Genuinely question. If you want something with a modern high performance processor what options do you have that also include a jack?

If they were passive speakers being powered through the cables and an amplifier wouldn’t the additional impedance of the cable result in a (probably imperceptible) reduction on volume? I agree it wouldn’t effect the waveform, and thus, the quality of the sound though.

Did you see any performance change because that setup seems pretty equivalent to me

If you need an android rss reader the best I’ve seen is Pluma. You can import your feed and it just works well

I’m very curious what kind of content is available on your jellyfin instance. I also noticed these services might be somewhat high bandwidth and I’m wondering if that costs you much