[tanseydavid]

This is a subjective matter. Calling it bullshit is not an accurate way of looking at it (or listening to it).

There are use cases for audio where "good enough" is simply not sufficient. You may never have need for these use cases.

[tzs]

But in those cases you wouldn't want to use a 3.5 mm headphone jack even if your phone or computer had one. You'd want to use a digital interface such as Lightning or USB.

Music on a phone or computer is digital. To get analog output for the headphone jack the device includes a DAC to convert that digital audio to analog and probably analog amplifiers to get the analog signal to the right level. The quality of the DAC and the analog amplifiers chosen by the device maker place an upper limit on the quality of the audio.

To get the highest quality you want to be able to choose the DAC and amplifiers yourself.

[tanseydavid]

I know what my use cases are. Why do you keep trying to tell me what I want or need?

[joshstrange]

> You may never have need for these use cases.

And I'd argue the number of people who actually do have a "need" are stretching the definition of "need" to it's breaking point. Yes, if you need near-zero latency then AirPods might not be for you but that's a tiny segment of the population.