Sasha [They/Them]

Fuck anyone complicit in this shit, the world hates good people who act on their principles.

Makes me so fucking mad.

That’s pretty fair. I’m not expecting the cable to literally last forever but the longer it lasts then the less waste I can produce. Recycling is awesome but I honestly don’t have much faith in it, so trying to reduce what I send there too.

I’m considering getting into making my own cables tbh, maybe I’ll be able to work out how to make them durable as hell and share the designs with people who struggle with this too. That said I know IEM cables tend to be pretty heavily shielded and that seems like more trouble than its worth, but who knows.

Im considering making an Armband or just adding a pocket to my pants that sits in a better spot, kinda like a thigh band I guess.

I’ve used wireless buds for the past ~4 years and I’ve had to rma so many of them that I’ve given up, I’ve rma’d my last pair and gave them to a friend. I’m also not keen on the environmental impact, so really trying to avoid them if possible.

Great to know, thanks! Chu II definitely have a removable cable from the images I’ve seen.

I have bone conduction for riding when needed, not every situation requires them.

It’s not a non-issue because I don’t want the cables to become a consumable, I want a tough cable I can rely on for as long as physically possible. My main interest in BIFL is to reduce my waste tbh.

I’ve been keeping an eye on sony buds recently, my stores only have 3.5mm ones which I could go with. My only problem using the 3.5s in the past has been that my USB DAC broke instead, usually for exactly the same reason the earbud cable normally breaks 😑

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Oh yeah, fair point! I did used to use the angled ones when I was in highschool.

My desktop cans have a nice chunky 1/4" plug and it’s fantastic.

The most durable Bluetooth “earbuds” I’ve had so far are my bone conduction ones, but they’re not great quality and don’t offer any isolation. 10/10 for background music when hanging with people though.

Yeah, I’ve got a couple of pairs of cans I love and use around the house and when walking.

Believe me I really tried to get a phone with a 3.5mm, but I had a few other requirements and losing that was the extremely painful tradeoff, I hate the direction modern smartphones have gone.

Even with a 3.5mm I’ll still have the issue of the cable breaking so it doesn’t solve much for me.

I’ve been looking at moondrop for a while and I’m probably going to end up getting something from them. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn’t seen anyone discussing the CHUs!

I’ll take a look, but I’m probably going to need android because I often stream my own music from my personal server.

I have been considering that, but I’m not keen on carrying a second brick around with me like I used to in the past.

A friend has just put me onto a USB DAC though, so I might look into that as an alternative. If I get it I can probably create a small pocket for it in my pants to keep all the cables safer.

Corporations have absolutely no incentive to change, consumers need to vote with their wallets if they want something to happen. But no, everytime someone points out this blindingly obvious fact we get the “uhm actually corporations need to change, it’s not my fault they’re feeding off my unsustainable habits.”

We have to work together, we only have power to effect change when we work together, solidarity is our strength.

Oh wow, I didn’t know these guys were still active. Amazing!

Edit: Oh just realised I probably know some of them lol, we share a space as a federation with their reading group.