[LAU] Bluetooth Latency

[Will Godfrey]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:44:59 +0000
Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:45:59AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:06:30 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:  
> > >Bose  
> > 
> > German audio engineers make jokes about Bose equipment's sound quality.  
> 
> Not only German ones. 
> 
> For some years I've been on the listening panel hired by the UK
> Consumers Association to judge Hifi speakers. These were 'blind'
> listening tests, we didn't know which speakers were one test.
> Except for the Bose ones - every time, for years on end, these
> resulted in the entire panel dropping its professional conduct
> and ending up ROTFL. Of course the CA got some angry reactions
> by Bose, but since the tests were blind they had little to argue 
> with.
> 
> > Sure, for the home studio we usually can't spend much money, but since
> > Bob ogles with "some expensive Bose headphones", he might wants to
> > consider to look for something else.  
> 
> IMHO using cheap wireless headphones for recording is a sure
> recipe for shooting yourself in the foot. Even the cheap wired
> ones are mostly crap today (they used to be better before 
> smartphones made everyone wanting to use them).
> 
> Some weeks ago at work we tested some cheap wired over-ear
> headphones (prices in the 30 to 80 euro range) from the usual
> suspects (AKG, JBL, Bose, ...). We wanted to find out if we
> could include some standard EQ in the smartphone audio chain
> in order to improve the 'listening experience'. They all
> turned out to be horrible in their own specific way, each
> one requiring its own quite heavy EQ to make them sound
> more or less right. 
> 
> Conclusion: if you want to headphones for serious audio
> work then spend some money on them.
> 
> Ciao,
> 


Some months ago I upgraded from AKG to Sennheiser wired phones - talk about
night and day! Also I can now get a fairly good match when switching between
phones and speakers... Apart from the fact the phones don't suffer from
room modes at low frequencies :)

Oh, and they are far more comfortable to wear for long sessions.

Unless you're prancing about on stage and *specifically* need the mobility I
can't see any point in going wireless.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
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Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.