I can attest to this. I gave away my Sony WH-1000MX and my €80 Soundcore earbuds stopped charging. Headphone emergency! I got myself €30 AKG USB-c IEMs off a local shop. The sound quality is far, far superior to even the €350 wireless Sony headphones. I'm not even an audiophile, it's just noticably better. I had forgotten all the little details from the music I regularly listned to.

With your popular wireless headphones, you're really paying for the computer with ANC (and branding, packaging, depending on which version of the series the latest model is on).

The wired IEMs don't have an ANC but I realised I don't need it as often as I thought. I'm certainly going to look for Wired over-the-ear ANC cans next, but honestly I'm not sure if I need them.

I would love to hear the Bluetooth engineers battle it out. I know BT isn't the only reason people want wired, but it's got to be one of the aggravating factors.

Is it the specs fault? Hard to believe if they have gone through at least 5 major revisions. Is it those stupid engineers that didn't implement the spec? Is it the chipsets? I want to see a "who made Bluetooth suck?" Showdown

Audio delay for most Bluetooth headphones is downright atrocious. Yes, there are some out there which support low delay modes (under 40ms), but the vast majority of them do not.

The article ofc focuses on girls instagram and not us gamers who have been using wired for decades.

We are opressed. Unironically I am so annoyed. It was an "ick" before and now its cool again. Okay whatever.

If you are on Windows don't forget to setup Equalizer APO matched to your headphones. On Android check out Wavelet. It can really bring music alive.

I have never bought a wireless headphones and I never will. I bought a bluetooth adapter for wired headphones instead, for when I need that. The only thing I feel like I am missing is noise cancellation.

Another underrated simplicity with wired headphones is - you don’t need to charge it. It just works. Sound quality for sure is one of the biggest advantages of wired phones.

Next up:

"traditional speakers are replacing headphones"

I've listened to hundreds of audiobooks using Sony and Bose bluetooth ear buds. But when I'm sitting at a computer I use wired headphones so I don't have to worry about charging and latency. The bluetooth latency is noticeable during video calls

I like my EarPods, except that the wires keep tangling up. T for that I want to try those zipper hacks

They have a good mic and fit properly.

AirPods, nope nope nope. I could throw them away after one year and the multi device “dream” s was a nightmare.

I still have my HD580, but I don’t want to have the big cups on anymore