What is the name of the headphone plug?

On the shelves of modern stores it is not a problem to choose wired headphones for any type of multimedia device. There are a huge variety of them and they differ both in connection type and in sound quality and design. Manufacturers offer headsets that differ in many parameters, the main one being sound. How to find out if certain headphones are suitable for your equipment? You need to find out which plug is used.

What kind of connectors can there be?

There is no single connection standard for headphones, but there are several similar ones. Let's look at the main types and find out what the headphone plug is called.

• Mini-Jack. This type of plug is the most common throughout the world. Despite the fact that it appeared and has been used for a very long time, it has not lost its popularity even now. There is no worthy replacement for it yet. All modern computers, smartphones and other types of devices are equipped with a Mini-Jack connector. The size of this connector is 3.5 mm.

REFERENCE. Afion manufacturers have abandoned this connector.

• Jack. This standard may apply to older models. As a rule, such connectors are rarely used in common gadgets and equipment, but they are found in professional audio equipment.

• Micro-Jack. This is another name for a headphone jack. It is practically no different from a mini jack, the only difference is that its size is not 3.5 mm, but 2.5 mm.Previously, this connector was used in mobile equipment, but somehow this standard did not catch on and almost all manufacturers began to use the mini-jack standard.

• Connection via USB. This type of connection is relatively rare. As a rule, such a headset is used by eSports athletes. This headset has many additional buttons and the ability to customize them.

Technical features

As we have looked at, we can distinguish three categories of Jack plugs. But this is not their only difference. Each category may have its own characteristics and this is a different number of cores. For example, the most common 3.5 mm jack may have three or four cores. If there are fewer of them, mono sound will be transmitted, but in the case where there are more of them, we will be talking about transmitting full stereo sound.

The most common headsets are those with two-channel audio. If we are talking about a headset that is equipped with a microphone, therefore, another contact must be provided.

Old versions

Many mobile phone manufacturers previously produced equipment with various headphone jacks. As a rule, each manufacturer and even different device models had different connectors. It is not possible to single out their names, since they were individual. Now 99% of all mobile devices have a Mini Jack input, they are all compatible with each other. This means that if you have headphones from a Nokia phone, they will work without problems on a phone from the Samsung manufacturer. It is very comfortable.