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I love bluetooth headphones, but I doubt you can convince a real music lover to go wireless. Unless you spend a huge amount of money, you won't get nearly close
by sametmax 8y ago
I love bluetooth headphones, but I doubt you can convince a real music lover to go wireless. Unless you spend a huge amount of money, you won't get nearly close to the sound quality of real audiophile headphones.
Actually, just the fact the airpods are in-ear limit the quality of the experience they can render.
Also, I always have both wire and wireless on my table, because there is no way the wireless headphone battery is gonna enough.
- tristanj 8y agoThis isn't true anymore. Wireless tech is advancing quickly. The latest Apple and Samsung phones now support Bluetooth 5, which supports data transmission at 2Mb/s. This is far more than enough bandwidth to transmit 'audiophile' quality audio, which is at ~320kbps.
- sametmax 8y ago2Mb/s in theory. I always divide by 10 the max the spec gives you to get a real estimate of the IRL output. Same for wifi, 4G or landline contracts. Reality is never that good. Add in the mix anything that gets in the way of the signal, the oh-so-annoying latency, then the lower quality of the sound provided with in-ear head phone and voilà.
- actsasbuffoon 8y agoLatency is also a problem. I often write music while wearing headphones, and I need to hear the sound immediately, especially when playing very fast pieces. From what I can find online, the AirPods have a latency of around 250ms. When playing 16th notes at 180 BPM (common for my music), I'd be playing the 4th note by the time I heard the first note. The latency can be dealt with when watching movies by slightly delaying the visuals to sync up with the audio. That approach doesn't work when I need to hear a sound as a result of doing something.