Comment on Why does it seem that people dislike recordings of their voice more than photos of themselves?

• Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Headphones != earphones

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  • ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is not correct. Headphones encompasses a variety of methods of putting speakers next to ears. Earphones are one of many types of headphone. Or actually more than one because colloquially some people refer to a few different form factors of headphones that way. IEMs for example are often also referred to as earphones. Language is sloppy like that.

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    • Signtist@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, but they were making the point that most people use the earphone variety of headphone, so when you countered with the fact that headphones in general are better, it missed the mark. I have nice headphones, and yes, they’re better than desktop speakers, but my wife is still using some cheap raycons she got because they sponsored a youtuber she likes back in 2019, and that’s the much, much larger demographic.

      If you ask someone on the street to show you their headphones, the vast majority will pull out a $20 in-ear set, or at best some airpods. People care a lot less about sound quality than you might expect, and prefer the convenience of a small, wireless pod over a nice pair of quality headphones.

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