drmatt wrote: > This information is all explicitly encapsulated in the Bluetooth audio > streaming format. > > As per above, bluetooth (even APT-X) is nowhere near audiophile, but > it'll do for convenience for most people. Bluetooth just doesn't support > the bitrates and low latency required for high quality audio, let alone > video streams.
What is striking about bluetooth audio is that it sounds quite good when used in noncritical situations, such as in a car or outdoors. Since I have a little bluetooth receiver perhaps one day I'll do some listening tests (no they won't be double blind since they will only be for my own education) and compare the sound of bluetooth to that of a Squeezebox (Touch or Transporter depending on which stereo I use for the tests). Bluetooth audio also goes a long way in proving the amazing flexibility of digital audio. For example by using iPeng and turning my iPhone into a squeezebox player I can stream from LMS to my phone and then send the audio to one of my bluetooth speakers. All of it digital but at different bit rates: flac from LMS to iPhone and then whatever bluetooth codex/bitrate to the speaker. And it ends up sounding pretty damn good, not "high end" audio but still pretty good for backyard listening. 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
