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Even new super premium wireless cans like the Focal Bathys don't have LDAC. Despite Samsung being the most popular Android vendor and famously having LDAC but n

Even new super premium wireless cans like the Focal Bathys don't have LDAC. Despite Samsung being the most popular Android vendor and famously having LDAC but not licensing AptX. One would need to use SBC with the Bathys on a Samsung. Although it was quite established, LDAC seems to be used less and less, I wonder why, license fees?

rickdeckard 4y ago
> Despite Samsung being the most popular Android vendor and famously having LDAC but not licensing AptX. Samsung implemented LDAC because they use two different HW-platforms: Qualcomm and Exynos. When using Qualcomm the AptX license comes free, for other platforms it should be licensed. To have feature-parity in a device-model using both platforms (like Galaxy S-series) Samsung implemented LDAC on both and AptX on none. Not sure how this will play out now that the latest flagship Galaxy S23 is no longer using Exynos platform, but apparently AptX is still not implemented. Meanwhile they developed their own codec called SSC ("Samsung Seamless Codec" or sthg), so I expect their opposition to AptX to continue (hopefully LDAC is here to stay though...). > Although it was quite established, LDAC seems to be used less and less, I wonder why, license fees? For headphone-vendors: If you are a larger manufacturer, use a Qualcomm chip and apply AptX, you qualify for marketing support from Qualcomm. If you see an AptX logo on an advertisement, it's likely that Qualcomm gave some marketing support funding to drive adoption of AptX/AptX HD. --> I strongly suspect that a qualification criteria for this funding is to not implement other "HD" Audio codecs like LDAC (as it aims to establish a standard for "Bluetooth HD audio")
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