I need both a new phone, and a new headset. Will an aptX Adaptive-enabled phone, and headset give me CRYSTAL clear bluetooth calls? Like, 44.1khz 16-bit (stereo) output and input?If it doesn't reach that level of performance—what will it reach?
>>106487486Any phone connected to any headset using any codec will be able to handle voice calls without any perceivable loss of quality. You realize that voice calls are 8kbps over the cell network by default, or up to 64kbps if everything involved supports HD-voice, right? There is no reason to push that garbage through some kind of hi-fi audio setup.
>>106487518I'm talking about calls over things like Telegram, or Discord—Zoom, etc. Internet calls.I wouldn't make this thread if it weren't a (very) aggravating problem.I agree that the quality of regular carrier calls is abhorrent. To hell with carriers (and i'd be willing to guess, neither hardware manufacturers nor google also give a crap).I primarily ask this because I'm in constant communication with my BF over internet calls, and I've never had a phone AND headset that both support even aptX.My last phone's output to my QC45s was fucking unusable, and BF would mention how bad the mic sounded.With my current phone, input and output are better—but the QC45 has other problems on calls not related to Bluetooth. BF gets muted when I talk; latency is pretty bad (compounds badly with the muting); my mic's volume is inconsistent.I only know that aptX Voice was, at one point, supposed to make Bluetooth HFP not suck—it was rolled into aptX adaptive, according to Qualcomm. (https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2020/01/qualcomm-introduces-aptx-voice-audio-technology-higher-quality-voice-calls).Really, that article (and newer stuff I've found) seems to confirm that I'll get at LEAST 16khz [16-bit] mono—which is an acceptable minimum quality—but because it's so baffling in the first place that our modern hardware can and often DOES do horrendously bad voice calls on BT, I just wanted to make sure this IS the minimum with someone who might know.
>>106487486You need LE audio
>>106488415Thanks to your post, I realized that my QC45s don't support LE audio—just Bluetooth LE.Stereo calling, in super wideband (which is 50hz-14000hz)—that's pretty good, considering you get stereo. So, I will definitely make sure both devices I get support LE audio (in addition to aptX adaptive). Many thanks.
>>106487486There is degradation with wireless. Download a binaural beats program and set it to delta. If it puts you to sleep then use it, if it doesn't then it's too degraded and you'll notice the difference
>>106488596It's funny you should say this—I tried a few kinds of binaural beats with both of my BT headsets, and both make audible crackling noises unless you try to account for them, and—I kid you not—get the timing on starting the beats right (even then, the clicking may come in intermittently).Why? I have no idea—in my experience, this problem is as bad at 3m of distance between devices as it is at 3cm—but the audio is definitely degraded, somehow (and to the point of uselessness—hard to sleep with a click going off in your ears). It is especially bad with pure sine waves.But yeah—I will try that out when I get my new setup. Thanks.
