Wired vs Wireless earbuds headphones (PROS and CONS)

[@teohyc]

Update 3 years after the video: My Sony WF-1000XM3 earbuds now have way shorter battery life. I recently brought wired earphones on the plane and even without Active Noise Cancelling, the sound isolation from a good sealing tip was able to block out much noise. Going forward, I will not be bringing bulky wireless headphones on flights.

[@catguy4996]

Wired headphones/earbuds are far superior. I hope they never stop making wired ones

[@amarjobanputra3506]

They probably will tbh

[@Saika7]

I think mainstream wired audio will disappear but with many avid audiophiles who swear by wired I don't think it will disappear completely

[@apfelfreund6859]

NGL: I have some extra pairs stored away...

[@marceloktav9393]

@@Saika7 i think it will disappear completely,just look at the samsung or xiaomi flagship smartphones,there is no audio jack anymore,but still it's not a bad idea at all,from using wireless earphones you can get noise cancelling,aptx codec,etc.Wireless earbuds are good but they are expensive

[@shambles3458]

not until Bluetooth can use lossles audio and flac, until then even aptx doesn't sound as good

[@mightyboy527]

Great points Teoh-use wired at home and wireless on the go. Also if and when your wireless phones die u have a back-up. As for comfortability-I have a wireless pair that has a wired circle that comfortably goes around the ear thus keeping them in your ear as opposed to them falling out.

[@MustangDesudiroz]

Wired for home use cuz they just soubd better. Bluetooth during school college or work.. involving frequent physical activities

[@willyperez2475]

From my Experience Wired is still going strong for me Bluetooth headphones are Convenient when hearing music but when watching videos it would go out of sync eventually

[@corenchiereynaldo2417]

Wireless cons: a. You have to charge them everytime b. Having your mobile or laptop bluetooth on constantly drains battery faster. c. After so many charges, the wireless stop holding the charge, so you will need a new one in a year or 3 unless you know how to remove the battery or have money to throw away. d. Sounds horrible no matter how good the driver e. To travel, you have to pack an extra item which is the charging case with you and a CABLE to charge the case. f. Pairing to bluetooth takes 5 to 30 seconds or even longer if the wireless was turned off completely. g. you can't listen to radio since there is no cable for the antennae. h. Very expensive for mediocre sounds. Wired cons: a. It's not wireless (thank God)

[@helbrassen4576]

Lol, the only thing tjat needs mentioning was the sound quality...

[@azmanaziz975]

i agree with u ✅. i add somemore :- Tws volume 60% = Wired earphone 30 % so majority wired earphone no need high volume for u to hear it clearly

[@icediamondshark4010]

I mean wireless earphones are better for people working out

[@corenchiereynaldo2417]

@@icediamondshark4010 that's it? That's the best....... well give me 4 of those wireless headphones, I didn't know they were so capable

[@icediamondshark4010]

@@corenchiereynaldo2417 Dude chill out, I was just making a pointy you don't have ti be so agressive, I do agree that wired earphones are better, but the fact that wireless earphones are better for working out, agruably for just walking around, basically for activities that you have to be a little farther away from your music playing device or doing an activity where wires can limit you, it can be a huge selling point for some people. But really they are a little too expensive for what they are capable of and these wireless earphones stop working way too fast. Wired earphones last a lot longer.

[@justinturley7071]

Some Android phones still put a radio on phones and your wired earphones are the antenna.

[@loss2570]

Its like smart watches vs regular watches, regular watches are more reliable and last longer and smart watches have fancier features.

[@redrover5264]

Bluetooth earbuds are more convenient until about 1 or 2 years when they die completely. I love my airpod pros, but I kinda regret buying them. It's only been a year and they're already starting to die faster. I don't want to replace earbuds every one or two years. I bought my AKG K240s 10 years ago and they still look like new and work great.

[@MooSaidChicken]

2 years is a long estimate too. I typically buy cheaper than airpods, in the $35-100 range, but still, the speakers tend to blow out. Losing one of them is a big factor. On most of my wireless earbuds I've owned, I've long one of them. The world today has made insane improvements on wired earbuds, or IEMs, its incredible. Just made the switch back to wired.

