Funnily enough I'm kind of in the same boat here. I pretty much actively avoided earbuds in general because the fact that they can get earwax on them at all disgusts me, and I generally avoided...
Funnily enough I'm kind of in the same boat here. I pretty much actively avoided earbuds in general because the fact that they can get earwax on them at all disgusts me, and I generally avoided wireless headphones (and other wireless peripherals in general) for various reasons, including but not limited to what's mentioned in the post.
But I also recently got some open-ear "earbuds" - which don't actually go inside the ear canal and just hang outside of it - due to various reasons and it honestly has been a great experience. They'll never replace my actual over-ear headphones in quality and ear comfort - that's for certain - but they are pretty good and very convenient.
The main limitation I see is that Bluetooth connections have pretty high latency, which isn't ideal for monitoring the sound when playing music.
Funnily enough I'm kind of in the same boat here. I pretty much actively avoided earbuds in general because the fact that they can get earwax on them at all disgusts me, and I generally avoided wireless headphones (and other wireless peripherals in general) for various reasons, including but not limited to what's mentioned in the post.
But I also recently got some open-ear "earbuds" - which don't actually go inside the ear canal and just hang outside of it - due to various reasons and it honestly has been a great experience. They'll never replace my actual over-ear headphones in quality and ear comfort - that's for certain - but they are pretty good and very convenient.