This week, Apple killed the headphone jack on its iPhone 7, meaning users may end up paying at least $160 for its new wireless headphones. Yet a few vendors are quickly rising to the challenge of a ...

This dongle lets you use wired headphones with a laptop, smartphone or tablet. The iFi GO Link 2 can decode hi-res digital ...

The danger of buying expensive headphones is that no matter how good the sound quality is, you run the risk of ruining it by breaking a flimsy piece of rubber and metal. Or you can fix the plug for a ...

A new device called the Pogo is aimed at protecting headphones or earbuds, as it is designed to allow them to break away if pulled, instead of snapping off their plug. The obvious comparison to make ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The purpose of a headphone jack seems simple, obvious, and perhaps self-explanatory — you use it to plug your headphones in. But that doesn't ...

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