Bluethooth latency still an issue in newer BT headphones?

wim

I'm trying to imagine spending $400 or more to avoid plugging in a wire once in awhile. I mean, I live practically all the time with earbuds plugged into my phone, iPad, or computer. BT is nice for listening to an audiobook while cooking or cleaning, but I can't honestly say it makes much difference if I have a friggin' wire between the phone in my pocket and my ears. 🤷🏼‍♂️

At least until it gets caught on something and the buds get ripped outta my ears. 😂

AlmostAnonymous

@wim said:
I'm trying to imagine spending $400 or more to avoid plugging in a wire once in awhile. I mean, I practically live all the time with earbuds plugged into my phone, iPad, or computer. BT is nice for listening to an audiobook while cooking or cleaning, but I can't honestly say it makes much difference if I have a friggin' wire between the phone in my pocket and my ears. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Except when it gets caught on something and the buds get ripped outta my ears. 😂

And these are the real facts

gregsmith

I play a midi keyboard and record into whatever daw I’m in at which time bluetooth isn’t appropriate, apart from simple basslines and stuff where I can usually adjust for the latency.

But this is probably about 3% of the process of making a track. The other 97% is arranging, tweaking, mixing, mastering etc, lots of which can be done over bluetooth.

I can get to the rough mix stage on my AirPods then move on to better headphones for final mixing and mastering.

My point is you shouldn’t just write off bluetooth 😉

klownshed

@gregsmith said:
I play a midi keyboard and record into whatever daw I’m in at which time bluetooth isn’t appropriate, apart from simple basslines and stuff where I can usually adjust for the latency.

But this is probably about 3% of the process of making a track. The other 97% is arranging, tweaking, mixing, mastering etc, lots of which can be done over bluetooth.

I can get to the rough mix stage on my AirPods then move on to better headphones for final mixing and mastering.

My point is you shouldn’t just write off bluetooth 😉

Most of the time I make music at home it’s with AirPods. Bluetooth is very convenient.

I’m going to buy the audio tecnica M50s with Bluetooth as they’re the perfect solution for me. I already have and like the 40s and need an additional pair of ‘phones for my office so it makes sense to get a really good pair for home use and take the almost as good 40s to the office.

When I’m sat at a desk the wires are much less bothersome anyway.

Being able to use an iPad on the sofa wirelessly is a much, much nicer experience and if the latency is an issue for a specific situation, I’ll just plug-in :-) but I imagine I’d be using them wirelessly 90%+ of the time.

Gavinski

@gregsmith said:
I play a midi keyboard and record into whatever daw I’m in at which time bluetooth isn’t appropriate, apart from simple basslines and stuff where I can usually adjust for the latency.

But this is probably about 3% of the process of making a track. The other 97% is arranging, tweaking, mixing, mastering etc, lots of which can be done over bluetooth.

I can get to the rough mix stage on my AirPods then move on to better headphones for final mixing and mastering.

My point is you shouldn’t just write off bluetooth 😉

Agreed. I love my Bluetooth earphones. I don't like the non replaceable battery, but few recent purchases have given me so much joy and gotten so much use

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