AirPods get studio-quality audio recording and camera remote features Comments
- Anonymous
- 0B6
Apple doesn’t really lie about stuff like this. Phone call quality from Bluetooth headphones sounds bad because they intentionally compress audio for latency and bandwidth. I do believe AirPods already have high-quality microphones. Why? Because EarPods also had one, and that was a decade ago. How would these headphones achieve high-quality transparency and noise cancellation mode if not for the great mics they have? Microphone tech has gone a long way.
The studio-quality recording probably uses faster speed wireless protocol. Or just upgraded bluetooth?
- User935
- gEb
Ow, 10 Jun 2025Have you actually confirmed that you hear the difference between high quality lossy and lossle... moreThere are sites like these:
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality
Listening from my phone (Xperia 1 III) with my Denon AH-D9200 in the 3,5 mm jack, so no expensive DAC/amp plus Android's imperfect audio path etc. I recognized 4/6 within seconds, especially surprising Susanne Vega with just her voice, I would always have guessed that the greatest difference is in the highs, cymbals etc...
Two of the recordings are somewhat older with a bit more recorded noise which apparently confuses the brain 😄 into thinking that the one with less noise is better quality, where less noise actually means sound lost through lossy compression.
I also recently accidentally switched my Sony WM-1000XM3 from high bitrate LDAC to SBC (don't know which bitpool as it says nowhere in Android, unfortunately) without realizing it and instantly recognized SBC's irritating loss in fidelity of the highs and was thrown back 20 years to my first BT stereo headset. 😄
So, yes, you can very well notice the difference between lossless and lossy and between codecs sometimes. Depending on the specific recordings and equipment, the difference can be more or less obvious.
- Abdo USSR
- fm0
Ow, 10 Jun 2025Have you actually confirmed that you hear the difference between high quality lossy and lossle... moreI know that sometimes we can find MP3 files with lower frequency but MORE DETAIL than others with higher frequency. I just talk about the general rule - not the exception - that the more frequency, bit rate and depth you have, the better the file sounds and the nearer it is to CD Quality which is enough for human ears.
- Sam N8 808 owner
- up6
Ow, 10 Jun 2025Have you actually confirmed that you hear the difference between high quality lossy and lossle... moreI couldn't manage blind tests as I'm alone in my house here, and no one quite organised one.
But what I can tell you is, assuming same device and earphones:- it surely makes a difference even to my 38yr old ears. What you get is more details and clarity of background sounds.
But you have to consider how lossy we're talking exactly:- A 32kbps eAAC+ file or a 128kbps mp3 file (majority of my songs, downloaded from Nokia Music) is clearly inferior to a FLAC. But a 160 kbps AAC or 256-320kbps mp3 file (encoded from CD) comes pretty close to lossless, making it all the more difficult to differentiate.
Also, the era of music matters. Songs recorded before 1970's sound quite similar in both lossy and lossless, but later ones, not.
Sad to say, the majority of mobile phone fans will never even know the next level quality.
- Darth Caesium
- nIj
Abdo USSR, 10 Jun 2025Still as long as they don't support AptX Lossless @1200Mbps, they're inferior to oth... moreLDHC 5.0 is even better than aptX Lossless, and doesn't require a proprietary Qualcomm soundchip.
- Ow
- t7@
Sam N8 808 owner, 10 Jun 2025Exactly. The data transmission speed is way low, the codecs are nothing revolutionary for this... moreHave you actually confirmed that you hear the difference between high quality lossy and lossless? Like blind tests?
- unxpctd
- 40m
xPandamon, 10 Jun 2025"Studio-quality" Nice to see that Apple are still riding the bullshit buzzword bi... moreStudio 54 maybe... after Disco died.
- Sam N8 808 owner
- rJZ
Abdo USSR, 10 Jun 2025Still as long as they don't support AptX Lossless @1200Mbps, they're inferior to oth... moreExactly. The data transmission speed is way low, the codecs are nothing revolutionary for this age. All they do is tune the bass in such a way that it impresses the naive audio listener who's not even listening to a FLAC/Lossless content by the way.
I have a LG G8x with legal FLAC files, and Soundmagic E80C earphones, and I know how great audio sounds like.
Now, they claim studio quality recording wirelessly. Hard to believe it's the real deal or anywhere close.
- xPandamon
- JHj
"Studio-quality"
Nice to see that Apple are still riding the bullshit buzzword bingo even on 2025, appealing to those that don't question their claims.
- Abdo USSR
- fmk
Still as long as they don't support AptX Lossless @1200Mbps, they're inferior to other brands such as SoundPeats and Sennheiser.
- Hikari
- fuf
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2025Yeah. Unfortunately they have already proven countless times how people ignores reality and th... moreI remember Dank Pods did a rudimentary mic test and the wired earpods sounded wayyyy better than air pods and galaxy buds in terms of mic quality
- Eric20
- Nxk
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2025Except Airpods quality in microphones are the worst from all flagship earbuds. Only company to... moreI agree.
Their mic recordings have a deep notch around 3.5 kHz and sharply drops off after 5 kHz, so speech quality isn't great when compared with other brands.
- Anonymous
- 7@8
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2025Except Airpods quality in microphones are the worst from all flagship earbuds. Only company to... moreYeah. Unfortunately they have already proven countless times how people ignores reality and think slapping a "pro" name on something cheap made in China will make people think it is indeed high grade professional equipment.
- Anonymous
- 35Z
Except Airpods quality in microphones are the worst from all flagship earbuds. Only company to perfect transparency, but why roll with garbage microphones?
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