Michal Ždanský When Apple released official support for headphones with a Lightning connector as part of the MFi (Made for iPhone) program, serious speculation began about the end of the jack connector in iOS devices. Instead, manufacturers received an interesting alternative for sound transmission and the opportunity to take advantage of new opportunities that analog audio signal transmission did not allow. Philips already announced last year the new line of Fidelio headphones with a Lightning connector, which will transmit sound to the headphones digitally and use their own converters to increase the quality of the music.
So far, two new headphones using Lightning connectors have appeared at this year's CES, one from Philips and the other from JBL. Both equally bring a new function made possible thanks to the Lightning connector – active noise cancellation. Not that headphones with this feature haven't been available for some time, but they required a built-in battery or replaceable batteries in the headphones, making it virtually impossible to include this feature in non-headphones. Since the headphones can only be powered by the Lightning connector, the possibility of canceling ambient noise opens up to practically all types of headphones.
For example, the newly introduced JBL Reflect Aware with plug-in headphone design can benefit from this. Reflect Aware are intended especially for athletes and will offer a rather smart system for canceling out the surrounding noise. It does not suppress all traffic, but only a certain type. Thanks to this, for example, runners can block out the noise of cars passing by on the road, but they will hear car horns and similar warning signals, which could otherwise be dangerous to block out. The JBL headphones will also offer on-cable control and a design that protects the headphones against sweat. Availability is not yet known, but the price is set at $149 (3 crowns).
Headphones from Philips, Fidelio NC1L, again have a classic headphone design and are practically the successors of the previously announced M2L model, only with a Lightning connector. In addition to the aforementioned active noise cancellation, they will again offer their own 24-bit converters, while all functions are also powered directly from the phone. However, according to Philips representatives, the use of headphones should not have a major impact on the phone's lifespan. Apple is reportedly very strict about how much power approved MFi devices can draw. The headphones should appear in April of this year in the United States at a price of $299 (7 crowns). The availability of both headphones in the Czech Republic is not yet known.
cancel the 3.5mm jack??? I'm making an ass
who is talking about canceling jack??
I am very happy to sell you a Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter for $19 ;)
Then nothing like that disturbs and won't disturb, because then how would it be possible to charge and listen to music?
This is a file for audiophiles. Anyway, I probably wouldn't be happy if even my headphones would kill the battery...
I see the problem in the fact that when I go for a walk and listen to music, I have my phone on the powerbank, but if the lightning connector is occupied by headphones, then I'm quite out of luck when it comes to recharging on the go, right? :(
Unfortunately, the lightning connector is not considered as a standard for headphones, so probably not many people will want to pay such a sum for headphones with lightning. To connect to anything else, it would be necessary to always have a reducer with you somewhere. And even for a Macbook. Unfortunately, Apple is quite unpredictable in this regard - sometimes they introduce something with the idea that it will be here for many years, but within two years they will cancel it again and you can ... perhaps cut yourself off from it. For example, the new Macbook Air may not have connectors for any of the current standards. In addition to the 3,5 mm audio jack. :-) Why not at least lightning? :D
What will happen at the new MBA is pure speculation, personally I expect at least a thunderbolt there. Lightning would be useful there, because it is a connector that is not designed to transfer large volumes of data.
You're right about the MBA and I also hope it won't be so bad.
As for the lightning - he would find all the applications there. And regarding the transfer of large volumes of data - for me, those tens of gigabytes are quite enough when transferring to an iOS device. And whether it is made for that or not, it serves that purpose.