbud.There’s been a lot of fuss over Apple’s move to ditch the traditional audio jack. But I almost never talk on the phone when I work out. The recipient of my call was able to hear me ok. I also did a quick test of the mic and the sound was ok. These earbuds also block out some of the external noise so I don’t have to turn the volume too high to listen to the audio. The sound of the Soundpeats QY7 bluetooth sport earbuds is quite decent. ![]() I’ll just get used to having the flapping cable behind my neck. I tried to use the cable shortener that comes with the earbuds to shorten the cable a bit, but it kind of made it worse because somehow the cable would curve up behind my neck. The cable that connects the two earbuds is rather long though. I tried these bluetooth earbuds for running in the past few days, and they didn’t fall out. I was afraid that the ear hooks would hurt my ears but they didn’t. ![]() I have to use the smallest ear tips and ear hooks with the Soundpeats QY7 because I have small ears. I mostly use my bluetooth headphones for running on the treadmill so I don’t want them to fall out while I run. ![]()
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