I have an older pair of Plantronics headphones (from 2018) and honestly there’s nothing wrong with them. They still sound good. I replaced the earpads maybe 6 months ago because the originals wore out and split open. But now they’re as good as new.
The only reason I think of upgrading to something more current is because they charge with the old school micro USB (the kind that has 2 pins on one side) and everything else I own charges with USB C. It’s annoying that I have to keep an old school micro USB cable because that’s the only way to charge the headphones but it feels like a waste to get rid of them and upgrade to something with a USB C charging port.
What should I do? Quit whining and get rid of the Plantronics for something current? Or should I just ride with the Plantronics until the wheels fall off?
I am in a similar situation, I have a pair of Bose QC35 II as my main headphones, they still sound brilliant, are comfortable to wear and have a decent battery life, but they use Micro USB, I have a decent charging setup, a dedicated Micro USB cable from a big USB charger.
I want a new pair of QC SC from Bose, but they are expensive, and I don’t like that the earcups are plastic while my QC35 II’s has metal earcups, I can afford the QC SC without any issue, but it just feels wrong to buy new a new pair of headphones when the old ones still work.
Well, if you know someone who doesn’t have a nice pair of headphones, you could donate the old pair to them.
Personally, I think unless you’re after a specific feature that the new headphones have (like, I really wanted multipoint Bluetooth on a pair of headphones so that I could use my phone and laptop at the same time), I’d probably keep using the old ones. Old headphones are still pretty good.