431: City of Chips
Accidental Tech Podcast
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Is the AAC the Codec Used to Transmit Bluetooth Headphones?
The AAC is the codec used to transmit Bluetooth stuff from the iPhone to most of its headphones. Apple says that no, even when you connect your AirPods Max with a cable, you still don't get lossless audio. To listen at all, apparently to the 24-bit 192-gale hertz, you need an external DAC because I guess the phone won't do that.
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