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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by TylerE on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @03:52PM (#39983510)
You know the wireless earbuds have the exact same circuitry built in, right?
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by ssl-3 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:26PM (#39986068)
You know what doesn't have any active electronics at all?

Regular headphones.

It's just wire and magnets, with some plastic.

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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by TylerE on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @04:18AM (#39988258)
That wire and magnets isn’t gonna do anything unless it’s hooked up to at the very least an amp (+ a dac if were talking digital)
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by ssl-3 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:11PM (#39995769)
Such functions have historically (for many decades) been provided by devices with which headphones are intended to be used.
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by TylerE on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:50PM (#39997642)
She every computer still come with a floppy drive? Times and needs and technology change.
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by ssl-3 on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:43PM (#40007135)
No, of course not.

But the floppy drive was supplanted by other means of data transfer and storage that were broadly perceived to be bigger/better/faster/stronger.

Is there some aspect of active headphones that is bigger/better/faster/stronger than regular passive headphones?

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