Originally Posted by
deniah
(1) simultaneous multi-device connection. need to swap between laptops, phones, maybe even tablets, without manual pair/repair. we're travelers and white collar office workers, aren't we?
(2) good microphone performance. many are straight up horrendous. imagine listening to something on your phone, and the phone rings, and you actually have to take them off because otherwise speech is unintelligible.
so far there's the airpods and jabra which are decent at this, but neither are good for noisy environments
For me as a traveller, these are absolutely no issues. On the plane I don't use my phone and I don't switch sources. As a matter of fact, I don't use BT, so #1 is even less of an issue.
While flying or commuting I need first of all NC or isolation and second sound quality - more often than not I go with isolation, the Etymotics ER-3 and/or the Klipsch X12i provide both things top notch, either runs circles around any ANC out there both in terms of isolation (36dB or better!) and sound quality. No batteries, no pairing, no charging, no weight.