[@arckienotorious5001]

Most smartphones this year doesn't have 3.5mm jack! Wired earphones should be an option, not forced cuz I don't like the wireless ones

[@itsarin2166]

that's why i'm still using my J7 Prime from 2017, it has headphone jack and the phone works fine.

[@cakephone7893]

The quality sound of 10$ wired headphone are better and sync then the 50$ wireless headphone lol

[@jessicahyde8461]

@@itsarin2166 damn bro, replace it with new poco phone.

[@jessicahyde8461]

Buy dac type c for android phone.

[@itsarin2166]

@@jessicahyde8461 eh.. If it ain't broke im still using it, and if its broken imma just fix it, but that phone is broken now and I switch to my mom's phone, the Vivo V5 Plus, it might be old too, but it still works quite great.

[@karthickd7]

Wired one gives crisp sound comparing to BT. But i use Bluetooth tranceiver to connect 3.5 mm jack to make use of both technologies.

[@mclikeeagles2862]

Wireless earbuds not to last is waste of money. Unless headset with replaceable batteries or wire are work well to last is classic and richer sounds direct connection. I pick wire anytime 😊.

[@teohontech7141]

Yeah, wireless not lasting is actually my greatest concern. I've used many battery powered styluses and a handful of them have failed batteries. Small batteries can spoil rather quickly.

[@jaytech1962]

I use the samsung buds plus and they whoop on wired headphones anyday. Plus ambient passthrough and Bixby I can control my phone while it's in the other room... I use to feel just like you until I invested a good bit into a pair... now I can never go back. Also the galaxy buds plus are super comfy.

[@DefKiller90]

Bluetooth earphones are good when you working out on the gym or go for a walk the only downside you have to charge it sometimes drain your phone battery using Bluetooth. I love wired cause you don't have to charge it also easy to find it while wireless earphone have to find both of them even if you lose the case cost lot of money

[@MujeebKhan-nj6nw]

My earphones maximum life spane is 3 months

[@KannagiUU]

@@kaze01 Late reply, but mine last for 7 months, it's the JBL C150SI. And I use it everyday. But I'm still considering switching to tws, because with wired earphones I have to buy a new one every 7 months, and tws can last for 2 years. But the problem is I have to charge it every 3-5 hours, and wait for 1 and a half hour.

[@MrHubyBuby]

What are you all doing with them? I use my at list 5 hours each day, mostly while I'm at work. Each pair i had they worked for 1 + years. Now i have the Blon BL 03 for 1+ years already and works great, i have 2 more pairs waiting, but it seems that they will wait for a while.

[@UrOpinionsSucc]

My wired buds lasted a year and 6 months.

[@ttoxicy]

Don't apple earphones last close to 3 years?

[@banned0404]

Wait... How did you guys use your earbuds? I use mine like 10+ hours everyday and it's still usable after 3+ years now.

[@yashaswikulshreshtha1588]

9-10 years!!! And in India we're dying for such earphone even most expensive earphone in india are least reliable. Earphone about the cost of 20$ Will soon break in 2 months. Please suggest me how to buy those earphone that you bought

[@amarjobanputra3506]

Get a job dumbass

[@おいしいパスター]

Issue with using the adapter is that you can't charge your phone while using it with earphones.

[@jamrevlee9302]

If you want monitoring home use and movie for longer time i prefer wired. Because still the sound quality on wired and latency is better specialy when you play games. Jogging Work Travel Mall etc. Wireless is better.

[@caseanful]

i have both but i stll use the wired for radio mainly i wish there was a way to fix that.

[@mollaimdhadulla9962]

Are u kidding you are use earphone from 9-10year mine won't stand for 2 year

[@koningklootzak7788]

It's not just a matter of codecs and other numbers. Wired earphones provide more energy and power. Excitement is not the same as well as details and spectrum. I say this although I use tws too, only ones that support LDAC. Resolution is nice but energy, power, closeness to the sound aren't the same as wired earphones. When you listen to really nice sound using wired earphones, you'll realize there are many things out of reach by tws. Physical connection is powerful.

[@zereon]

You forgot ANC, hear-through, and various functionality on wireless.

