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drbobb t1_j5be94y wrote

I'm actually somewhat puzzled by the fact that I still see loads of people using wired earbuds in the street or on the subway, given that pretty good quality tws have become quite affordable. I'd estimate that it's about even between wired and wireless, though I haven't tried counting.

Myself, I use tws exclusively on the go, and either a wireless headphone or a wired iem when at home, depending on what better suits the music I want to listen to.

EDIT: what I mainly meant to say is that I'm surprised there's still a market for cheap low quality wired earbuds, which are most of those I see people using on the go. It's very rare to see someone using what looks like a premium iem outdoors. I'm not addressing the issue of the hifi market segment.

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Coel_Hen t1_j5d09i7 wrote

Same! In an age of good TWS options from $100 and up and wired IEMs at $20 that sound great, I am surprised at how many people I see with decade-old MP3 player nuggets in their ears.

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drbobb t1_j5e70fz wrote

Actually all the TWS I have used were significantly below $100 and were/are still good enough for me - though take into account that my hearing is somewhat fucked due to old age, and now tinnitus apparently triggered by covid.

EDIT: currently using Creative Outlier Air V3 as my everyday outdoor gear. Decent sound, unfortunately the ANC is a joke. Paid equiv. of $40.

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Coel_Hen t1_j5e8cdj wrote

Well, my trajectory has pretty much been: LG necklace buds (three generations, I believe, all of which sucked for both music and phone calls, yet I kept buying them for some reason, anyway)--->Sennnheiser CX (the first listenable gear with good call quality)--->Airprods Pro 2, so for me, I had to break the $100 barrier to get good wireless sound, but I have several inexpensive IEMs that sound good.

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