Not exact matches
The Xbox One forces you to
connect a gaming headset to its controller, and the
older Xbox One controllers, annoyingly, don't have 3.5 mm
headphone jacks, forcing you to buy an extra Stereo Headset Adapter (which the headset manufacturers rarely bundle with their products).
But you can
connect any
old pair of
headphones to your TV if you know what you're doing.
In fact, even if you have an
old but still great sounding test of floor speakers, you can
connect your Echo to them via Bluetooth with a simple Bluetooth - to - analog adapter, like the one we use in our guide to adding Bluetooth
headphones to your HDTV.
And are they worth buying versus other «true wireless» models, with separate left and right earpieces, let alone versus «regular» Bluetooth in - ear
headphones, those quaint
old - fashioned wireless models that
connect the two earbuds with an actual cable?
Expectedly, Apple has done away with the 3.5 mm jack, but has included an adapter to
connect your
old headphones to it via the lightning port, which will directly accept the bundled lightning EarPods.
The Xbox One forces you to
connect a gaming headset to its controller, and the
older Xbox One controllers, annoyingly, don't have 3.5 mm
headphone jacks, forcing you to buy an extra Stereo Headset Adapter (which the headset manufacturers rarely bundle with their products).
The age -
old headphone jack is pretty chunky today, and it's not exactly an essential, given that you can now buy
headphones that use Lightning or
connect wirelessly over Bluetooth.
This means you either use a wireless
headphone or a dongle to
connect your
old headphones to the phones.
The Audeze Mobius support AAC and LDAC Bluetooth audio, with a promised wireless battery life of more than 10 hours, and they can also be
connected via USB - C, USB - A, and a classic
old 3.5 mm
headphone jack.