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Agreed, cable is much much better quality. Not sure what the reason is though...
by blub 9y ago
Agreed, cable is much much better quality. Not sure what the reason is though...
- rusk 9y agocrappy dacs on commodity bluetooth audio devices?
- rusk 9y agosomebody else pointed out the more established bluetooth digital audio standards aren't as good. This may well be the reason.
- brookside 9y agoBluetooth audio is typically loss-ily re-encoded due to limited bandwidth and has sounded really bad in the implementations I've tried (an iPhone connected to earbuds and a Toyota Prius). I've had a hard time finding out technical details of Apple's new w1 chips - what increased bandwidth they support, if any. This one case where Apple hiding the tech specs from consumers is pretty irritating. I'm no audiophile pushing for nonsense like 24/192 downloads, but I do care about music enough to actively avoid overly-compressed audio via bluetooth or Sirius/XM as the sound is grating. I'm thinking Bluetooth 5.0 will solve this quality issue, but I'm certain there is somebody with actual domain knowledge in this thread to enlighten. Edit: link to some reference on bluetooth quality http://www.sereneaudio.com/blog/how-good-is-bluetooth-audio-at-its-best http://www.sereneaudio.com/blog/how-good-is-bluetooth-audio-...