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Audio dropping out because the wireless signal is not strong enough or interference is not something that can be fixed in implementation it is a fundamental lim

Audio dropping out because the wireless signal is not strong enough or interference is not something that can be fixed in implementation it is a fundamental limitation of the technology. When it happens it makes wireless headphones useless at their one function playing audio.

ubermonkey 5y ago
Yes, a persistent problem with said issue WOULD definitely be grounds for abandoning Bluetooth headphones. However. What I'm saying is that this is not a problem for me with the Apple headphones I use (Airpods Pro and Max), which is what I'm using for most of my listening (owing to convenience, I've almost completely stopped using wired headphones). I do occasionally experience dropouts with the AfterShox I use for some outdoor exercise, and I did sometimes experience the issue with the Sennheisers I had before I got the Airpods Max, which leads me to believe that there ARE aspects of this problem that CAN be ameliorated with implementation, contrary to your assertion. I mean, how else do we explain the fact that it's only been a problem for me when I use nonApple hardware?
- dangerface 5y ago
  If we took your worst performing wifi device to an empty field in the middle of no where it would work perfectly. In comparison to my office in the city with walls that are nearly three feet thick with no cavity made of stone and rubble, the building is nearly 200 years old there are electrical conduits to all the hallogen office lights and two electrical conduits circle the room, theres old telephone equipment, servers, networking, 4g repeaters, a nest wifi router and 10 iMacs. Look I dunno what exactly causes the wifi black hole that is my office but it should be pretty obvious that wifi in the space is a challenge. Anyway air drop won't work, move a foot away from your imac and your ear pods will drop their connection. Wifi has way more to do with the space than it does the hardware, think about it the only way apple could improve their signal above the competition is just to boost the signal strength and they can't do that because its agains't government regulation. If you bought three brands of lotto ticket each with the same payout spec but on paid out while the others did not would you think that the winning brand of lotto ticket had better odds? or would you think that you just got lucky that time?
  - ubermonkey 5y ago
    >If you bought three brands of lotto ticket each with the same payout spec but on paid out while the others did not would you think that the winning brand of lotto ticket had better odds? or would you think that you just got lucky that time? That's a poor comparison, because there's no difference between lotto tickets and there IS a demonstrable difference in Bluetooth implementations and hardware. It does sound like you've created a high-interference environment, though.

ubermonkey 5y ago

Yes, a persistent problem with said issue WOULD definitely be grounds for abandoning Bluetooth headphones. However. What I'm saying is that this is not a problem for me with the Apple headphones I use (Airpods Pro and Max), which is what I'm using for most of my listening (owing to convenience, I've almost completely stopped using wired headphones). I do occasionally experience dropouts with the AfterShox I use for some outdoor exercise, and I did sometimes experience the issue with the Sennheisers I had before I got the Airpods Max, which leads me to believe that there ARE aspects of this problem that CAN be ameliorated with implementation, contrary to your assertion. I mean, how else do we explain the fact that it's only been a problem for me when I use nonApple hardware?

dangerface 5y ago
If we took your worst performing wifi device to an empty field in the middle of no where it would work perfectly. In comparison to my office in the city with walls that are nearly three feet thick with no cavity made of stone and rubble, the building is nearly 200 years old there are electrical conduits to all the hallogen office lights and two electrical conduits circle the room, theres old telephone equipment, servers, networking, 4g repeaters, a nest wifi router and 10 iMacs. Look I dunno what exactly causes the wifi black hole that is my office but it should be pretty obvious that wifi in the space is a challenge. Anyway air drop won't work, move a foot away from your imac and your ear pods will drop their connection. Wifi has way more to do with the space than it does the hardware, think about it the only way apple could improve their signal above the competition is just to boost the signal strength and they can't do that because its agains't government regulation. If you bought three brands of lotto ticket each with the same payout spec but on paid out while the others did not would you think that the winning brand of lotto ticket had better odds? or would you think that you just got lucky that time?
- ubermonkey 5y ago
  >If you bought three brands of lotto ticket each with the same payout spec but on paid out while the others did not would you think that the winning brand of lotto ticket had better odds? or would you think that you just got lucky that time? That's a poor comparison, because there's no difference between lotto tickets and there IS a demonstrable difference in Bluetooth implementations and hardware. It does sound like you've created a high-interference environment, though.