I have the old beats studio wireless headphones, and they lag when watching video. I also have the original Amazon Echo from when it first came out. Its audio also lags when I watch video.
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Bluetooth Headphones with ZERO Audio Lag? Is this even possible??
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I recently purchased the The Parrot Zik 2.0 Wireless Headphones by Philippe Starck and love them! Check out the reviews on http://topproducts.com/reviews/best-bluetooth-wireless-headphone.htm thats what convinced me to buy them
Ok This is what I found. My first pair of Bluetooth totally wireless earbuds the Omni Wireless something or another were crap. Bad problem with sync. I have learned after I purchased them they are not here yet that the Samsung Icon X earbuds also has this problem. It appears most lag problems are fixed with blue tooth headsets like beats. My Beats are dead on. I have a set of Senso wireless earbuds that have no lag whatsoever have heavy bass and are awesome. I absolutely can not stand audio lag in Video. It drives me nuts. I havea feeling the the Samsung Icon Xs will be returned shortly after I get them for this very reason. Audio lag behind the video is still a real problem with the totally wireless earbud market still. I recommend you picking up a pair of these. They are cheap and awesome. No lag at all in audio from my iphone, Mac or ipad.
SENSO ActivBuds Wireless, Sports Bluetooth, W/ Mic Earbuds, Noise Cancelling.
They are really far better than I ever expected. They sync perfectly and sound great. You can buy them on ebay right now is about $45. They are every bit as good and sound the same as the beats earbuds that cost a great deal more. They also do great with calling and answering calls. Good voice quality. They are really surprisingly good.
SENSO ActivBuds Wireless, Sports Bluetooth, W/ Mic Earbuds, Noise Cancelling.
They are really far better than I ever expected. They sync perfectly and sound great. You can buy them on ebay right now is about $45. They are every bit as good and sound the same as the beats earbuds that cost a great deal more. They also do great with calling and answering calls. Good voice quality. They are really surprisingly good.
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Much like your TV, that has horrendous delay between input of pixel data to display, it's compensated. With bluetooth you get a similar delay to input, for instance an iOS drum machine will have a noticeable delay when using bluetooth headphones vs wired headphones. However it syncs with content such as videos to align them just like your TV does.
I personally would go for a headphone with the W1 apple chip. I use the Beats X and love them, very long battery life, super fast to charge, sounds great and a long press of the power button makes a popup on iOS to connect without any messing with settings or bluetooth! Very convenient indeed.
I personally would go for a headphone with the W1 apple chip. I use the Beats X and love them, very long battery life, super fast to charge, sounds great and a long press of the power button makes a popup on iOS to connect without any messing with settings or bluetooth! Very convenient indeed.
I am trying to add Bluetooth to my electronic drum set. I bought an external Bluetooth transmitter and tried it out and the lag was horrible. 1/4 of a second at least, totally unacceptable for a live drum set. I have about the cheapest pair of Bluetooth earbuds, cost like $20. So I tried the same earbuds out with this laptop playing the sync video someone posted in this thread and the it was in perfect sync. So now I know my lag is coming from the transmitter. All I need to do is find a transmitter that has no lag. Here is the transmitter I tried out:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074QLB1Y7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have already shipped it back to Amazon. Does anyone have a suggestion for a different transmitter I can try out?
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Just because you see no lag in the video doesn’t mean the Bluetooth headphones don’t have a delay, it just means that the video is delayed to match the audio delay. From my experiences (I play the drums myself), the latency of wireless headphones while playing an instrument simply can’t be fixed with current technology. The delay would have to be less than 10 ms for you not to notice it, and this simply doesn’t give enough time for the data to transmit, be decoded by the headphones, and played into your ears
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I did a lot of work syncing two mono copies together to make fake stereo. You are right about the 10ms delay. I found that if the two channels were less than 20ms apart it was hard to hear it but at 10ms it was impossible to detect.
I did a bunch of reading about the lag problem today and discovered aptX which claims to have the lowest latency around so I ordered a transmitter that has aptX built in. It will be here Friday and I will post my opinion on it. I do agree with you that the technology might not yet be ready to do a set of drums but I am going to give it a try. Thanks for your opinion.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H6I5XRS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is what the specs say for this transmitter:
"NO AUDIO DELAY: Experience your media at its best, thanks to aptX Low Latency – making the TC026 the ideal tool for watching movies and playing video games."
I did a bunch of reading about the lag problem today and discovered aptX which claims to have the lowest latency around so I ordered a transmitter that has aptX built in. It will be here Friday and I will post my opinion on it. I do agree with you that the technology might not yet be ready to do a set of drums but I am going to give it a try. Thanks for your opinion.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H6I5XRS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is what the specs say for this transmitter:
"NO AUDIO DELAY: Experience your media at its best, thanks to aptX Low Latency – making the TC026 the ideal tool for watching movies and playing video games."
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For AptX to work, your bluetooth receiver (earbuds in this case) will also have to support the AptX protocol.
Yes I realize that and the earbuds I have do not support aptX so if they don't work I will get a pair of aptX earbuds. Thanks for the heads up.
I’d love to hear about how this works out for you. I’m a drummer too and it’s quite annoying needing hired headphone specifically for that. Good luck on getting everything working!
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I will definitely be reporting back. I will have the transmitter on Friday and if it doesn't work I will order the earbuds and they will arrive on Monday of next week. I really hate having a set of wires on me while drumming so I am going to do whatever it takes to get zero lag.
Well the aptX transmitter arrived and it has a definite delay so I have ordered the aptX headphones to see if that combination works lagglessly.
Well I screwed up. I ordered the earbuds from a vendor in China so it will be a few more weeks till they show up. I really wish Amazon would mark these foreign vendors with something. I hate it when I buy something and it takes a month to get to me. I will post results as soon as I get the buds.