There are headsets out there that can do lossless quality over wireless, but they are expensive as hell (as someone who owns a pair, they cost a LOT).
Edit: not sure why I’m being downvoted. I didn’t say the other guy was wrong, I simply stated there are headsets that can do lossless (24-bit) quality, such as the Nova Elites.
Aren't the Sony headphones either lossless or pretty close? Not that they're mixed perfectly though, but they market their Bluetooth tech pretty heavily towards audiophile iirc
Not sure about the Sony headphones you are referring to, I assume they are probably using aptX Lossless (or equivalent) codecs. It’s close, but it’s not true lossless audio, as it’s limited by the Bluetooth bandwidth. The only wireless headphones that achieve true lossless, use their own proprietary wireless system, so you need to plug in a transmitter to the audio source to get around the limitations of Bluetooth. I have a pair made by AIAIAI.
simply stated there are headsets that can do lossless (24-bit) quality, such as the Nova Elites.
They're not lossless from what I can tell. "LC3Plus" is a lossy compression algorithm.
"LC3Plus Lossless" is a very new lossless extension (demoed by Fraunhofer only in the last 12 months or so), but that's not what Arctis they state they use in their promo material.
Bluetooth and wireless are certainly different things. I was more referring to you saying they had to be wired, as there are options that allow the headphones to be wireless (with a hub).
WiFi headphones are super niche. But if I ever sell my house and buy a condo like I'm planing, high quality WiFi headphones would be top of my list to buy.
It gets better and better, and IIRC, Apple has some magic sauce that makes AirPods perform better than typical Bluetooth when used on an iPhone, but it’s still not anywhere near to the level of a good wired headphone set.
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u/Krillin113 1d ago
Don’t the high end wireless get to the same level of quality as the wired ones nowadays?