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I am never buying earbuds again, EVER, FUCKING EVER (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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The I paid $25 for these pretty decent ones, they go for $60 retail. Everything was fine and then I remembered the third reason this is trash technology: the screen thingie always comes off, or gets gummed up and has to be taken ‘ off, making it sound like something I wouldn’t even pay $5 for.

If it isn’t that, earbuds will either not stay put, or I’ll lose one, just one.

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[–] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

If the screen is like the metal screen on the end of airpods then you can usually safely use alcohol and q tips to clean the earwax and dead skin out of it.

I’m using some cheap Walmart ones waiting for a replacement pair to come in and it’s real “damn, you live like this” times. They’re so bad and disorienting and they seem to be connecting with a very low quality link.

What blows my mind is that they have the “tips” you’re supposed to fit in your ear for a better, more efficient seal and a huge physical body that ought to mean more efficient cavity for the driver and more low bass but they’re still quiet as heck and sound like shit.