Source for Sony wireless headphones

[LordDie]

Hi, I currently use either my phone (Samsung S22) or Asus laptop as a source for my Sony bluetooth headphones. Is ipossible to have a better quality source or is the bluetooth connection a limiter on quality?

 

[zonk]

I don't think it's the phone or bluetooth. And if it's the same with phone and laptop it's likely not the source.

Which headphone model is it? I had a SONY WH-1000XM3 and sound was awful without EQ. Very bass heavy and dull.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c3wu7w5r2k4mz2wmo74qc/Sony-WH1000XM3.pdf

SONY WH-1000XM4 was measured here by Amir
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...0xm4-review-noise-cancelling-headphone.19828/

 

[FreakyKiwi]

The Samsung S22 supports LDAC according to this, which supports higher bitrates (normally 660kbps) than lossless audio, but lower than CD.
I doubt that this will be the weakest link.

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-s23-series/s22-e-s23-bluetooth-standards-and-audio-quality/td-p/6847252/page/2

The PC is probably only connecting using the basic SBC codec which actually sounds quite good at high bitrates.

The Sony headphone app should show which codec you are using.

Bluetooth codecs (ACC, SBC, AptX, LDAC) - Audiophonics Blog

Bluetooth is a transmission protocol that enables two devices to send data to each other. It uses various codecs: SBC, AAC, aptX, LDAC, etc.

www.audiophonics.fr

 

[zonk]

Of course there are actual codecs with different capabilities, but they have not that big influence on sound quality.

I use for example a Qudelix 5k connected to an IPhone via bluetooth and IPhone don't support LDAC (as far as I know) but sound quality is very good.