Bluetooth audio isn't fantastic in my experience. I prefer wired if I'm looking for sound quality.
Still you'll enjoy something you made yourself more than the $200 version you just bought.
Still you'll enjoy something you made yourself more than the $200 version you just bought.
I had been thinking the same but then I still gave it a shot and bought some new headphones with Bluetooth (and aptX support), in my case the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 (in-ear), and the Sennheiser Momentum 3 (over-ear). Turns out they can easily compete with (or are even better than) the cable-bound ~$250 in-ears I used to have.
Such a mindblowingly stupid product decision – it makes my blood pressure rise every time I think about it.
Something similar goes for Linux.
The resampling shouldn't matter much in theory, but in practice it's pretty noticeable. It seems to be optimized for CPU usage instead of audio quality.
Presumably on an Android phone, it makes sense to lower CPU usage (and thus prolong battery life) rather than go for the best audio quality.
That's not the case for me. I enjoy the process of making something but in terms of day to day usage I enjoy the better version more.
On the other hand, if latency is important, like on a call, then you can get kind of reasonable latency if you almost give up on quality (34ms from aptX Low Latency) But you're much better off sticking with wired (low single digit milliseconds) since latency matters so much for good conversation.
100% pure unadulterated USDA-certified Prime grass-fed gluten-free all natural organic free-range BS, as the LDAC codec for BT comes in 330, 660, and 990kbps flavors and has even lower THD than aptX HD and an even wider frequency response (essentially to 20KHz). The catch is, only a few really recent and expensive chips have support for it, so almost nobody has heard (of) it, literally.
These talks about replacement, higher-bitrate codecs always have always been very dubious.