Hopefully just as our AppleCare Plus expires on our AirPod Pros! Timing is everything — so this will guarantee Apple Wearable Sales will take another huge jump in late 2021!
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Bluetooth SIG Announces 'LE Audio' With Audio Sharing, Lower Data Consumption, Hearing Aid Support and More
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Hopefully just as our AppleCare Plus expires on our AirPod Pros! Timing is everything — so this will guarantee Apple Wearable Sales will take another huge jump in late 2021!
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No, this has nothing to do with streaming.
When I record someone speaking (you know, like an interview, television news, etc.), I as a cameraman need to monitor the audio.
This is very awkward, if there's a delay between the real voice and the monitored audio.
Being tied up to the camera with wired headphones makes a lot of things way harder. In professional video world mics turned to wireless 10 to 20 years ago for the same reasons I'd like monitor the camera's audio without a wire.
Camera's does not have to send aptX out by itself, there's plenty of cheap transmitters on the market.
What is missing is advanced headphones that have good sound AND:
1) low delay
2) in-ear; can be used with helmets
3) controlled noise cancelling, you can adjust what and how much you here around you
4) might be nice to use with wire when needed
B&O might release a product this year that that has all these features.
So that I could only have one headphones, that I can use in all things I do. Not a pair for every different situation.
Btw, latency is usually way worse than 100ms with out aptX:
Headphones Table Tool
www.rtings.com
And seems to be that apple's airpods pro's latency is 227ms withBT and without aptX.
Apple AirPods 2 are a bit better: 204ms.
Beats Powerbeats Pro: 183ms.
Sony WI-1000X has latency of 151ms even with aptX. I want something less than 100ms.
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Nothing to see here . . . move it along.
(Rumours of increased sperm counts and drastically improved swimmers is unsubstantiated and fake news).
Looks like they've gone full circle and have added radio.
I am surprised that after 2 decades there is no new technology that competes with short range wireless other than Bluetooth. I know Bluetooth today is probably a completely different tech than what was originally, but uses the same brand name.
Still...its the only close range wireless tech I know of.
Still...its the only close range wireless tech I know of.
With the exception of 4 – which would contradict 2 anyway, you are describing AirPods Pro. 144ms beats the only comparable product (WF-1000MX3).
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Most old stuff, the delay is more like 500ms.
150ms is almost okay.
But since aptX can be a lot better, I'm looking for below 100.
It might be surprising, how hard it is to follow what someone is saying if it's echoed 200-1000ms later.
But you can try this with delay in music program with a friend who talks and you use open over-ear phones or let the real voice pass the controllable noise cancel. Or just monitor recording witch records speak to 2 channels and the other one is delayed.
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Air pods pro have latency of 227ms accordting to this: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/apple/airpods-pro-truly-wireless .
Airpodspro would be my choice, if they'd work nicely with all bt devices and had aptX. They are small enough to use with most helmets and all mine.
Rtings measured the latency of WF-1000MX3 to 250ms and it does not have aptX.
Anybody noticed any new aptX in-ears in CES news?
Maybe Apple can use Qualcomms bt-chips (which have aptX) in next model, but how do they work with lets say random aptX-transmitter will never be their focus.
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Rtings testing method is more ”scientific” and better documented. It also gives dozens of comparable measurements with different products.
Rtings only tests on android with a dongle... Doesn’t take advantage of the H1 chip at all. None of their results are accurate, especially the ones about microphone performance and latency.
Sure sure. The guy who develops a game based on audio latency doesn't know what he's talking about.
I would be using my earphones also with dongle.
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For me this isn't who is more "right".
They use different methods, so naturally they get different results.
The other "result makers" do it professionally and have a hundred verified results to compare. How many earphones this developer have measured outside apple's bubble?
Again, the rtings method is not applicable. Android results are not comparable to iOS latency with the H1 chip.
How does the delay in iOS manifest itself? Is it left to right being out of sync or when watching video?
Seems to be so.
Anyway if their delay is shorter with iOS than with other os'es, are they still using BT standard? Or something proprietary? Is there a BT logo on the selling packet?
They use BT as part of the stack and to ensure compatability. Then sprinkle that proprietary Apple magic dust on top as part of the H1 chip.
Meaning quite bad with standard Bluetooth connection and really bad with Android.
Sigh, standards like Bluetooth, are made so that you can forget the OS behind the interface. Oh, times...
No, meaning the author was bitter Apple didn't make a product for this single person in particular. Oh noes.
Standards are good, but IT evolves fast. AirPods would indisputably be a worse product if they were 100% standard Bluetooth.