What In The World Is Google Doing? (Headphone Jack, Pixel 2, Again)

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

With that (mostly) out of the way, if this is the way we're going, those MDR-1000X headphones do look mighty tempting.

 

[dsignori]

With that (mostly) out of the way, if this is the way we're going, those MDR-1000X headphones do look mighty tempting.

My Sennheiser PXC 550s are not bad.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

My Sennheiser PXC 550s are not bad.

Those ain't bad either. Might take a look.

 

[dejanh]

A) chill B) this rant makes the same mistakes of misunderstanding that the first one did.

You may have mistaken my scornful and cynical tone for agitation. You may also disagree with my position, but you have not presented any evidence to the contrary, yet you persist in staying that I am mistaken or perhaps misinformed.

Clearly there are two very different camps of thought on this issue, which is unsurprising seeing as there are very varied priorities and weights placed on this issue, with the whole situation just further exacerbated by the nature or marketing spin. I am confident in my analysis based on all available evidence and my own experience professionally dealing with very similar issues on fairly regular basis.

Ultimately though, I do not believe that we will be able to see eye to eye on this issue and as such it's probably best that we just agree to disagree, and in the same manner vote with our wallets.

 

[e30ernest]

I'm probably an edge case, but as a bit of an audiophile, I generally find audio coming from phone's headphone jack to be a bit lackluster. That's why since my MotoX2 and the Nexus 6P that I have now, I have very rarely used the headphone jack. I use a separate DAP for my personal music needs. The only time I use my phone as a player is when I connect it to my car's radio via Bluetooth.

 

[PhiPsi32]

I agree that phone audio is mediocre at best. Plugging in high end headphones doesn't help. If you do run high end audio (e.g. FLAC) with capable headphones, you probably need a DAC/AMP or at least an amp to fully capitalize on the benefit. So switching to a DAP (e.g. Astell & Kern A70) is probably simpler (but not cheaper). Otherwise you can buy AptX compatible wireless headphones, if hi-fi audio isn't the concern. Buy literally any wireless headphones and call it a day.

 

[anon(49997)]

What in particular amazes you about it compared to every other smartphone slab out there? Genuine question. I want to see what in your mind justifies paying the Google Tax for this phone?

If you don't like phone why are you here. Are you a Samsung, LG, or other mfg rep trying to discredit?

Rooting and flashing custom ROM's with the blessing of Google, no bloat, OS firmware updates pushed out regularly.

Wired head sets are practically a thing of the past. Cables clinging and pulling at your ears, hardware adding bezel to the phone.
Just put the dongle on the cable and leave it there and move on with our lives.

The hardware is great, no over kill, customer & support are first class.

Rooting the LGV30 will loose the warranty, the DAC, the display always on will dysfunction and battery drain will increase as it tries to run it, and more.