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the whole bluetooth-only earbuds for phones thing really was a con... (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by cyber_godqueen@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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yeah sure not having a wire is nice, but two generations of earbuds from my phones own manufacturer and both pairs i get regularly dogshit audio quality, and half the time one of the buds doesn't even work or produces barely any audio. There is no way to remedy this even after resetting the buds and the bluetooth connection. and you have to shell out 3x as much money for these things. also it's yet another device whose charge you have to keep track of

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[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago

I've found this is one of the areas in the market where brands actually make a big difference, and some quality legacy brands clearly don't give a shit. Active noise cancelling is a godsend for someone like myself with ADHD or autism in loud spaces. Then there's some brands that have LDAC high quality audio over Bluetooth. I found that Anker Soundcore is pretty great in these respects, and they have some pretty inexpensive models. However, the controls on my now two year old models are hit and miss. I disabled the wear detection on the headphones, and the touch controls on the earbuds. The headphones don't respond to volume controls on the phone, and they don't work when connected to my computer so only the computer controls the volume 🤷‍♀️.

The earbuds were a design that is shit for staying in your ears while active, so I'd recommend carefully reading reviews and get a set that have the little stem that hangs down from your ear maybe?

Other than that, they sound really good, have tuneable eq, strong noise cancelling, and a lot of models of their headphones allow you to use an aux cord.