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Watch: Apple's Lightning EarPods sound better than legacy 3.5mm headphone jack

 

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As Apple attempts to move beyond the headphone jack, its replacement wired audio input source, Lightning, offers a number of benefits over the legacy 3.5-millimeter technology. AppleInsider shows you how Lightning is truly a step forward for audio quality.

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schlack 12 Years · 733 comments

Bad experimental design, swapping phones and cables without being double blind, does not reduce placebo effect. Why not just say, AppleInsider guy thinks lightning headphones sound better.

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SHK 9 Years · 27 comments

Anecdotal and pointless...

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randominternetperson 9 Years · 3101 comments

I'm not sure why this is a video instead of an article. Seeing a guy wearing headphones doesn't really add anything.

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titantiger 15 Years · 297 comments

Yeah, this is an odd story.  Just watching some dude swap back and forth himself doesn't really do much for me.  I'd say if you did a double blind listening test with a handful of professionals and maybe a couple of regular folks mixed in, it would be more credible.

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tundraboy 19 Years · 1914 comments

schlack said:
Bad experimental design, swapping phones and cables without being double blind, does not reduce placebo effect. Why not just say, AppleInsider guy thinks lightning headphones sound better.

Yup.  Large sample double blind is the only kind of testing that is useful and worth reporting.

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