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Bring Back the Headphone Jack: Why USB-C Audio Still Doesn't Work

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-can't-hear-you dept.

canopic jug writes:

PC World has an article on why USB-C has not been a viable alternative for the 3.5mm audio jack. Problems with USB-C include variable handling of digital to audio conversion, incompatible SOCs inside the cable, and non-standard analog-passthrough. In short, the cables which contain computers themselves are not standardized in behavior and the author's conclusion is that mobile devices must have 3.5mm jacks until the USB-C cable technology gets sorted out enough that they become usable.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 12 2018, @12:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 12 2018, @12:51PM (#733573)

    Parent said:
    "In a world where the signal in the phone is digital, there's no downside (and a lot of advantages) to transferring the signal to the headphones digitally."

    The rest of your post contradicted your first paragraph in a detailed manner!
    Also, Bluetooth is a WIRELESS protocol. For a WIRED protocol extending a few feet, nothing is better than analog.