giant3 t1_jdd0v1t wrote
Reply to comment by blorg in Bluetooth Sound Quality, me trying to explore what is the difference between different bluetooth codecs, which sounds best, and why, along with how to get the most stable connection possible by AudiophileHeaven
I am very well aware of this article from sound guys.
BTW, I was talking about encoders while you are talking about difference in configuration. The Android encoder was developed by Fraunhofer Institute, the very people who invented MP3 & AAC, but the manufacturer can set the bandwidth of the encoder. If the phone is rooted, we could change the bandwidth.
Anyways, the cutoff doesn't matter much. There is very little energy in music beyond 13kHz except for cymbal crashes.
blorg t1_jdd3q6h wrote
Right, but it doesn't matter whether it's the encoder or the parameters, the point is the result is different.
If you increase the parameters on SBC (SBC XQ) it can sound great too, but that doesn't help you particularly if the bitpool is artificially limited to a low bitrate as is done on Samsung buds (bitpool 37 rather than 53) and I believe, Windows.
That you could theoretically get a different result if the parameters were different, doesn't get you the different result, you get the result with the parameters chosen by the developers of the stuff you are using.
The Apple encoder is I believe different from the Fraunhofer one, and is supposedly, better. So there it's not just the parameters. But even if it was just the parameters, the average user isn't rooted and can't change the parameters. So it doesn't matter whether it's the "encoder" or the "parameters".
Personally- I think AAC sounds fine on Android, so I'm with your there.
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