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Lossless Audio With Apple Vision Pro Will Be Limited to USB-C AirPods Pro 2
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I am aware, but it’s good enough to not matter. And it’s existed for well more than a decade on far inferior hardware.
What the heck is Apple doing? Just call them AirPod Pro 3 and be done with it. I can fully understand that the new AirPods Pro have a new charging port and capabilities but this is nonsense. Apple seem to be losing the story here. Help us to understand. My current AirPods Pro do not have a USB C charging port or lossless capability. I understand but the new ones should be called by a different model name. Yikes, this is basic marketing.
Should be possible for it to work with the non USB C model. Disappointed to see this move
I’m betting the hardware is *not* identical and there’s something different about antennas, the H2 chip, or both that makes this possible. Wouldn’t make sense otherwise.
I sent an email to Apple asking the same question. I don't expect them to write back, but if they do I will share their response. It's really stupid to expect the average consumer to call them "AirPods Pro 2 with USB C port," and I am certain there are many, many units of the 2022 model still on shelves.
But what you think is “close enough” does not make it CD quality…
And what Apple is doing has a LOT more potential down the road, particularly for musicians who need higher quality and usable latency… neither of which aptX delivers…
Someone said so on a forum somewhere. How much more evidence could you possibly need?
Musicians who need top quality and minimal latency are going to use a reliable old method known as wires.
Musicians, many of whom are sick of having been tethered to wires for years, are paying big dollars for emerging low latency, wireless, digital headphones from Yamaha and Roland…
Considering many musicians use Apple’s software it would be of great value for them to be able to have a low-latency, high quality solution that avoids the pitfalls that make Bluetooth and WiFi unusable…
I’m genuinely curious to know how the default speakers on the AVP sound. I wouldn’t expect it to be spectacular, but shouldn’t they at least be semi-decent?
A serious pro studio that actually means business will never trust a new and unproven wireless connection over an inexpensive and guaranteed-to-work cable.
And any musician that isn’t a big time pro won’t have the money for Apple’s foolery.
Really?
Are there actual people who are really that upset about a potential audio feature on headphones that have not even been released yet that will only work with a $3500 VR Headset that won’t be released for at least another six months?
And I’m sorry but anyone who cares about High Resolution Audio, and knows what they are doing, would NOT be using any form of digital wireless ear buds as their reference for listening.
Are there actual people who are really that upset about a potential audio feature on headphones that have not even been released yet that will only work with a $3500 VR Headset that won’t be released for at least another six months?
And I’m sorry but anyone who cares about High Resolution Audio, and knows what they are doing, would NOT be using any form of digital wireless ear buds as their reference for listening.
What role does a charging case play in transmitting audio to the receiver device? Their shamelessness is reaching a new high.
Agreed, but it’s my understanding that they don’t actually sit in your ears, and instead they are very near your ears, so you can still hear your surroundings. So that leaves room for separate noise canceling earbuds/headphones if you want to increase your immersion.