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A community member
Jan 23, 2017
I think it comes down to the target audience if they were to put up more mic enabled headphones then who do they cater to? IPhone, Android? It's not a one size fits all. It's also a weak point in the chain usually and as the cost is as low as possible already more cost cutting is just going to reduce overall quality.
Fearlessleader
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Jan 23, 2017
Cost cutting? For $150 and up IEMs? You are joking right. And, in my RE-00 example, cost was specifically NOT the concern. Weak point? The cables where the meet the IEM or jack is generally much more a sore spot.
Sure, it's not one size fits all. If the mic and control is for the iPhone, then almost all modern Android phones will still work just fine -- but only the audio out (see https://longtailproducts.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207970396-Smartphone-Headset-Standards-Apple-iPhone-AHJ-CTIA-OMTP ) which makes it no worse for Android users than no mic/control but DOES provide that functionality for iPhone users. Now, that seems the best choice -- no mic equivalent for Android users and mic/control for iPhone users.
But, my point is that many IEMs on massdrop polls and drops seem to be focused on audiophiles and not so much on smart phone users.
A community member
Jan 23, 2017
FearlessleaderI beg to differ on the weak point as most the time the components used for the volume and mic are very poor quality even on an old pair of akg3003i I had the volume and mic part was a huge mismatch in quality. I suppose it's all about meeting demands if the demand was there more companies would do it but until then it's either an android bundle earphone or apple earphone for the majority of people and then have a dedicated listening iem.
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