Bluetooth audio codecs still leave a lot to be desired, and are pretty far from the cutting edge of compression to put it mildly. You can get good audio, but you have to be very careful with your combination of headphones and output device, because a lot of combinations don’t have the same codecs, and you end up with the lowest common multiple. There are new standards in development, though, so I think this will be largely solved in about 5 years.
Yeah, what bus_factor said, the codecs compress it and loses a bunch of audio quality. I know because I along with friends who are not extreme audiophiles can tell the difference. Take a wireless headphone and listen to it both wired and wireless and you can probably hear it too. I’m not saying you should bring wired headphones, a dac and amp stack, and audio device with you every time you leave the house but it is objectively better.
Bluetooth audio codecs still leave a lot to be desired, and are pretty far from the cutting edge of compression to put it mildly. You can get good audio, but you have to be very careful with your combination of headphones and output device, because a lot of combinations don’t have the same codecs, and you end up with the lowest common multiple. There are new standards in development, though, so I think this will be largely solved in about 5 years.
Yeah, what bus_factor said, the codecs compress it and loses a bunch of audio quality. I know because I along with friends who are not extreme audiophiles can tell the difference. Take a wireless headphone and listen to it both wired and wireless and you can probably hear it too. I’m not saying you should bring wired headphones, a dac and amp stack, and audio device with you every time you leave the house but it is objectively better.