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Bose's new wired headphones sell out amid Gen Z retro demand

Bose launched a new line of wired headphones that quickly sold out, according to Raza Haider, the company's president of premium consumer audio. Haider says he noticed a resurgence of wired headphones among college students, a trend he says even his own daughter remarked on as a reversal from when wired headphones were considered uncool.

fastcompany.com · 2026-10-23

Spotify Lossless requires wired connections, not Bluetooth, to actually work

Spotify's new Lossless tier delivers CD-quality, uncompressed audio, but Bluetooth connections can't transmit a true lossless signal, meaning wireless earbuds and speakers won't benefit. Listeners need wired headphones, USB-C earbuds, wired computer speakers, or Wi-Fi-based Spotify Connect devices to actually hear the improved quality, and even then, cheap audio hardware may not reveal a noticeable difference.

engadget.com · 2026-09-15