d6jg wrote: > Bluetooth is digital but it is compressed. > > If you took a lossless source and sent it by Bluetooth it would be > re-encoded in a compressed format which in turn is de-coded and > decompressed by the target receiver. AirPlay however is not compressed. > > Bluetooth is not audiophile quality. Arguably AirPlay is as it will > stream content at a decent bit rate but you can't beat a wired device > such as an SBT or a Pi.
So I guess that means that the Pono player will never have bluetooth :( On a more serious note: The fact that bluetooth is compressed helps to explain why video streaming devices like Google Chromecast use Wi-Fi instead of bluetooth. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105660 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
