the android device I might buy with the audio format I usually listen to.

Some of my flacs are way over 3 mbps (up to 6 mbps). The bluetooth on my desktop supports speeds up to 1 mbps. If the pixel is going to support similar rates, I don’t see how this is going work.

ETA: Im still going to nuke the device and install graphene or lineage on it. Do both foss support higher rates?

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    In my experience, Sony codec stuff also works with computers if you have the necessary codecs installed. My Sony headphones use LDAC when connected to my PC and laptop, for instance.

    Neither LDAC nor aptX HD are lossless, though. There’s a lossless variant of aptX but that’s quite hard to find in practice, because most product pages only list “aptX” and not the specific codecs.

    Apple’s AAC works on almost anything in my experience. I think LDAC has slightly better latency, but I honestly can’t tell the difference.

    • bus_factor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      The quality of AAC depends a lot on the encoder. The iPhone does it pretty well, Android not so much.

      That’s what the audio nerds say, at least. Personally I can’t really hear a difference except when using the headphones with the microphone, when it reverts to some ancient codec with more noise than signal.