Qualcomm aptX Lossless delivers CD quality sound over Bluetooth

There are about a year, if you want to distribute lossless audio tracks on your phone, you basically have an option: tide. Much has changed since then, with Apple recently rolling streaming support without loss in June and Spotify promising to do the same later this year. But unless you are ready to connect a USB DAC to your phone, more streaming services Jumping on the Bandwagon HI-RES band allow you to do some good for the Bluetooth headset can only disseminate to lossless audio time. Fortunately, this is about to change.

Chipmaker QualCommez adding a new flavor to its APTX Bluetooth codec, and it is a waste without loss, in ideal conditions, the company says that the quality of the quality of a CD is 44.1kHz audio broadcast quality over a wireless connection. Qualcomm said it brought an improvement in its Bluetooth connection technology Bluetooth high speed to deliver the data throughput required to deliver a wireless without losing track, but the codec can also compress a signal to a quality 96 kHz 24 bit to ensure you do not experience interruptions. . You can also manually switch between modes of streaming 44.1kHz 16-bit and 24-bit, although the codec automatically default to the first when it detects a source without loss.

The Qualcommiennent Snapdragon chipsets with integrated support to its APTX codecs. This means that almost any Android phone you buy in North America or Europe will support the standard. As with all Bluetooth codec, it is not enough to only your phone, tablet or computer to support the technology. You also need a pair of compatible headphones or écudèdes. Qualcomm said the first to support APTX lossless happen later this year.

Before today, the closest you can access a connection without loss of Bluetooth technologies LDAC and DSEE Sony. These work well, but again, you need a pair of Sony headphones to enjoy.