Well we have an answer. I emailed the B&W rep listed on the press release. He just responded that it is indeed AptxLL between the case and the buds. This is a major bmmer. It was nice of him to respond on a Sunday. My excitement level is subdued. No hi res support which was the only real excuse for the battery life.
This is the individual identified on the official press release for the PI7 but it’s certainly a fair point. It really doesn’t make any sense for them to use AptxHD between the case and the buds but not otherwise. That would be a very strange design choice. And you mentioned no latency and AptxHD has significant latency. So I think all evidence points to AptxLL.
The guy answered very matter of factly. He seemed very confident. I followed up with some questions and am waiting for a further response. It was you or someone else that was speculating that the battery was the reason for the delay. It also could have been that they were gunning for full AptxHD but ditched it in favor of battery life. Aptx Adaptive is a really bizarre choice.
The guy answered very matter of factly. He seemed very confident. I followed up with some questions and am waiting for a further response. It was you or someone else that was speculating that the battery was the reason for the delay. It also could have been that they were gunning for full AptxHD but ditched it in favor of battery life. Aptx Adaptive is a really bizarre choice.
I trust what alsorkin was told but I need to get to the bottom this. AptxLL makes more sense to me than AptxHD given the use case. Also I struggle with why they have enabled AptxHD on the buds but then limit it to the case only. That does not make any sense. If they can receive AptxHD from the case they should receive it from any device. The only sources I found say aptx Ll. Has anyone tried to force AptxHD on these?
My Hiby R6 2020 is connected by AptX HD to the Pi7. Quality is stunning - I’m hearing things that I’ve never heard with any other headphones I own. Not tried the case to transmit yet, so cannot comment on the quality or codec used.
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Losing confidence in my contact. Here is another statement which I can’t comprehend:
“The case is definitely Aptx LL you can send a hi-res signal to the case but it will transmit it as Aptx LL.
The buds will be set to the highest level of whatever they are connected to, so if the source has Aptx HD, that's what the buds will receive.”
Reading this back to myself he seems to be saying the buds support AptxHD directly which is bizarre since it’s not in any of the marketing materials. But then again Aptx Adaptive seems to include AptxHD so maybe this is just a really poor job of explaining things.
My Hiby R6 2020 is connected by AptX HD to the Pi7. Quality is stunning - I’m hearing things that I’ve never heard with any other headphones I own. Not tried the case to transmit yet, so cannot comment on the quality or codec used.
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