[@bonniemunene5163]

I have never had a cable last more than 3 months. Earbuds is the way to go for me for longetivity. Some earbuds are more comfortable than wired earphones, since there is no cable hanging, and they are lightweight. I almost forget am wearing my earbuds some times

[@vivid_xyz]

How do you know wether an IEM is sweat proof or not? I want to use them for working out and I don't want two diff pairs for home and gym.

[@pranabdebnath5474]

Why do you enter into washing machine while listening to music?

[@KlidesCorneroftheInternet]

In my opinion, wireless is better. They don't tangle up and you can put them in a case anytime you put them away and you have them charged for your next use, better than having them pulled out by anything due to those GOSH DARN WIRES! (I used to use wired and upgraded to wireless so I know what I am talking about)

[@itsarin2166]

well.. but at home wired is a nice choice to have, especially most wired even some of the cheap ones has great sound quality, if you only using earphone for music or watching videos only wireless is good and easy to bring anywhere, but with wired its not just only good for music, or videos but also games, I have used wireless headphones once and when playing vids or music its fine, but then when trying to play a game, the sound out of sync, this is why I prefer wired, yes it can get tangled everywhere but the sound quality is really nice especially for its cheap price, not just for watching, or listening music, its also good for gaming.

[@strawberryjess]

I agree also u can move without taken your phone I can move around my house without disconnecting and without my phone

[@deathmauler181]

Bluetooth die need to be constantly recharged

[@shidanearone9466]

Can you explain to me how the world works. I appreciate your honesty and would like to hear a more philosophical take out of you In fact as i was typing this i was imagining you were debating some great metaphysical choice, represented by the earbuds and cord on one side and the wireless earbuds on the other. The volume turned down for some reason and your spiritual guidance helped, represented abstractly and imaginatively by the different styles of earbuds. I don't know if this means anything to anyone metaphysically, metaphorically or literally in actual earbud land, but if you swallow your earbuds for some reason you stand a greater chance at retrieving a pair that has cords, just sayin. P. S. I actually came here for earbud advice which i will now rewatch your video to see. And one final question... if i move to cordless earbuds what will fill the void in my life of utterly senseless mind- bogglingly enraging and downright impossible to fathom how it happened tangle of earbud's cords that will knot themselves within a nanosecond of being in a pocket. This is a valuable part of my day and i cant imagine relaxing without having my earbuds fall out ,the jack fall out or having to untangle what i just untangled three times in five mins.

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

Yes

[@Layput]

I usually find a way to afford the samsung flagship models. But when they removed the jack, I started to hate on them. Then I decided to just buy the cheapest phone with decent performance. My phone for the past year is the Xiaomi Poco F3, which is still going strong. And I bought it sale for $290 last September 2021. It doesn't have the jack, but who cares? It's cheap relative to its performance.

[@lalkrishnas7384]

Bro I am Malayali which headphones is best ?

[@vivianvibin7121]

Ningal enthaanu ivide cheyyumatgu?

[@vijaykethavath5555]

Iam telugu Boat earphones are the best in india👍

[@Super1234jd]

What is the connection between being Malayali and headphones?

[@yashaswikulshreshtha1588]

Your earbud survived washing machine twice!!!! Literally for such a earphone companies would legitimately cost of thousand dollar for such earphone! Here in India the problem is reliability on earphones.

[@G1T3SH]

My realme buds 2 was also got washed twice and nothing happened to it, it feels like it's waterproof but it's not 😁

[@jacobfield4848]

I have the Sony XM4 and they sound alot better wired than when using Bluetooth. Bluetooth just does not work for me.

[@hishsa2]

What's about battery drain of your smartphone? I think wireless drain battery

[@teohontech7141]

Bluetooth does drain battery but it's not a bit deal

[@DikiBolz]

I have bought bluetooth headphones after many many years of using wired headphones, and I will never again use wired headphones. I have the feeling like I was released from a jail! I gained freedom in exercising, moving through any space, doing any kind of, well, anything, commuting without anybody accidentaly pulling my wires... Bluetooth are so much convenient it is not really a comparisson. Regarding the sound, the producers are putting better and better drivers inside wireless phones, so you can buy one with a really good sound quality (unless you are hard core audiophile). Wireless all the way!

