headphone cord
Listener's wired connection
A headphone cord is the cable connecting headphones to an audio source.
Before wireless became standard, all headphones had cords—typically terminating in a 3.5mm jack.
The phrase now often appears in contexts of nostalgia or inconvenience: I miss the days of untangling headphone cords, The headphone cord got caught on the doorknob.
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- aux cableAnalog audio connector
- cable managementArranging cords systematically
- earbudTiny in-canal speaker
jack · plug · wire · knot · audio · sound quality · rubber · coiled · wrapped · pocket · snag · yank · twist · aux · sleeve · frayed · dangling · untangle
wired vs wireless connectivity
headphone cordwireless
Untethered signal transmission
Bluetooth · wireless connection · cordless · Bluetooth audio · wireless headphones
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