I’m in the market for some over-the-ear bluetooth headphones, that have the following important features:
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Separate physical pause/unpause and skip back/forward buttons that are easily distinguished by feel. They have to be tactile buttons I can actually feel when I’m pressing them, not just spots I press and hope the right input is accepted. I might be willing to accept multifunction buttons, but it’s paramount that if I’m fumbling or in a hurry, what’s easiest to do is pause, and nothing else by accident. This has been a big drawback in all the multifunction buttons I’ve had on other headphones. It’s too easy to accidentally press too hard or too long, and fill up its input buffer causing the volume to go bonkers or to skip back and forth when all I wanted was just to pause playback.
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A separate volume knob, not buttons I have to press and guess how long to hold to get a decent adjustment. Ideally separate volume knobs for balance adjustment, but not absolutely required since I can do that via software.
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Easy to switch its bluetooth pairing between my computer and my phone.
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Better than average pass-through of ambient sound when in that mode, so I can hear somebody talking to me over the audio playing.
Any suggestions for less than $100?