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None of the AirPod annoyances are as bad as having your headphones yanked violently out of your ears when the 3.5mm cable catches on a door handle.

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For me, most of the AirPod annoyances individually are worse than cable yanking. Taken together, it's no contest.

A true professional routes the cable through their shirt, from their neck down to their pocket, to avoid this problem.

A shirt provides too much friction thus there is a constant feeling of having the earphones pulled down (especially when moving the head)

The clips that let you fasten it to the collar of your shirt are life changing. Completely elimates the weight of the rest of the cord from your ears and any weirdness when you move your head. I wish more headphones and IEMs came with one in the box.

That's debatable. As far as I'm concerned I prefer being annoyed by my occasional lack of care rather than wondering what software quirk makes my phone call come out of the wrong device. At least I can identify the cause quickly and make my best to avoid the issue.

1. A detachable cable will pull out easier than pulling your headphones off.

2. Run the cable of appropriate length inside your shirt or jacket with enough slack to move without restriction but without a bunch of extra slack.

I carry my backpack or have a jacket on me at almost all times, and having the headphone cable holes in each has prevented this from happening anywhere as often as it used to. Plus the reliability of wired headphones has reigned supreme that I sold my AirPod Pros a few weeks ago after they sat for about a month or two between use, while my corded headsets are used almost daily.

If you're walking around, yeah, sure - wireless all the way.

But for desk use, I don't see the appeal of wireless, given all of the tradeoffs.

Even for desk use, wired headphones feel like being leashed to the desk. It's amazing to be in a meeting and then be able to just mute yourself and walk off to have a drink while still listening in.

Until you get just far enough away that they disconnect and your internal computer speakers start blasting the meeting conversation through the room.

Airpods connected to an Apple device have uncanny range compared to what I'm used to with other bluetooth pairings

The range on airpods is shockingly good.

Somewhere in my audio setup there is a ground loop. I don't know where, and I'm yet to be able to work out what is causing it. But that alone makes wireless appeal at my desk very much.

Those are a pain. I get around them by using optical or USB when possible. But, not always feasible.

Meh, if they're $5 headsets/earbuds they at worst harm themselves (so I pop out another $5 headset to last 1-3 years without issues)

If you have an IEM with a sturdy cable wrapped around your ear, snagging it on a door handle yanks the connector out of the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter instead.

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