Is there a reason the iPhone 6 Plus does not support Bluetooth aptX?
It's my understanding it's really an improvement.
It's my understanding it's really an improvement.
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6Plus aptX ?
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12vElectronics
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I use a Note 5 and a Creative Roar 2 (portable Bluetooth speaker) using aptX and the quality is amazing crystal clear highs nice bass. Its like regular Bluetooth Audio sounds like Radio back in the day and aptX sounds like a CD but better.
AptX has lossy and lossless versions as well. It's via BT transmission. If I can prefer one codec, it would be NOT using BLUETOOTH. I would use AirPlay since it is lossless and bandwidth is much greater than any BT transmission.
If you must use Bluetooth, APTX is much superior. But then again if your speaker/headphones are crappy, no codec will fix that.
If you must use Bluetooth, APTX is much superior. But then again if your speaker/headphones are crappy, no codec will fix that.
12vElectronics
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Apple decided to support AAC over Bluetooth, which sounds at least as good as AptX. The downside is that fewer headphones support it.
AptX cannot use true lossless mode when run over Bluetooth (the bandwidth is not sufficient). It runs in "hybrid mode", which means it'll switch to a lossy compression scheme when required.
adamhenry
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Using the MP3 codec natively would be superior to aptX: http://stereos.about.com/od/Wireless/fl/What-You-Might-Not-Know-About-Bluetooth.htm