fe-lixx
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Sorry, if this has answered before, I didn't find reliable information. My Galaxy S10 (I think my older S8 had the same feature), the Exynos version (!), supports simultaneously streaming to two different Bluetooth devices. So this isn't dependent on the presence of a Qualcomm SoC.
If, during the pairing process, the two earphones each identify as a separate Bluetooth devices, shouldn't it be theoretically possible to use that to mimic the Qualcomm TWS+ stuff. One problem I see, though, is the processing of stereo audio. If the smartphone doesn't "know" for some reason that it should transmit only one instead of two channels per earphone, even if the earphones are "smart" enough to take the left channel for one earphone, the right channel for the other. This would make the whole thing moot, since one benefit of TWS+ is, that you basically have more bandwidth available.
I wish this was simply a software thing, and that Samsung would get rid of selling the same phone with completely different SoCs, presumably.
Almost doubling the effective data rate that you could achieve with such a "two mono channel" configuration, this would probably make it possible to use a genuinely lossless codec for standard 16 Bit / 4X Hertz. It would feel so good to finally have a "wireless situation" that's completely beyond any question in the back of your mind, if the current lossy codec you're using with you favorite devices could not be even slightly better. And I say that as someone who ABX'd himself into knowing that 160 kbps CBR MP3 sound transparent. A lossless codec wouldn't be a feature for my ears, it would be for my brain.
I'm just talking out loud, would be interested in some thoughts.
Thank you!
If, during the pairing process, the two earphones each identify as a separate Bluetooth devices, shouldn't it be theoretically possible to use that to mimic the Qualcomm TWS+ stuff. One problem I see, though, is the processing of stereo audio. If the smartphone doesn't "know" for some reason that it should transmit only one instead of two channels per earphone, even if the earphones are "smart" enough to take the left channel for one earphone, the right channel for the other. This would make the whole thing moot, since one benefit of TWS+ is, that you basically have more bandwidth available.
I wish this was simply a software thing, and that Samsung would get rid of selling the same phone with completely different SoCs, presumably.
Almost doubling the effective data rate that you could achieve with such a "two mono channel" configuration, this would probably make it possible to use a genuinely lossless codec for standard 16 Bit / 4X Hertz. It would feel so good to finally have a "wireless situation" that's completely beyond any question in the back of your mind, if the current lossy codec you're using with you favorite devices could not be even slightly better. And I say that as someone who ABX'd himself into knowing that 160 kbps CBR MP3 sound transparent. A lossless codec wouldn't be a feature for my ears, it would be for my brain.
I'm just talking out loud, would be interested in some thoughts.
Thank you!
