The ultimate guide to Bluetooth headphones: LDAC isn’t Hi-res

[Sythrix]

https://www.soundguys.com/ldac-ultimate-bluetooth-guide-20026/

More clever marketing that's brought down by reality and the limits of wireless audio. Theoretical maximums that are usually never achieved because most people will never know the difference if they're fed the bare minimum.

 

[maverickronin]

Disappointing...

 

[Grave]

Pretending that HRA matters.

Not reaching CD quality would be the real problem.

 

[BillG]

Anyone that truly cares will go into developer options on their device and use the highest bandwidth setting. Everyone else will be still get a good enough audio quality experience not to care that much.

Bluetooth codecs focus on battery conservation as a first priority, since the protocol is typically used for mobile devices, and audio quality second.

Still after high res, wireless audio? Use WiFi...

 

[Sythrix]

Anyone that truly cares will go into developer options on their device and use the highest bandwidth setting.

Yeah, except the packet loss at those settings becomes ridiculous unless you have exceptional signal quality, which isn't going to happen while running, working out, etc.

That's why they made this article. It's basically worse than SBC at 330 kbs, where it's stable, and higher rates are unobtainable without perfect conditions.