Steve Scharf needs to add this audio fidelity difference between Android & iOS to his excellent comparison document

Wally J <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:56:37 -0400
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.audio.equipment
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Regarding this useful technical comparison document by Steve Scharf:
 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JznrWfGJDA8CYVfjSnPTwfVy8-gAC0kPyaApuJTcUNE/>

Steve Scharf needs to add this critically important audio fidelity data
below to his excellent comparison document (as the data holds value).
 <https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/c/sY8lOr4LVN4>

Technical snippets for Steve's comparison document...
 
 "The iphone DOES NOT support lossless music because it has no way
  to get audio to the headphones by something other than lossy bluetooth."

 "Android products do."

 "Apple Music supports 192/24 bit but Apple products like the iPhone 
  and Airpods Max do not support it as the iPhone uses Bluetooth 
  to transmit the audio to external headphones."

 "Apple Music has lossless support for up to 192khz/24 bits but
  iPhone 15 Pro and other models do not support it. Therefore you 
  have to buy an Android Phone or Android based music player to
  get the best music high fidelity off of Apple Music."

 "Apple devices like iPhone 15 do not support codecs like AptxHD
  which ARE REQUIRED for maximum performance with headphones 
  while playing back 192/24 bit ALAC which Apple Music provides."

 "Apple codecs do NOT support transfer of lossless.
  Apple provides only a crude bluetooth capability.
  To get true high fidelity to the headphones requires AptX HD 
  or something better OTHER than Apples Bluetooth. "

 "Airpods Max do not support AptXHD or other advanced codecs and
  sound like crap compared to capable headphones like B and W PX8s."
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The intelligent person comparing audio looks at it with an open ear.