{"id":6025,"date":"2016-09-16T14:26:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T21:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hellotech.com\/?p=6025"},"modified":"2021-06-16T13:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:39:39","slug":"wireless-headphones-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wireless-headphones-guide","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Headphones: Are They Actually Worth Buying?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Look around and you\u2019ll see almost everyone wearing one, from sweaty gym rats to boisterous school kids to a businessman in the subway. Wireless headphones have arrived. Now with Apple making the iPhone 7 without a headphone jack, you may need to start looking into them. Their growing popularity will make you question whether they&#8217;re everything the look to be: cool, convenient, and comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re about to invest in a new pair of headphones, it&#8217;s time to decide whether to go wireless or not. Let\u2019s explore the pros and cons of wireless headphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pros-of-wireless-headphones\">Pros of Wireless Headphones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bye-bye-wires\">Bye-bye, wires! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing most of us hate about wired gadgets is their, well, wires. They\u2019re messy and always a pain to tuck in our pockets whenever we\u2019re out. Then when we take them out of our pockets, they have somehow double-knotted themselves and you spend 10 minutes trying to untangle them. This is totally not a problem with their wireless counterpart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-incompatible-jacks-no-problem\">Incompatible jacks? No problem! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn\u2019t it annoying how your favorite headset doesn\u2019t sound or fit well with an iPhone, Samsung, or a certain smartphone case? With wireless headphones, you can readily work around this dilemma\u2014thanks, Bluetooth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-easy-breezy-pairing\">Easy-breezy pairing! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you wish to connect to a tablet, phone, laptop, or even a car stereo, you can easily do so with a wireless headset. Bluetooth allows you to listen to any device without too much effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cons-of-wireless-headphones\">Cons of Wireless Headphones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-time-constraints\">Time constraints<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wireless headphones are powered by batteries and this only means one thing: it runs on borrowed time. So if you plan to listen to music throughout a 16-hour flight to Thailand, you\u2019re better off with a wired pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-signal-drop-outs\">Signal drop-outs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A wireless earpiece has to communicate back and forth with a mobile device (via a radio signal). It\u2019s inevitable that you will occasionally experience interference. It may feel like listening to a broken record at times with skips and scratchy sound. This can be easily overcome by proximity, however, so as long as you aren&#8217;t trying to listen to your phone from the next room over, you should be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-compromised-audio-quality\">Compromised audio quality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It may not be as easy to notice when you&#8217;re using the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.co.uk\/feature\/iphone\/best-wireless-bluetooth-headphones-sound-quality-iphone-ipad-ios-august-2016-uk-adaptor-3636239\/\">best wireless headphones<\/a>, but the sound quality on a wireless pair can sometimes be noticeably inferior to that of its wired cousin. Aside from the sound drop-outs, wireless headsets often compromise high-quality sound for top-notch signal receivers\/transmitters, which minimize audio interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, the never-ending battle between wired and wireless headphones boils down to the user\u2019s preference. 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