[@ayielomi7189]

Woww I want your wired earbuds link if it's available in Amazon. 🤧 It has heen twice in Washing machine 😭 I want it now..

[@erushii8312]

HAHAHAHA HIS WIRED EARBUDS HAVE GONE INTO THE WASHING MACHINE TWICE HAHAHABHA

[@krunalgoswami4654]

Wire is better than wireless handfree

[@jeromejackson5028]

Yep true and if you forgot to put wireless back in case they are lost or one is missing.

[@sunilshakya6933]

Really which is better

[@krunalgoswami4654]

@@sunilshakya6933 Go for Sennheiser, it gives 2 year warranty and you will not complain about sound quality

[@jessicahyde8461]

@@krunalgoswami4654 yes buy sennheiser. Mine, px80, already used for 6 years.

[@fzn4]

What earphone model brand you use?

[@teohontech7141]

The wireless? Sony WH1000MX3

[@fzn4]

@@teohontech71415:11 and wired earphone?

[@teohyc]

@@fzn4 B&0 H3. Mmmmmmmm, it's labelled in the caption at 5:12

[@Lolong01]

Wireless have google assistant so annoyed how stop it

[@michaeldixon1960]

Why do bluetooth headphones have less power? Less.bass and highs. They are not as loud. Does it have to do with BLUETOOTH it self. Meaning that all bluetooth headphones have a governor on the in my opinion. I think bluetooth itself is liable for hearing damage. That's the only thing that makes sence to me. Because it doesnt matter how much u spend on bluetooth headphones,..they always come up short vs. wired, and the tech has been there for a long time to get on par. They just won't say anything because that would kill sales. When it comes to sound in wireless, we have been getting ripped off, in my opinion.

[@teohontech7141]

There are very loud Bluetooth earphones around

[@Naveen-iu7eu]

1:37 what?? 10 years

[@SuperSy99]

Wired is better specially when you connect it to powerful amplifier.Bluetooth will by pass it no matter how powerful your amplifier or your phone internal DAC system.The reason professional recording engineer never use Bluetooth headphones

[@teohontech7141]

Bluetooth also has latency so it cannot be used to monitor audio. I've recently brought a wired earphone on flight and it had good sound isolation and I actually did not miss ANC.

[@DefKiller90]

Most DJ use wired headphones

[@fhailywalid]

mic quality is like day and night between wired and wireless headset.

[@teohontech7141]

True. Even the expensive wireless earbuds have lousy mic quality

[@kimysok5657]

Work out with wired is inconvenient.

[@rdkuless]

con: wireless = glioblastoma potential ... I searched: best "wired earbuds".. and i got this why is there no list of generations of worst to best: JBL wired earbuds or B&O, or Bose, or Shure wired earbuds?

[@rdkuless]

con: wireless get lost easily.. I'm blind, if i set them down i loose them.

[@DefKiller90]

JBL wired earphones are pretty good

[@Le-eu4bf]

Bluetooth for some reason last longer than wired for me

[@DefKiller90]

My $18 jbl wired earphones sounds louder and more bass than my $200 lg wireless earphones 😂 wired earphones is like a subwoofer with many wiree compared to a wireless earphones thats like a Bluetooth speaker 😂

[@teohontech7141]

Cheap wireless is getting so good these days it is almost not worth spending more than $100 for any wireless earphones anymore

[@yhitssoniccc5458]

I hate the thing that most of the smartphones ain't including the headphone jack port in them -_-

[@DefKiller90]

Get samsung s10 they have a headphone jack

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I can’t stand wireless they need to be shaped like wired ones they piss me off because they don’t always seem to fit like wired I can make a full book talking about this I hate though now that iPhones don’t have the earphone jack and you have to buy a separate thing and they last very long but eventually the sound starts degrading and it’s sad I love napping in the car and I love hearing nothing besides my music

[@ZoD__MV]

Earphones never stand up to me, its annoying and always ruin It is not beneficial for someone who is always moving, working or playing sports

[@mollaimdhadulla9962]

Binod