RockStar2005
Headphoneus Supremus
So, this is kind of interesting, there seems to be some sort of oversampling that happens with LDAC?
I am using GPM to stream a 320kbps MP3, so I definitely don't need the 990kbps provided by LDAC, but take a look at this:
32 bit/96 KHz is listed there.
Either way, AptX HD using AAC is going to give you pretty good audio already (since AptX HD can max out at over 500kbps) - the problem with AptX is that you don't really know exactly what you're getting with it, as it can be implemented with a few different codecs from what I understand.
I've done a lot of digging in to LDAC lately. Early Sony marketing material had described LDAC as a lossless codec for 24/96 audio. Lossless compression of 24/96 at 990kbps would be a pretty major achievement, since FLAC is ~4,600kbps for 24/96 audio. But I found someone who had pressed them on this, eventually speaking to an actual engineer who indicated that it is NOT lossless. Either way, it should be completely transparent at 990kbps unless it's a terrible codec - that is more than enough for 16/44.1 lossless.
These are just some random musings about LDAC I've had since the discussion about it in here
Interesting info reginalb!