Enjoy that headphone jack while it lasts!
Re:The impossible dream of USB-C
by wallacoloo on Saturday October 14, 2017 @05:28PM
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> every (single) headphone cable going to the left can.
FWIW a number of studio headphones support plugging in a cable to either can rather than restricting you to just the left one, if you want to go that route. V-moda sells a few pairs like this and denotes the feature as "dual inputs".
Re:The impossible dream of USB-C
by seller_door on Saturday October 14, 2017 @06:38PM
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It's still annoying if you're right handed and trying to write something by hand on paper in front of the laptop.
Re:The impossible dream of USB-C
by smallnamespace on Sunday October 15, 2017 @01:18AM
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Get an extension and just route it around the back.
Bonus: if you get up from your desk while wearing headphones, you don't have to worry about pausing or muting the audio. The laptop thinks you're still plugged in.
the best wireless bluetooth headphones, the sennheiser momentum wireless 2s, have their cord (when in wired mode) coming from the right, which is disconcerting but convenient for this one particular use case.
Can't you reverse the left/right channels in the OS? That seems like a simple solution if possible (I just looked it up and it looks like it was easy to do a few years ago, so maybe it still is).
I think they're talking about the physical cable, not the signal path.
I understand, but if you reverse the channels, you can wear the headphones reversed. Depending on the physical design of the headphones, this may not may not be feasible (if each side conforms to that ear). If it is feasible and you can reverse the headphones and reverse the channels, problem solved, as long as you remember to wear them reversed.
I don't know if I've ever seen headphones that are reversible like that. Sounds very uncomfortable.
I think most earbuds are easily reversible. Over the ear ones might feel a little odd, but I suspect most that took the effort to be comfortable in a normal configuration (that is, have some flexibility) would be serviceable. In-ear headsets and earbuds that have an around the ear component probably wouldn't work at all.
Go figure.