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How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? I am only half joking, and I know this is beating a dead horse. But sometimes you need to make
by bjoli 2y ago
How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? I am only half joking, and I know this is beating a dead horse. But sometimes you need to make sure the horse is really dead. If I sit with my phone and a pair of headphones with aptX adaptive it is only good if I have direct line of sight and don't move around. This is my experience with all adaptive codecs. Putting my phone in my pocket makes it noticeably worse. If you walk into a store with 2.4ghz WiFi (or too much Bluetooth interference?), suddenly your audio quality tanks even more.
My wife's airpods only supports aac256 at absolute best, meaning it sounds bad most of the time. If I sit with the phone in front of me it is more or less unnoticeable, but putting her phone in my pocket, the cymbals start sounding like splashes in a pool.
And then there is the latency. Anything above 50ms is unbearable. For some reason it works ok in English, but I almost can't watch Swedish (my mother tongue) or German content with that kind of latency.
- diogocp 2y ago> How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/ https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/
- CharlesW 2y agoNote that the USB-C version works with PCs and Android phones as well. And for folks using iDevices with Lightning ports: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35... The DACs in these are quite good: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-apple-vs-google-usb-c-headphone-adapters.5541/ https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r...
- bjoli 2y agoBut then there is the issue of them losing contact every time I put them in my pocket. But yes, the dac in those is even decent compared to what you get in most usb headphones
- throawayonthe 2y ago[dead]