Gifts for People Who Are Missing a Headphone Jack
Some people just don’t like change. Whether it’s an unwanted redesign of your favorite website, a new, healthier recipe from your favorite snack brand, or the ill-conceived decision of America’s most popular smartphone maker in Cupertino to abandon the ubiquitous and egalitarian method of communication, the change can hurt.
This holiday season, make the transition as painless as possible for your loved ones and introduce them to some technologies that will remove one of the most annoying obstacles created by the march of progress: listening to music without the damn headphone jack.
Griffin iTrip Bluetooth Headphone Adapter
Your favorite wired headphones, which you love to take with you on flights and travel, can still cause eardrums to get stuck if you have a phone with no plugs. Use the Griffin iTrip Bluetooth Headphone Adapter as an intermediary between a wired past and a wireless future. The iTrip headphone adapter can be clipped to a shirt, belt or pocket and connected via Bluetooth to your smartphone. It’s also cheap enough to be a pretty cool stocking filler.
Apple iPhone docking station
Just because the latest iPhones lack a headphone jack doesn’t mean you have to ditch the jack entirely, at least when it comes to playing tunes at home. Apple’s iPhone Dock still has a 3.5mm jack, making it the perfect interface for your new iPhone and legacy accessory cable. You can use it to charge your phone while you chill out with your high quality cans and stick it to the man while you embrace all 3.5mm of nostalgia.
Jabra move
If you’re ready to dive into the future of wireless music, you can get some decent headphones. Check out the Jabra Move Wireless Stereo Headset, a pair of on-ear headphones that almost everyone on the Internet (including a few Lifehacker employees) adores for its above average sound quality. They’re inexpensive, produce solid bass, and come in three different colors to match your look. That eight hours of battery life gives you more than enough time to get home after the holidays.
Modular headphones AIAIAI TMA-2
The AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones are sure to satisfy the audiophile passion of your life with a ridiculous level of customization. Each part of the TMA-2 is modular and you can choose from a variety of speakers, ear pads, headbands and cables. While each model is 3.5mm compatible, you can add wireless support with a Bluetooth enabled headband, giving you the best of both worlds.
Dealing with a USB-C port on an Android phone? AIAIAI makes a compatible USB-C cable for their headphones. Looking for a Secret Santa gift for your music-loving colleague? Get them a Tidal gift card. Do you want to make a present for your soulmate who has never stopped complaining about the disappearance of outdated technologies? Give them these headphones (and tell them to shut them up).
Logitech Ultimate Ears Boom 2
Your buddy won’t be able to give you an extra cord at a house party if you have nowhere to plug it in. But you can create your own bass tunes with the right wireless speaker (or two). The Logitech Ultimate Ears Boom 2 Bluetooth Speaker delivers loud party-friendly sounds without the need for cables. If you need multiple speakers, you can connect multiple Boom 2 speakers for stereo or multi-room audio. There’s also Siri and Google Now voice integration, which is more than you can say about your party host’s boombox.
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