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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: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:54PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:54PM (#733704) Journal

    Second: I did buy a decent pair of buetooth noise cancelling headphones. Very comfortable. I like them. I'll definitely like them better than noise cancelling earbuds on my next plane flight.

    I still do not like the latency when using them for a phone conversation. But I'm giving in to the inevitability that my next phone will probably not have a headphone jack.

    I cannot decide which I hate more: lack of headphone jack, or a notch.

    In some sense I can agree with you that good bluetooth headphones can be a replacement. But there is always the latency thing. Even if the 30 hour battery life were to be real, they still need recharging. And did I mention the latency?

    On my current phone, which still has a headphone jack, and no notch, I can use an audio cable with these new headphones, although the active electronics must be used, and so I might as well also turn on the nose counseling feature.

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