Ongoing History Daily: Wired headphones are back

There has been a concerted effort on the part of phone manufacturers to move people away from wired headphones to wireless earbuds. When was the last time you saw a phone with a headphone jack? People seem to have had enough of this.

There’s a growing resurgence in the use of wired headphones. Why? A couple of reasons.

First, using wired headphones is a kind of statement against everything being digital. Practical, time-tested tech is winning over technology that’s constantly being updated, often with mixed results. Another reason could be the audio limitations of Bluetooth. If you want to listen to songs in their full resolution, you can’t with Bluetooth because the bandwidth is too narrow. The only way to hear the full glory of a digital song file is with a wired connection.