Are there any drawbacks to wired headphones?

Although wired headphones have many advantages, there are also some disadvantages, mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Limited movement

• The cable length of the wired headset is fixed, generally between 1 and 3 meters, which limits the distance between the user and the playback device. For example, when using a mobile phone to listen to music, if the mobile phone is placed on the table, the user can only move within the length of the headset line, and can not walk freely, which is not convenient to use in sports, doing housework and other scenes that require a larger range of activities.

• When the user needs to move in different rooms or larger Spaces, the headset cable may be hooked and twisted by objects, causing the headset to fall off or even be damaged, affecting the use experience.

Inconvenient to store

• The earphone cable is easy to wrap around each other, especially when the earphone is put into the pocket or bag at will, the line will quickly become tangled up between the lines, and it will take time to unravel the next use, causing trouble to the user.

• The irregular shape of the wired headset, coupled with the existence of the headset cable, requires a certain amount of space when storage, unlike wireless headphones can easily be placed in a small charging box, and it is relatively troublesome to carry.

Appearance and wear

• The headphone cable may affect the overall beauty and cleanliness, especially in the more simple or focused on the appearance of the occasion, the exposed headphone cable may appear a little messy.

• When wearing a wired headset, the headset cable may rub against the clothing to produce noise, especially when moving or shaking the head, which will be transmitted to the ear, interfering with the effect of listening to music or phone calls, affecting the sound quality experience.

Functional limitation

• Wired headphones have relatively few features compared to some high-end wireless headphones. Most wired headphones only have basic audio playback and phone answering functions, while wireless headphones usually have advanced features such as noise reduction, ambient sound mode, touch operation, voice assistant wake-up, etc., and wired headphones are slightly insufficient in terms of functional diversity.

• With the development of technology, some new audio technologies and functions may be easier to implement on wireless headphones, and wired headphones may lag behind in terms of technical updates and function expansion.

Compatibility problem

• Audio interfaces of different devices may be different, such as 3.5mm interface, Type-C interface, Lightning interface, etc. If the plug of the wired headset does not match the interface of the device, it needs to use a adapter to connect, increasing the complexity and cost of use, and the adapter may affect the sound quality or the connection is unstable.

Some newer devices may gradually eliminate the traditional audio interface and only retain the USB-C or Lightning port, which makes some older wired headphones can not be directly used and compatibility is limited.