Bone-conduction headset

[ubuntu at howorth.org.uk]

lproven at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 at 22:28, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if "Macs" is for iOS and iPadOS, too. My outdated as
> > well as my current iPad work well with Bluetooth, paired with
> > pencil, speakers, headphones, MIDI keyboard.  
> 
> I have 1 iPhone. Bluetooth with it has been perfectly seamless, no
> issues at all.
> 
> I don't own an iPad.
> 
> > Life is to short, I never tried to get Bluetooth working, maybe
> > because I first would need to buy a Bluetooth adapter.  
> 
> I have a pair. Bought to try to get a BT LAN link going, 20Y ago. They
> work, inasmuch as Linux detects them and I can do file transfers.
> 
> > Consider to lower your expectations. What will you do if somebody
> > knows a Suse-based distro that fulfils this requirement ;)?  
> 
> I am sure many of you folks know that until last year I worked for
> SUSE.
> 
> We all switched to mandatory work from home in early March 2020 and
> never returned.
> 
> One of my colleagues decided to replace his relatively low quality USB
> headphones with his personal audio ones.
> 
> He posted a HOWTO for us internally.
> 
> It was horrific... kernel changes, manual removal of subsystems,
> building apps from source, all sorts of pain. Took him 2 days to get
> it working, although he did.
> 
> (This on a modern laptop with integral BT, performed by a Linux pro.)
> 
> I read his instructions and decided never to try.
> 
> No, openSUSE is no better!
> 
> Android OK. iOS good. Macs, pretty good. I recently switched to a 3rd
> party BT mouse, to free up one of my few USB ports. Works fine. Not as
> quick to wake from sleep as my old USB wireless mouse, but it works
> fine. Haven't tried audio yet though.
> 
> (Normally I avoid wireless mice, but this one was a gift from my
> elderly and technophobic mother.)
> 
> FWIW, I use a Plantronics USB headset on my Mac for Zoom etc. It works
> great. It was a pain in the neck on Linux, either no audio, or no mic,
> or both, or needing to be unplugged and reconnected to work. In the
> end, with my bad audio becoming a running joke, I switched to ancient
> conference-freebie wired phone headphones.
> 
> 100% perfectly working every time.
> 
> My colleagues couldn't believe my audio problems had gone away. I told
> them how. There was much hilarity.
> 
> So, I went out and bought a pair of good, bass-boost, top-end wired
> Sony in-ear headphones. I think they are this model:
> https://www.sony.co.in/electronics/in-ear-headphones/mdr-xb55ap

Hmm, I like wired headphones too, but iOS, iPhone, headphone socket????

> They are superb. No batteries, no pairing, 100% reliable, compatible
> with Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, everything. No charging
> needed, ever.
> 
> They're comfy, the sound is great, and they cost the equivalent of
> €20.
> 
> Highly recommended.
> 
> Even USB headsets on Linux are a pain. Headphone sockets Just Work™,
> first time every time.
> 
> https://xkcd.com/2055/
> 
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