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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Number of stews who have the time to help you figure out the pairing rigamarole or why the radio on this unit is fucked: ZERO.

Number of issues with regular fucking headphones: zero.

Cases where the tinniness will impact your enjoyment of visual spooge: zero

People stopping you from buying some $15 apple 3.5mm pods for your earballs: zero

I'm thinking you'll be fine. Leave the air safety officers alone so they can do their job.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

3.5mm earphones don't block 85db of plane noise

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most over-ear noise cancelling headphones I've seen have a 3.5mm input that works with the noise cancelling.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Yet I haven't heard of an earphone with this functionality

[–] threshold_dweller@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What? My 20 years of flying regularly with 3.5mm headphones must have been a very long hallucination.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I said earphones and you're talking about headphones

[–] threshold_dweller@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

They make both.

edit: insult was unnecessary.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't found a single model of wired noise canceling earphones in existence

[–] threshold_dweller@lemmy.today 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

And because you haven't found them, they must not exist?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

By earphones I mean in-ear models. Maybe there is some weird over-ear model with that feature, but when IEMs add the Bluetooth feature, the cord gets cut from the design

[–] threshold_dweller@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

Damn, you're right. For many years I used the Bose Quiet Comfort 20, but those aren't made anymore. There are still some options but none of them look great. The major brands just stopped making them. Ironically the first pair I found was USB-C with an adapter.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The ones that seal do provide sound isolation

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And they're lots of fun when there's a cabin announcement.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't care about them, the seatbelt light is either on or off, don't bother me with what the temperature is at our destination

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't work that way. They're piped through all audio channels at maximum volume.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Don't care, gaming on my steam deck

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Number of stews who have the time to help you figure out the pairing rigamarole or why the radio on this unit is fucked: ZERO.

No help necessary. Leave it as an advanced option and provide those who request assistance a cheap pair of 3.5 mm headphones. SOLVED.

Number of issues with regular fucking headphones: zero.

  1. Wire gets caught in my limbs because the seating area is so tight.

  2. Wire jack is tucked up from people pulling headphones at odd angles. Wortsst case scenario (has happened to me): the jack is inoperable, incapable of holding headphones without continuous, upwards pressure.

  3. No active noise canceling (you might still be able to find ANC wired headphones but they are a niche product if they still exist).

  4. An extra item to pack, since my phone requires a dangle to use 3.5 mm headphones, so I either pack a dangle, or another pair of headphones for using with my phone.

Cases where the tinniness will impact your enjoyment of visual spooge: zero

I'm sorry you're not able to appreciate hifi sound but that's a a you problem.

People stopping you from buying some $15 apple 3.5mm pods for your earballs: zero

Those sound like shit compared to the expensive pair of wireless ear buds that I already own.

I’m thinking you’ll be fine. Leave the air safety officers alone so they can do their job.

Of course I'm fine. But what's this nonsense about bothering air safety officers? Nobody is berating airline employees about bluetooth headphones lol.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Found these pretty quickly.