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pseudopad t1_j6hxfsu wrote

I've been on almost 20 flights the last 5 years and they have all had the standard single 3.5mm jack that's compatible with most headphones.

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constantino675 t1_j6ie5hs wrote

10+ years for me... I can't recall the last plane with the proprietary audio port. You only got a choice of a handful of radio selections too.

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tsme-esr t1_j6lpftc wrote

Not radio but an audio tape program that simulates radio. The same songs were played on repeat for each channel. Some airlines, listed the specific songs in each program in the flight magazine

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AssesAssesEverywhere t1_j6jiu7t wrote

Last time I was on an airplane they had the pneumatic headphones. Just 2 holes that you plugged hollow rubber tubes into with headphones on the end. It sounded just as shitty as it sounds. This would have been around 1990/91.

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pseudopad t1_j6jj2vw wrote

That's pretty cool actually. Would love to actually try them, even if the quality was awful.

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flunky_the_majestic t1_j6jwmov wrote

>a channel you could tune to to listen in to the cockpit and pilots communicating with the tower.

I had a flight around 2012 with this feature. I liked it a lot.

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scuac t1_j6l0w6e wrote

“What’s your vector Victor?”

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AssesAssesEverywhere t1_j6jscuj wrote

You could probably get a stethoscope and pull the end off, then just place the tube on your phone speaker to get the same effect. It was very hollow sounding. I did enjoy a handful of movies with them on the flights, so they worked enough.

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aguyjustaguy t1_j6l5mj7 wrote

I remember you could put your head next to the port and hear the very low audio coming out of the arm. The tubes just amplified it to your ear.

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squigs t1_j6jvc2k wrote

They did the job though, and you're never going to get a great audio experience on a plane.

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epic1107 t1_j6ikpy3 wrote

I've been on close to 40 flights in the last 5 years, and I can't remember a single one with standard 3.5mm. All had the two pin connectors.

I was flying mostly in the SEA and Middle Eastern regions, so maybe that's the reason?

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dozure t1_j6imzq0 wrote

I fly a little more than you, mostly US domestic, mostly Delta. Had no idea what this post was about, only ever seen 3.5mm jacks. So yeah, maybe its a regional thing.

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fatbunyip t1_j6ir5b4 wrote

I've flown fairly new 777s, A380s and smaller airbuses (a320 maybe?) And they all had double jack thingies.

They were full service international flights though so maybe that's why?

Domestic shorthaul budget flights have been single jack though.

Wasn't in US either, so maybe it's region/airline dependent

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zydeco100 t1_j6jd2se wrote

My theory is that they can hand out the nice headphones in business/first and they won't be stolen as much. There's nothing else to plug them into.

Economy class gets the cheap thin earbuds on a single jack and they don't bother to gather them back now. They're disposable.

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HuskyLemons t1_j6kb36h wrote

I’ve been on close to 500 flights in the last 5 years and I’ve never seen anything other than the single 3.5mm jack. My headphones came with the adapter for two pin and I never had to use it

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Likes_The_Scotch t1_j6ix7lt wrote

If you fly in premium classes, they offer better headphones, those have the two-pin jack. I stole one once, I thought I could covert it to a single-pin set up, I couldn't.

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KeythKatz t1_j6lczdk wrote

Some are even 3-pin, where I believe the third pin is for power delivery for active noise cancellation. Then there's a level on top of that with metallic contacts between the pins, no idea what those are used for.

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kytheon t1_j6jdspo wrote

If you always fly the same routes or company, you’re gonna see the same equipment. Try flying to another continent with another airline.

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pseudopad t1_j6jhan9 wrote

Delta, Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, United are the ones I've typically used. I've been to three different continents. Guess I just got lucky?

Oh yeah, Air France on my most recent trip to the US. Single 3.5 there too.

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kytheon t1_j6jhysi wrote

Perhaps. I had the double one on at least two intercontinental flights. Maybe more often and didn’t even notice. So yeah, they’re still around.

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pseudopad t1_j6jifn3 wrote

To be honest, I don't even bother using the entertainment system if the ride is less than 3 hours, so I wouldn't remember what was on the shorter flights connecting to the actual transatlantic ones.

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himalayan_earthporn t1_j6jbdq9 wrote

Emirates A380 , dubai Munich route, still has these 2 pin ones.

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vadapaav t1_j6jclo8 wrote

Emirates and Etihad both use those kinds

On 777 as well I think

It was weird, when I realized my Sony xm3 ran out of battery and Sony provides those 2 pin adapters in the pack. I always wondered why are they giving it till that moment last year and was so happy I had it lol

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Buttspirgh t1_j6k6g7s wrote

I was just on an Kenyan Airways flight 24 hours ago and their 787-8 had two-prong jacks

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el_redditero12 t1_j6k248a wrote

Last time I had the double mono jacks was in 2016. The infotainment was very old, with a small and very low res screen. Didn’t take many long haul flights since then, but I took 4 in 2022 and all 4 planes had single stereo jacks with very good infotainment systems. I still bring the 2 jack adapter for my noise cancelling headphones though, just in case

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