- Gadhouse launched Wesley USB-C headphones inspired by retro: $ 68 / £ 59
- The launch comes a few days after Google called the “botched” and “embarrassing” threads
- Wireless buds generally last 2 years; I have cable cans that are 15 years old
Sometimes a product starts to a great Time, isn’t it? A relevant time; an important period.
Now I could shape a news article perfectly worthy of the Gadhouse Wesley. After all, these are beautiful new retro -inspired headphones that did not speak in its place on the ears of Max Foreign things (or, in fact, in any show in the 80s).
And thanks to their charming USB -C wire, they can offer a loss -free sound of 48 kHz – which is even something of the best Bluetooth codecs in the best wireless headphones can still not really do, but that the best wired and wired headphones can certainly.
You can also get this level of audio detail using your AirPods Max Wired with their USB -C wire, of course, but Apple 2020 cans still cost a lot of money – $ 549 or £ 499 for a quick reference. And the Gadhouse Wesley costs only $ 68 / £ 59 (or around $ 123 at). I love the retro-wing look of these headphones, and I will certainly buy them when they arrived in September, to associate with my Android.
But this is something much bigger, for me. In fact, it is Big Tech and what Google said at the event produced by Google Pixel on Wednesday August 20. In case you have missed it, I will link the two-minute sponsored segment of the popular Talk-show and podcast of Kareem Rahma Subway takes, To which Google cut during its event, here …
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Wired “sloppy”? Li-ion batteries in buds are surely more likely
Where to start? We could contest the idea that the wired headphones seem “sloppy” or “embarrassing” (although the two sons of these microphones to obtain a pick-up of decent voice are absolutely good, however, I guess?) Or the blunt declaration that “they do nothing that you want them to do”. In fact, mine plays high resolution music with practically no latency, and that’s exactly what I want, thank you.
Or there is the idea slightly more sinister than if your daughter was starting to wear wired headphones, she would be “expelled from the house … until she goes from buds”.
I find it hard to believe that in 2025, we recommend throwing headphones without battery that could last your child long in adulthood in favor of wireless headphones which last as long as the lith-ion battery which is distant there. Let me be clear: whatever the quality of audio quality and functionality, this battery is gradually deteriorating at the point of failure in approximately three years from the time of purchase, depending on the use.
And you can say that the headphones are recyclable whatever you want (Apple absolutely affirms that, with its airpods), the truth is that many buds will always end in the discharge, because people do not always recycle – and with such tiny components, it is difficult To recycle each small component of a set of headphones. It can also become expensive because it requires real human dismantling.
OK, so Google has announced that its new 2A pixel buds have a replaceable battery in the case, but it is the batteries in the buds that tend to pass first. And let’s not forget, it is a company that made a huge and very tuned commitment to reach the neutrality of carbon by 2030. So this clip? Not a good look, Google.
I have been a full -time audio writer since 2019, and I still have three pairs of IEMs from this glorious first year where I decided that it was my future and strong. How many pairs of wireless headphones do I have and still use from that time, six years ago? I will give you a supposition.
