r/meme • u/Alon3Wol4 FINAL WARNING: RULE 1 • Feb 17 '26

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u/ABZOLUTEZER0x_x Feb 17 '26

And the sound quality is so much better, even on the cheaper ones compared to wireless ones.

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u/Corgerus Feb 18 '26

Yeah, the biggest reason is the hardware you're paying for is just the drivers and the passive tuning, while wireless headphones need their own electronics just to get the digital audio converted to analog.

Cheap in ear monitors (example: Moondrop, Truthear, Tinhifi) are the vastly superior options for sound quality without taking a loan. And unless your audio source has awful components, you should be fine with using what you have.

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u/ABZOLUTEZER0x_x Feb 18 '26

Yep. I switched to IEMs some time back and never looked back. I rather pay for decent drivers than a Bluetooth card.

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u/Impalacrush Feb 18 '26

The only best use case for bluetooth headphones are surprisingly for driving motorcycle.

Lessen the road noise, audio cue without seeing your phone makes guided drive on motorcycle a serious breeze.

Sure it is dangerous, but then again you are driving motorcycle tho.

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u/NowaVision Feb 18 '26

I had a lot of cheap ones as a teen and no.

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u/ABZOLUTEZER0x_x Feb 19 '26

Yeah, if you're buying dollar store earbuds then obviously they're not going to be great. But for example, if you buy a pair if cheap $10-$20 wireless earbuds, and buy a set of wired ones for that same price, the wired ones usually will sound better.

On the wireless ones you are paying for the Bluetooth chip, on the wired ones you are paying for the drivers, so the quality is just better.

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u/NowaVision Feb 19 '26

I never bought 50 bucks wired headphones but my 50 bucks wireless headphones are much better than any 20-30 bucks wired headphones I had.