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Lossless is MEANINGLESS because Bluetooth audio itself is a lossy compressed stream. How are Apple going to market lossless streaming to Airpods, when such a th
by StartupTree 5y ago
Lossless is MEANINGLESS because Bluetooth audio itself is a lossy compressed stream. How are Apple going to market lossless streaming to Airpods, when such a thing is technically impossible?
- bertman 5y ago"It just FEELS better. You'll know it when you hear it."
- _djo_ 5y agoHigh-res lossless audio requires a USB DAC and isn't compatible with any BT headphones according to Apple.
- dannyw 5y agoThe target audience for high-res loseless audio won't be playing from Bluetooth anyway, so that's not really surprising (or a loss).
- hbosch 5y agoApple aren't marketing lossless streaming to AirPods. There are lots of hardwired devices ready to playback in hi-res via phone or Mac, surely. And AirPods Max support spatial audio already and are apparently good quality. I would expect the future of the H1 chip's audio streaming quality to soon be much better than Bluetooth.
- IshKebab 5y agoIt's also meaningless because modern codecs are completely transparent at quite low bitrates. Lossless is only important for archival purposes.
- kjakm 5y agoThey aren’t marketing it to AirPods. They’re marketing the spatial audio for the AirPods. They even call out that for the highest quality lossless you need a DAC.
- SilverRed 5y agoLossless to airplay speakers would be possible.