# When did wireless speakers completely take over the market?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wireless-speakers-completely-take-over-the-market/932872 "2021-02-14T04:03:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wireless-speakers-completely-take-over-the-market/932872/21 "2021-02-17T20:36:37Z")

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> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#):
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> shouldn’t speakers be driven by a normal line output and not a headphone output? Don’t they have different impendences and all that?

In my experience, most modern sound devices can figure out the difference. They must be sending a test signal down the line and measuring the voltage/current response. My computer has a popup that tells me if I’ve plugged in a speaker, headphone, or microphone in any of the ports.

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**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wireless-speakers-completely-take-over-the-market/932872/22 "2021-02-18T06:23:37Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> I was looking for some simple cheap desktop speakers, you know the kind: AC powered, jack goes into the back of your computer. But apparently those are now as obsolete as non-LED flashlights, incandescent light bulbs or CRT monitors. Apparently now all speakers absolutely must be completely portable, charging from a USB port and connecting via Bluetooth. I would really prefer the old kind but I can’t find any.

One would think, if one is looking for computer speakers, that one might consider checking with computer manufacturers.

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