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A comment on Ask HN: Are you sick of throw away Bluetooth head/earphones?.

Re:Ask HN: Are you sick of throw away Bluetooth head/earphones? by cruano on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:55PM (#36637467)
> Just give me back old reliable 3.5mm jack

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNHF2AM/A/earpods-with-35...

> What can be done about it? Also, any headphones that let you replace batteries?

One thing you can do is getting something like the UTWS1 from FiiO [1], which is then connected to any IEM that has an MMCX connector. This is not cheap, and is probably not going to give you the best battery life and/or sound quality, but when the battery dies or you get tired of it you still have a perfectly functional set of headphones.

[1] https://www.fiio.com/utws1

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Re:Ask HN: Are you sick of throw away Bluetooth head/earphones? by anditherobot on Friday July 07, 2023 @05:11PM (#36638351)
I really want wired old-fashioned headphones to come back
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Re:Ask HN: Are you sick of throw away Bluetooth head/earphones? by randomluck040 on Friday July 07, 2023 @05:30PM (#36638593)
Are they really gone though? Aren’t IEM still available for every budget?
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