Never gonna happen.
Radio waves don't fry your brain...
It could. The original iTunes Store music came as 128k downloads. It wasn't until 2007 with the iTunes Music Plus that they offered 256kbps AAC. But you could always load your own 320k music on the iPod from the start.
I concur with the quality statement, especially considering the road, train, or airplane noise that often accompanies out and about transportation or work. My problem is a radio transmitter that close to my brain for hours at a time. Not going to happen.
I keep failing at fit, the new Beats Fit Pro finally are comfortable for me to wear more than 10 minutes. I have some cheap ones from Amazon that fit even better, but they went walking here in the house. I’ll keep them because I can wear them for water aerobics.
If that is one's concern, it's of course a completely different thing. But it's not like it's not easy to still use wired headphones if you want to.
More than likely it depends on you. Just like there are differences in performance of Olympic athletes and high school athletes and differences in beginning violinist and accomplished violinists. Listening is a learned skill. You can't hear a difference because you chose not to learn. Nothing wrong with that, but you should not have an opinion about those that did learn to hear the differences.
My very very cheap UPS guy says they are the only ones that have ever worked for him in the truck. He can hear people, they can hear him and not the road/truck. I was shocked when I saw him using them! I mean, his phone is a prepaid piece of Android “wonder” LOL. I only wish I could get my boyfriend to use something better, even his car hands free stinks.
Really, how about https://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2011/03/01/this-is-your-brain-on-rf-emf/
Yep. I got my new iPhone 12 and still say "wtf" every time I'm about to plug it into an aux and can't. Utterly ridiculous.
CD quality is 16 bit 44khz. Apple Music can play 16-24 bit 44-48khz through Bluetooth.
That would be great if they stop pretending that only what they are offering bluetooth wise now is adequate. Nobody really wants to utilize only Apple/Beats products. There is a whole world of audio products out there.
No, over Bluetooth the highest quality an iOS device can deliver is 256kbps AAC. Those lossless tracks are being transcoded before they reach your AirPods. With the Lightning to 3.5mm dongle it can push 24/48 and it requires a DAC for Hi-Res.
A parallel wifi signal just for airpods and their own keyboard??
Apple in October introduced the redesigned third-generation AirPods, which have an updated design, Adaptive EQ support, spatial audio, and other new features. To explain some of the design decisions Apple made with the AirPods 3, Apple's vice president of acoustics Gary Geaves sat down for an interview with What HiFi (via 9to5Mac), providing some interesting insight into the limitations of Bluetooth and the feature set of the AirPods 3.
According to Geaves, AirPods 3 were built entirely with custom-made components, using nothing "off the shelf." Apple is using a "complicated acoustic system," "carefully tuned bass port," and a "brand new, custom amplifier" all in the name of the best possible sound quality. Apple can optimize for sound with hardware components, but as What HiFi points out, Bluetooth is the real limitation.
When asked if Bluetooth is holding back Apple's hardware and "stifling sound quality," Geaves declined to say too much, but he said that Apple "concentrates very hard" on getting the most out of Bluetooth, and that "it's fair to say" that Apple would "like more bandwidth."
When conceptualizing the AirPods 3, Geaves said that the AirPods team "looked very closely" at the strengths of the second-generation AirPods. The "effortless open fit" that doesn't create a seal in the ear is a big draw of the AirPods, but designing around the lack of a seal "creates challenges for the audio team."
Because no two ears are the same, Geaves said that the sound people experience will be "significantly different, especially the bass," which is what led Apple's AirPods team to add Adaptive EQ, an AirPods Pro feature, to the AirPods 3. It's designed to provide a "consistent frequency response regardless of the level of fit that each person gets."
When designing audio hardware, Apple works from a "strong analytic foundation" and has done "extensive measurements" and "deep statistical research" to inform an "internal acoustic analytic response" that's taken into account. Geaves says that Apple also understands that listening to music "is an emotional experience which people connect with on a very deep level," so Apple works with an "expert team of critical listeners and tuners" as well. The team is from the pro audio industry, and refines the sound for each product, including the new AirPods 3.
The full interview with Geaves goes into more detail on the AirPods 3 and it's well worth a read for those interested.
Article Link: Apple's AirPods Team Wants 'More Bandwidth' Than Bluetooth Provides
