Yeah, I’m an avid mac/i/iPadOS user, and that was a bad choice. And it’s sad, because it feels like a choice made just to have something to reveal at WWDC. I’d respect them a whole lot more with optimizations, performance improvements, and developer enhancements. I was good with 18, not to mention some elements from the older designs.
But what’s your wired use case? Are you mostly sitting at a desk working or sipping your favorite drink and listening, or are you using those headphones while traveling/out and about?
For a home/desk setup, I ended up buying a small, fairly inexpensive external DAC/amp specifically for high-quality lossless listening. It works great with my iPhone/iPad and my PC. It’s small enough to take with me (fits in the palm of my hand), but it does start to feel inconvenient when you’re traveling.
When I’m out and about and still want wired, I usually just use the USB-C to 3.5 mm adapter. And honestly, once you’re walking around with background noise, the main advantage of lossless is mostly lost anyway. It’s hard to hear the difference between lossless and a good high-bitrate codec unless you’re really in a quiet environment and actively listening.
Also, on the technical side: a 3.5 mm jack is analog, so the “quality” isn’t about the jack itself, it’s about the DAC and headphone amp behind it. Many built-in phone jacks (when phones have them) aren’t that great compared to even a modest external DAC.
If you’re talking about Apple Music “Lossless” (up to 24-bit/48 kHz), the small USB-C to 3.5 mm dongle is typically enough and it’s easy to just leave it attached to the headphone cable.
If you’re talking about “Hi-Res Lossless” (up to 24-bit/192 kHz), a lot of built-in jacks won’t support that full rate, and you generally need an external DAC anyway. So if you’re chasing hi-res playback, the presence of a built-in headphone jack matters less because you still care most about the DAC/amp quality and capabilities, not the hole in the phone.
That’s why I don’t see a built-in jack as a must-have, it takes space inside the phone, and for higher-end wired listening you’re better off with a dongle or DAC/amp anyway.
Mr. Ticktin argued that Mr. Trump has the power to free Ms. Peters under an untested legal theory that the Constitution’s language allowing the president to pardon people for offenses “against the United States” applied not just to federal crimes but also to state-level charges.
It’s so simple to see how extremely bad this would be. Bad for democrats and republicans alike, all Americans would be in danger with such a precedent. So this fuck, Mr. Ticktin, is sitting there saying Hey gotta’ win this case cause I’m the man. I’ll fuck with the constitution ‘cause fuck it, gotta win.
If there is a hell, no doubt it’s where he came from.
At first we were hesitant, but once we went outside, people liked our style, stopped us in the streets, and wanted to take photos with us," one of the men said.
Which is why the Taliban has a problem with it. If you can invoke a positive emotion in someone, you can influence change.
Yeah exactly. Ticket master is one of the culprits, they allow the scalping right on their own site/app. They also collect fees on the front and back. Fucking racket.
Now, that’s a verb☝️