Getting rid of the headphone jack wasn't a compromise, it was a goal. Sadly.
I know and the word "Pro" should have been removed alongside it. I LOVE my iPad Pro and I use it incessantly but I encounter issues with the lack of headphone jack daily and I'm a light Video/Audio user- what makes it all the more frustrating is that Apple still uses pointless proprietary methods so that android usb c adapters don't work so I have to carry two and you can't just use a headphone adapter you need a redundant usb c dongle AND headphone jack unless you want to give up charging. It's absurd and there's no mechanical reason a simple 2.5 (or frankly 3.5 ) port couldn't be included on the iPad or on this new keyboard.
it has the potential to be THE machine of choice for tons of AV professionals, hobbyists and other creatives but a stupid marketing decision hamstrings an essential industry standard.
I'm over it on phones. Fine, stupid but you win Apple. But for professionals in related industries the analog audio jack is here for at least another decade- maybe more and there's currently no equivalent wireless audio performance let alone Bluetooth which is anathema to current needs.
if a future iteration of BT or another standard can solve latency, fidelity, isolation, insulation, compatibility and power- then it could make an argument that it's equivalent -but still not superior- and that's years away. It's the only "perfect " unified standard around and there's a reason it's been that way for almost 150 years (75 if you wanna get persnickety on 3.5mm) .
