I'm so glad I don't have that curse! I literally can't tell the difference between a 128kbps mp3 and the original CD track, at least not on anything I listen to it on. I guess if I had some super fancy hi-fi system I might, but I'm not into that.
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Apple's AirPods Team Wants 'More Bandwidth' Than Bluetooth Provides
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I'm so glad I don't have that curse! I literally can't tell the difference between a 128kbps mp3 and the original CD track, at least not on anything I listen to it on. I guess if I had some super fancy hi-fi system I might, but I'm not into that.
Actually, that would be vice-versa. Sony would probably need to be more openly willing versus just Apple here.
They clearly are, given that LDAC is supported on every Android device.
It's just Apple not licensing codecs like apt-x and LDAC. The hardware is there, it's entirely possible to enable with an update, Apple just needs to play nice.
I have a question: could the Ultrawide band be used to transfer audio? Excuse me if it’s a stupid question.
True, I just wouldn’t want to know the price for this product, and given the price of the airpod max, this would be even more of a niche product, but, bring it on…
They're going to have to start using multiple radios to get that throughput up.
Bluetooth 6.0! I wouldn’t be surprised if they had some pretty powerful engineers sitting on the Bluetooth board, whispering in their ears. “We need more bandwidth!” Reminds me of the cowbell skit from SNL.
Couldn’t they just do something like airdrop where it creates a small adhoc network using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi? That way the androids and older iPhones could use Bluetooth, but the more powerful devices could power the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth network to get better throughput?
I wonder if Apple has considered licensing Logitech’s wireless protocol, or maybe collaborating with them.
That’s cool Apple is still this interested in delivering a great music listening experience
Someone thumbed you down because they're mad they can't hear the difference.
They were pretty awful on Android already because you can't use any of the features of the headphones. There's literally no point in owning AirPods if you have an Android phone.
I agree, the problem isn't Sony, it's Apple when you can find LDAC on inexpensive (relative to Sony's) earbuds from companies like Soundcore.
Anker’s new Soundcore Liberty 3 Pro earbuds support high-quality LDAC audio
$170 for earbuds that offer LDAC sounds pretty tempting.
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No, you don't. Unless you listen to your music in a vacuum ... 🙄
It's fairly easy to recognise, the sound of a snare drum for instance is much more distinguished.
if you can't hear the difference between 256kbps MP3 and FLAC on a hifi setup, you're not gonna hear the difference on a bluetooth airpod. you're just wasting battery life for some placebo effect.
“Hey Siri, skip”?
I actually liked the tap as well, but I conditioned myself to only tap VERY lightly. Also, it gave you more options depending on how many times you tapped. Now, I mainly use voice.
Is that the case, pretty sure t's propriety, it does not seem to work without the (included) dongle.
It’s almost like they need super duper bandwidth. Like, something both ultra but also wide…
But if you have the cables what’s the big deal keeping an adaptor on one? Also Major Bummer {salutes}
“I can absolutely hear the difference.”
—human that can’t hear the difference
—human that can’t hear the difference
Wifi uses more energy than Bluetooth.
They don't need to give up android/bluetooth compatibility—because legacy iOS devices would go with it.
My guess is Apple is developing something like UWB LE (low-energy). Ultra-wide-band solves a whole host of those problems. It has much more bandwidth (7-10mb/s) and it would handle head tracking and spacial positioning a lot better (cm vs m for positioning accuracy). Many Apple devices already have a U1 chip. Apple just needs to develop a U2 chip that fits UWB in a ear-bud style enclosure with BLE style power draw—and of course downloads unasked for albums into your Music library.