how many times has this happened to you you're in the middle of a game a
conference call or you're jamming out to some embarrassing music when you have to
get up and go answer the phone forgetting that you're using a wired
pair of headphones the cord drags your laptop to the ground and making matters
worse you lose your balance trying to catch it and now you've got both a
broken computer and no idea when that pizza you ordered is coming so the
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more to choosing the correct one other than finding something without wires and
calling it a day and if you're looking for a bluetooth device much has been
made of choosing the correct codec
but how much does that matter well you can learn more about codecs up here but
simply put a codec is the scheme that your devices will use to encode and
decode a digital signal to produce actual sound so if you're looking for a
bluetooth speaker or headset it almost certainly supports a codec called sbc
this codec is kind of the universal lowest common denominator that allows a
huge range of playback devices and speakers to work with each other and it
actually delivers decent enough results it supports up to 328 kbit per second
bit rates which is about what you'd get with a spotify premium subscription and
many people would actually be hard-pressed to tell the difference
between sbc and fancier codex
however it's important to remember that this doesn't necessarily mean that your
tracks that you're paying your 10 bucks a month for will sound exactly like
you'd expect on an sbc speaker or headphones the vast majority of the
audio that you listen to over the internet is compressed and spc
re-compresses that audio with its own algorithm to preserve battery life at
the expense of sound quality so some people will be able to tell the
difference especially with higher end gear
so sbc isn't a terrible codec but there
are better ones other codecs such as aptx and aac support higher bandwidth
and therefore higher quality audio and the very premium optics hd and ldac even
boast that they support 24-bit audio streams
with that said audio that high-res has
long been the subject of controversy with many enthusiasts claiming that
virtually no one can tell the difference between 24-bit audio and the standard
16-bit stream that you'd hear on something like a cd
but could there be more to codex than just sound quality
yes a more important difference that better codec can make is in the latency
that is the delay caused by the time it takes for your devices to receive and
process a signal have you ever noticed an unacceptably long audio delay when
watching a video or playing a game using bluetooth where the audio simply doesn't
sync up with what's happening on screen well if that's the case you might want
to look into devices that support the optics ll codec with ll standing for low
latency this codec can cut down on that pesky audio delay several times over so
give it a shot if you game or watch lots of movies over bluetooth
just remember that whichever codec you're interested in has to be supported
by both your source device and the speaker or headphones so some research
is required before buying especially because it's difficult to check what
codec you're currently using in Windows
unfortunately it might be difficult to find this information on some gadgets
such as laptops a little patience though will be worth it if you're tired of
everything you watch looking like a badly dubbed kung fu movie
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