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iPad Pro New iPad Pro : no headphone jack, big issue!
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There is a new USB-C to 3.5mm audio out adapter on the Apple store.
USC-C -> headphone adapter.
Headphone 2-1 splitter.
Profit!
Headphone 2-1 splitter.
Profit!
Splendid! Dongles to the people!
Now I cannot connect my iPad to a MIDI keyboard and monitor speakers at the same time without dongles.
The headphone jack is kind of important on an iPad..... Square requires it and I use it on my 10.5 from time to time.
Bose allows connection of 2 headphones to one audio source thru Bluetooth ... most headphones are coming with this capability now, heck, even my kids have cheap Bluetooth headphones that do this ...
Of course there are wireless options. For higher fidelity or technical usage you'll have to use the dongle/converter. I do miss the headphone jacks on iPhones and iPads, but luckily for my main use I use wireless and would not want anything else. Still out of principle this is really bad of Apple.
Shocking to see, what you already knew would happen eventually
But if you really want to punish Apple buy this.
https://store.google.com/us/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter
There must be. Android phones that have no headphone jock and use USB-C definitely have dongles for that so such exists. It should be checked how they work with the iPad. In theory it should work.
Also I believe that there are dongles that allow you to charge your phone via USB-C and use headphone jack. Those are maybe worth checking too.
Shocking to see, what you already knew would happen eventually
But if you really want to punish Apple buy this.
https://store.google.com/us/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter
It was inevitable after they launched AirPods back with the iPhone 7. Side note: Apple's USB-C headphone adapter is, strangely enough, $3 cheaper than Google's.
Yeah, even if with the iPhone it wasn't a big deal, I really use the headphone jack with the iPad. I really dislike this, but I guess it was inevitable ever since the iPhone 7 launched.
I have never used a plug in headphone on my iPad, I always have used wireless.
Glad I do not have to fly too much as it seems to have sunk to the point of riding in a Greyhound bus. Wireless and USB-C will offer so much more.
I guess the question is why? Why on earth eliminate the headphone jack in an iPad for any reason other than to gouge your users?
They removed it on the iPhone to help with water resistance. That’s not the goal for the iPad so I also don’t understand why they removed it. Maybe they needed room for other things... who knows.
There is an adapter for this very small, seldom used, use case.
That's why I am going to keep my 2017 iPad Pro. Apple ignores the need of input monitoring. It's a bad idea to have only one connector for both input and output channels.
Beg to differ, I run a Mac Pro with a Focusrite Clarett I/O off one TB2 interface, nets me enough I/O to record a band an monitor with speakers and headphones, USB-C has more than enough bandwidth for this to be easily achievable, get a USB-C hub, a decent I/O interface etc. etc. I can see the new iPad Pro finding solid use with musicians, DJ's and the like, older USB interfaces can be used with the various adaptor cables. Apple need to be up to speed with the drivers mind...
The convenience of a 1/8 jack socket is massively outweighed by the USB-C, and while I'll never use bluetooth headphones for recording (too latent) I don't see an issue with this omission. For casual use, I'll buy the dongle and stay with my Etymotic ER4s.
I do use iPad Pro for music practice and audio processing most of the time. I also use audio interface for desktop situation. I just don't want to have to remember to bring any, I mean any, dongles when I use iPad Pro as a music production tool.