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0 pointscronix3y ago0 comments

And it's really fun buying a new pair every x years purely because the battery has degraded and not really replaceable. I quit buying them purely because they fairly rapidly (compared to wired headphones) become e-waste, for the slight conveniences you mentioned. All those things including swimming were done with wired headphones too, with maybe the exception of walking into the other room to get your tea.

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drstewart3y ago

That's funny, because I've had to buy more pairs of wired cables because they frayed than I ever did wireless headphones because the battery died.

asdff3y ago

Buy junk get junk. I have a 10 year old set of sony wired headphones. Reference tier sound still. For blutooth, how many of these devices allow the users to replace batteries to make it to 10 years and ongoing as I have done with my headphones? Bang and Oulfson afaik is it but you have to shell out half a grand for one of their headphone sets, plus the battery is proprietary so if the company gets some MBA holders at the helm they will change it slightly between generations and not sell older replacements, to force you to buy new and not leave money on the table.

RockRobotRock3y ago

My noise cancelling bluetooth headphones will still work without any power if you plug them into 3.5mm. Of course, they were horrendously expensive, so any longevity gains are outweighed by the cost.

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