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NEWS FLASH: Coming next:  new improved headphone interconnect  
* Universal access
* Easy to use: plug your headphones not just face up or face down --- but from ANY ANGLE
* 100% PURE ANALOG:  no need for a crappy D/A converter in your headphone, or having to put a D/A converter into every listening device.  

Oh wait - it's called the 3.5mm port.

3.5mm has been around forevers ... and will be around forevers. 
USB-C today will be around for a few years, then be replaced by USB-D, then USB-E etc ... The plugs will change, and this will be out of date in a few years, just like every other digital connector that has ever come out. Remember Firewire? Ohh - what to do with my USB connector? Buy a dongle? Where do I plug my Thunderbolt in? Just another Intel plug ... ohh look ... we've got a new one now.

 Stick to the standard. it's called 3.5mm. 

melgross said:

eightzero said:

I call bullshit on "better sound." It's digital. 1s and 0s going down that wire.

Well, you can make the case either way, depending on your proclivities. Both have advantages. The big advantage to digital is that the signal doesn't deteriorate while moving between steps, or going down the wire. Really, the best case is that the signal remains in digital form until the last amplification step. The closer that last step is to the transducer, the better.

so, digital to an on headphone amp is the best we can hope for in the present.

Too funny. For the last 100 years, audio quality has improved with technology and time ... that is, until the advent of the iPod and iPhone ... Digital playback over iPods and iPhones etc using low quality lossy mp3s have given rise to the biggest downgrading and reversal in audio quality ever. Cable length is the least of your worries. If you are serious about audio quality, get yourself an SACD player, delete anything wireless in your house, and some quality headphones with a wired 3.5mm plug. 

Not really interested in any of this. Who cares? Slightly bigger, smaller.

How about a new Mac Pro ... now you have my attention! Only 3 years and counting between serves

Coca Cola tastes better from a glass bottle. Period. Don't know why people drink it from a can. Or a soda fountain.