Re:Bluetooth Headphones (Score 1)

You can always use Bluetooth headphones.

You can try.

1. The battery goes dead after a short period of time, so then you can't.

2. You are in a WiFi-rich environment, which means you get about a 1' range for your bluetooth. I've actually been in places where even with the phone in my shirt pocket, if I turned my head left or right the signal was lost.

3. You have a smart watch which is linked via bluetooth, in which case you can't link a headphone at the same time (I've tried.)

4. You want to feed the audio to some wired system. (Yes there are bluetooth to jack adapters, but the one I have never seems to have a charged battery, so refer to #1).

What products are you using that have so many problems?

1) I get about 15-20 hours of playback at moderate volume from a single change with my Bose QC35 BT headphones.

2) I can pick up probably a dozen APs from my desk at my work and over 50 in my apartment, most on 2.4GHz. Never get any drop outs at less than 20 feet.

3) iPhone 6s and a first-gen Apple Watch with the aforementioned headphones, no issue at all.

4) Airplay via AppleTV in the living room, Airport Express in the bedroom, and Bose Bluetooth Adapter in my home shop. Never any issues with any of them.

People love to rip on companies like Apple and Bose for being overpriced around here, but if your experience is typical of what I can expect for the cheaper prices, I'll gladly keep "overpaying".