This sounds like my answer, thanks (iPhone/aac is likely a bit better than zx507/aptx). I’ll start there.
I received an email that my Drop order shipped today, also.
I happen to have an iPhone 12 and a Sony ZX300, as well as a HiBy R6 Pro with android (and a NVIDIA Shield with Android TV, which gives me ideas). I’m waiting for my sample TWS/1 to clear customs just like all of you (probably arriving end of next week or soon after), but I’ll be sure to test on both sources. AAC is nicer/smoother/more agreeable than SBC (and SBC isn’t so bad when implemented well), but so is aptX on an android… I’ve used both, but without A/B comparing them side by side I would say they’re roughly equivalent on their respective platforms.
Further, don’t sleep on LHDC! Savitech (the developers of the codec) are working on getting an app officially through the Apple Store’s certification process, and the app may already be available on Android, that can actually add this hi-res codec. Supporting bitrates similar to LDAC and “lossless” compressed audio (FLAC/ALAC), LHDC also has less latency, and adapts to give the best bandwidth possible for your environment. We’re eagerly looking forward to further developments and took a bet on LHDC’s exciting future!
With that said… sometimes ignorance is bliss. As I mentioned earlier, even SBC can sound quite good on a well configured system, and for an everyday earphone that is your beigleiter (companion) everywhere, the TWS/1 will be a fun and great sounding in-ear with the current compliment of codecs
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Just gotta say it: in lieu of multi-point and/or fast/quick pair... thank you, thank you, thank you for providing an option to manually disconnect and enter pairing mode by pressing and holding on the touchpads without needing to use the case nor explicitly disconnect on the previous device. This is such a nice QoL feature that easily justified the preorder for me.
Yup yup!! These days, people don’t “just” own a smartphone… we have laptops, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, smart TVs, and who knows maybe we’ll have smart shoes someday. grell audio chose to use a Qualcomm Bluetooth chipset that does support a multipoint function… but Qualcomm hasn’t implemented it yet. Fingers crossed
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With that said, the TWS/1 does automatically try to pair with the last device it connected with when you take them out of the case. You can, of course, override that with the manual pairing mode when you need to