I have been using Bose Soundlink 2 over ear headphones for last 6 months. They are awesome.
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Lightning Headphones: Are They Better or Just an Inconvenience?
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I have been using Bose Soundlink 2 over ear headphones for last 6 months. They are awesome.
Thank you for confirming you're no audiophile. Further comments from you on the subject will be ignored.
And they will help industry leaders making decisions. Then we customers are ignored anyway.
"Listening to music in binary" lol!!
Humans are now more like a robot?
Well our ears may be analogue but our brains are closer to digital. What we 'interpret' in our brains from the electrical signal produced by our ears is another debate entirely. But it doesn't change the fact that music at source is analogue. Or analogue as science is presently able to understand our universe.And they will help industry leaders making decisions. Then we customers are ignored anyway.
"Listening to music in binary" lol!!
Humans are now more like a robot?
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This was just wrong on so many levels that the original poster will never come close to fathoming.
Perhaps MR is asking "us" the question.
We going back to "linked by a wire" after we have all just gotten use to changing batteries in our Bluetooth headphones ? and A2DP support
Don't mess with the program. Just when u get used to something, Apple comes along with a "move out" command. *rolls eyes*
We going back to "linked by a wire" after we have all just gotten use to changing batteries in our Bluetooth headphones ? and A2DP support
Don't mess with the program. Just when u get used to something, Apple comes along with a "move out" command. *rolls eyes*
You're welcome! I'm glad I could dispel so many of your misunderstandings!
I understand about the Square reader. I was mostly brining that up to say that Bluetooth options for credit card scanning (even for magnetic swipe) will be coming. The Square reader is almost there already...
If people want to use wireless headphones then that's fine. So long as they realise they are sacrificing sound quality. Period. Maybe average tech folk won't notice the difference.
The old adage in networking of 'wire where possible' still holds true for audio. No one in their right mind would use wifi-only in their home or office network.
Beats Bluetooth headphones support AAC over Bluetooth of course. And Apple uses AAC @ 256kbps.
People also seem to be missing the fact that if you're a music enthusiast maybe using MIDI over BT, you'll not even be able to use the BT headphones! BT audio means no other BT devices can be attached. Useless! Riding a bike with a BT sensor. Useless.
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It might play it, but it compresses it first. Double compression. Ugly.
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256kbps isn't very good. Can you not hear the compression? You should have saved money and stuck with cheap wired headphones.
In my experience, the DAC and Amp in the iPhone 6 are quite good, as long as you use them to drive headphones that don't require more power than the amp is prepared to provide. I use some fairly expensive headphones from Sennheiser, Etymotics and Shure regularly and they sound excellent.
I would not purchase an iPhone without a headphone jack because I want to use the headphones I know and love without needing another dongle.
This, incidentally, is why I'm unlikely to replace my current MacBook with a future Apple laptop: I don't want to carry and mess with more dongles. My last upgrade cost me the optical drive and Ethernet port; I've learned from that mistake.
And my aging Mac Pro will also not be replaced with a new Mac Pro; why would I buy a computer that I can't plug any of my expansion cards into?
It's looking like the Apple proprietary and closed direction is less compatible with my reality than I'd thought. Fortunately for me, there are viable alternatives; very few things are "Appke exclusive" anymore.
Too bad, I mostly liked the hardware.
I would not purchase an iPhone without a headphone jack because I want to use the headphones I know and love without needing another dongle.
This, incidentally, is why I'm unlikely to replace my current MacBook with a future Apple laptop: I don't want to carry and mess with more dongles. My last upgrade cost me the optical drive and Ethernet port; I've learned from that mistake.
And my aging Mac Pro will also not be replaced with a new Mac Pro; why would I buy a computer that I can't plug any of my expansion cards into?
It's looking like the Apple proprietary and closed direction is less compatible with my reality than I'd thought. Fortunately for me, there are viable alternatives; very few things are "Appke exclusive" anymore.
Too bad, I mostly liked the hardware.
And this is what it all boils down to for me. Most here proceed from the point of view that there's no reason to remove the 3.5mm Jack, but making the reasonable assumption that there is, and the competition is in the same boat, rather than arbitrarily removing something they don't have to in order to foolishly sell more adapters, then both the USB-C connector and Lightning connector take on much more importance. And most Apple customers have invested quite a bit in Lightning after 4 years, as well as Apple having adopted Lightning across more of its devices than ever.
In contrast, USB-C is relatively obscure still. Few people have USB-C ports on devices, and fewer still actually own a native USB-C device to plug into it without an adapter. Which means any eventual switch to USB-C by competing phone makers is going to require adapters to plug into any existing audio equipment, and it's going to take years before USB-C filters down to new consumer audio equipment, not to mention how long it's going to take to replace all the existing equipment. Likewise for PCs. Mobile phones will take at least 3-4 generations to update a majority of products with USB-C, but computer equipment can take up to 10 years. And that's assuming a new USB standard doesn't come into the scene during that time, to address shortcomings with USB-C.
So adapters are going to be needed by most people for up to 10 years or more to cover any possible device they might encounter. But in 10 years, I'm expecting wireless charging, data, and audio to have progressed significantly, such that only audiophiles, and audio and IT professionals need to plug equipment into a physical connection. The average consumer is going to opt for a cord free existence wherever possible. That's the future. Not Lightning, not USB-C. And in 10 years, I'm actually expecting progress, something people on these forums seem to think is impossible. In the interim, everyone will be using adapters with everything, whether Apple, Android, or Microsoft, so it matters little what connector is "standard". In the end, wireless will be the new standard.
Amen.
Will also be sticking with my senheisser ie80's with custom fitted buds.
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Sounds like a massive mess and inconvenience to all consumers where all logic simply says to keep the little jack socket. I'm all for progress, but this shouldn't inflict medium term inconvenience to millions of people.
Yep.
BT sound quality from iOS pretty much sucks. Apple needs to fix that.
BT connectivity is hit/miss with iOS devices. Well documented long standing issue. Apple needs to fix that.
We really need a decent pair of good quality BT headphones - true stereo. Have tried quite a few. Manufacturers need to fix that.
That said, Apple needs to fix BT and amongst all of this rhetoric I have yet to see anything for that.
btw - you did a decently snarky post.
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That's not true. You can, for example, listen to Bluetooth audio and be connected to a Fitbit or Apple Watch at the same time.
In 256kbps AAC? No, I generally can't (and I doubt you can), with the exception of certain killer samples.
I don't think audio quality is a big issue with Bluetooth as long as you have a pair of devices that supports AptX or AAC, especially not for mobile use (where you typically have noises from your environment anyway). Battery life is the bigger issue, particularly for small earbud-type phones that only allow for tiny batteries.
Why? So I can add to my stash of Apple headphones?
Actually - I dole these POS accessories out to my kids when they break theirs. Frequently.
I'm purchasing for my needs, in the $20 range I can get wired or BT and they're both offer the same. Audiophiles are minority from sales volume perspective..
Depends. My bluetooth buds are great for listening to music or talk radio. However, a lot of my time is watching and LISTENING to movies on my iphone and ipad. The lag that seems to be inherent in BT is too annoying. Then, I go back to the wired headphones. If Apple does do away with the headphone jack, I'll just stay with my 6 until it falls apart.
Well if you're not a movie lover, you'll be fine with the slight lag in BT too then.
