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Hi-res to iPhone? - diamar - 05-Jan-2021
I fear that I already know the answer to this, but is it possible to stream high-resolution audio over Bluetooth to an iOS device using Gemini? I’ve been trying different options, and it always seems to downsample to CD quality. I’ve been trying it with a new iPhone 12 Pro.
Everything I’ve searched indicates that iOS phones don’t support higher resolution over Bluetooth, but lots of the articles I found are pretty old.
Here’s Roon’s signal path to show what I’m getting:
RE: Hi-res to iPhone? - jonstatt - 14-Jan-2021
(05-Jan-2021, 19:10)diamar Wrote: I fear that I already know the answer to this, but is it possible to stream high-resolution audio over Bluetooth to an iOS device using Gemini? I’ve been trying different options, and it always seems to downsample to CD quality. I’ve been trying it with a new iPhone 12 Pro.Even CD quality is not possible over Bluetooth. Aptx is still lossy despite their marketing. Apple is restricted to AAC as far as I am aware, roughly equivalent to 250mbps mp3.
Everything I’ve searched indicates that iOS phones don’t support higher resolution over Bluetooth, but lots of the articles I found are pretty old.
Here’s Roon’s signal path to show what I’m getting:
LDAC is the only format that gets really close to CD quality but claims hires performance. The Gemini doesn't support LDAC and Android is needed.
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RE: Hi-res to iPhone? - diamar - 14-Jan-2021
Thanks. I’d not been paying much attention to the evolving Bluetooth stuff, but the Gemini Earbuds (which I like so far) made me yearn for higher resolution.
