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I wonder how many audiophiles are aware of the drawbacks of Bluetooth? The protocol only allows for lossy compressed digital formats. Even if you're starting wi
by mark-r 10y ago
I wonder how many audiophiles are aware of the drawbacks of Bluetooth? The protocol only allows for lossy compressed digital formats. Even if you're starting with a lossy compressed format like mp3 anyway, the typical system flow will result in a second compression with the consequent loss in fidelity.
- rplst8 10y agoThis boggles my mind too. I've had a few friends that are audiophiles that love to use Bluetooth headpones and will argue about the quality of the DAC in the player. And people here talk about the 3.5mm jack being a hack or a kludge. BT was not originally intended to carry high quality digital audio - it was a friggin wireless standard for telephone headsets. Telephone audio quality isn't exactly the world standard for Hi-Fi Audio. I guess the new aptX Lossless codec allows lossless audio - but I'm not sure how many devices support it. All this reminds me of a friend who attended a seminar with Sennheiser for their professional wireless microphone technology. The instructor said something to the effect of, "always remember, never replace a connection with wireless technology where a $10 cable will do. Because, all $10 cables will outperform even $10,000 wireless systems."
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