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Hmm, I recently picked up a pair of pxc 550s (crazy good black Friday deal), and I saw the thing about installing their android/iphone app to do NFC pairing, bu
by StillBored 8y ago
Hmm, I recently picked up a pair of pxc 550s (crazy good black Friday deal), and I saw the thing about installing their android/iphone app to do NFC pairing, but I frankly have no idea why you would want that, or really much of anything else in the app. The reviews even mention that the eq controls don't even work for DRM'ed content.
OTOH, it seems if you pair the headphones with normal bluetooth its just using A2DP/SBC and the audio quality is _miserable_. Maybe its using a custom bluetooth profile/a2dp codec?
Basically, why exactly do they even need a full blown app?
(on a further side note, I've gotten to the point where I don't really even notice AC and computer fan noise so much so that while a couple of coworkers complained about it, it wasn't until I tried the PXC 550's at work that I realized our AC blowers are really _LOUD_. With the 550's the constant low frequency rumble is just gone. I guess my earplugs just wern't blocking that much low frequency.).
- NullPrefix 8y agoRMA for miserable sound ?
- StillBored 8y agoThe sound is fantastic with the cable, its like night and day, and I don't even consider myself to have very good ears.
- fein 8y agoBluetooth is absolute garbage for serious audio. Wired will always sound better, and a DAC + Amp driving the cans will always sound the best. Sennheiser does make BT headphones with a dedicated tower that helps a bit, but nothing can replace a hard line.
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- icebraining 8y agoEven BT 2.0 can transmit at 2mbps and devices can support AAC, which is be more than enough for decent audio. Devices are garbage, not the protocol.
- Marsymars 8y ago> Sennheiser does make BT headphones with a dedicated tower that helps a bit, but nothing can replace a hard line. Their RS line of headphones don't actually use Bluetooth. Their older ones use the Kleer protocol, while the newer ones use a proprietary wireless protocol. Lossless audio in either case.