"...now more and more audio kit supports hi-res as standard, too. Heck, your iPhone can now too."
They mentioned the "iPhone" is hi-res (in the iPhone article) because the DAC in that cheap dongle can 24/48. My acer monitor can do 16/48 and my motherboards cheap realtek chip "can" do 24/192, I guess what-hifi would consider that "hi-res" too.
"..but hi-res audio and Bluetooth still don’t exactly see eye to eye. Push that ceiling higher to truly lossless 24-bit, or find an alternative way to wirelessly transmit higher-quality music on the go (as Apple might well be doing), and the hi-res world opens up exponentially."
Hypothetically, let's say there is a true lossless bluetooth and your wireless headphones can handle "hi-res". There is a bit of a problem still, the amp. Only thing limiting you now is the amp, I say this because wireless headphones are removing the 3.5mm input, so your stuck with the amp. You could have the best sounding drivers but have a terrible amp. That is why lots of true music lovers use wired because they have better control of quality. Why do you think wireless HDMI isn't much of a thing these days.
"While FLAC is open and therefore widely natively supported by devices (save Apple ones), Apple and ALAC are restricted to use with Apple creations, while MQA technology requires specific MQA-licensed product compatibility for optimal playback. Wouldn’t it just be easier if everything played nice, eh?"
There is pretty misleading what-hifi, in your another article you said iPhones support FLAC. Even if other Apple products don't support FLAC, just convert it to a ALAC and stop being a baby. What hi-fi should be thankful were not streaming WAV's. I'm not gonna talk about MQA, we all know MQA is garbage.
"Just because something can play hi-res audio and might wear a badge to say as much doesn’t mean it’s qualified to do it justice."
Then why did mention the iPhone article earlier and call the stock dongle "technically hi-res".
"We’re all for consumers warming up to the better audio quality now available to them.."
I guess they forgot the Compact Disc existed since 1982.
Finding a quote in the next section is like finding diamonds at the center of the earth. Basically to sum it up at the end of the article "Most people cannot tell the difference between a 320kbps stream (Unknown format) and hi-res when using junk equipment. A few hundred pounds in equipment lands you in CD territory and not able to enjoy hi-res. They want people to get "decent" gear to play hi-res audio"
I don't know Becky Roberts well but I am very certain you shouldn't get "hifi" advice from somebody that spends there own time watching horror movies and eating gluten-free cake while being a major company ass kisser.
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