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AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless Audio
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Thanks Apple to add some new features except for everyone that buys their headphones that are « deeply integrated with the service »
for real, I get that Bluetooth has limits, but if even wired AirPods Max can’t play lossless files, why Apple is even rolling out this feature?
for real, I get that Bluetooth has limits, but if even wired AirPods Max can’t play lossless files, why Apple is even rolling out this feature?
More questions than answers.
I’m sure an official FAQ will be along soon, with a cross-chart hardware-software max compatibility.
….. hopefully.
I’m sure an official FAQ will be along soon, with a cross-chart hardware-software max compatibility.
….. hopefully.
wow £549.00! Headphones don’t support it but I bet every set of high end earphones with a 3.5mm jack made in the last 20 or so years will!
Seriously have people not woken up that wireless headphones are rubbish for audio quality? It just making more more money for Apple to replace your dead Apple earphones after 2 years when the battery’s gave up.
I mean Apple lossless would of been considered for a very long time, so no doubt they emitted it for all current products for planned obsolescence.
and the mini homepod is useless … the big one however would of sounded sweet and capable with it but no doubt that will come in homepod 2
Seriously have people not woken up that wireless headphones are rubbish for audio quality? It just making more more money for Apple to replace your dead Apple earphones after 2 years when the battery’s gave up.
I mean Apple lossless would of been considered for a very long time, so no doubt they emitted it for all current products for planned obsolescence.
and the mini homepod is useless … the big one however would of sounded sweet and capable with it but no doubt that will come in homepod 2
Truthfully, most Bluetooth headphones do not support lossless audio or hi-res audio, so this is not a big surprise. If they do not release a cable that makes it available wired, then it is a big miss. At the end of the day though, the better the starting file, the better the end product no matter what you do.
See! So confusing! Couldn't Apple do something about this? Also just found this detailled article about bluetooth audio and it seems pretty advanced https://habr.com/en/post/456182/
I missed the days of seeing people walk around with an iPhone+DAC.
Good luck finding a regular lossless consumer then, Apple! No wonder this crap is free of charge.
Not a surprise. Bluetooth is the bottleneck.
Hopefully lossless via Airplay to a HomePod is supported.
I know I probably won’t be able to hear it, but nobody is going to hear it out of the iPhone speaker either and that is supported.
Hopefully lossless via Airplay to a HomePod is supported.
I know I probably won’t be able to hear it, but nobody is going to hear it out of the iPhone speaker either and that is supported.
Headphone socket coming back to iPhones in 3, 2, 1…
If someone holds an iPhone up to your ear then you will be able to enjoy lossless audio but if you try to do that wirelessly with the $550 dollar AirPod Max headphones then you won't even be able to hear the audio wirelessly at all. But I think that $35 dollar audio to lighting cable to the AirPod Max headphones can work but it wasn't confirmed in this article.
I’m definitely disappointed I did now
If this is true then it is one of the biggest blunders in human history. How can you offer something and it does not work with any of your products? Jesus H Christ...
I expect Airpods Pro 2 will remedy this situation by moving to some protocol that can support the higher bitrates. Perhaps Airplay 2 using WiFi with Bluetooth just for pairing etc
I don’t want to. I’d just get cheaper wired headphones then. Why doesn’t Apple release hardware AND software that work seamlessly together?
Perhaps the new iMac which mentions 6 speaker spatial audio, that I suppose will be one 'best use' case, hopefully?
Not if there are enough people that will stump up another $500 for a "New" version of them
No kidding.
Hilarious that people thought they were going to listen to lossless audio via Bluetooth.
Hilarious that people thought they were going to listen to lossless audio via Bluetooth.