I agree, there is a trade off in convenience for other attributes as it is an engineering problem. But I am not certain most people want HiFi Bluetooth headphones on par with the best wired per say. I would hazard a guess that most of the people here just want good enough or as good as possible with the wireless convenience.
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I agree because most of the time someone in the market for a wireless headphone already knows that they are trading quality for convince, and are not really concerned with the quality of sound too much, unless it’s horrendously bad, or they were grossly misinformed or misguided.
For someone who wants wireless and quality, this could be interesting, by the way.
The new model will talk AAC to iOS devices, LDAC to Android 8.0 Oreos and, optionally, aptX/HD to flagship Android smartphones that pony up for Qualcomm’s codec.
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Pricing around the world will clock in at US$349, €379 and £330. Choose from black or a cream-beige that Sony is calling ‘Silver’.Many audiophiles have a hard time with the idea of Bluetooth anything. Sony’s reality , as applied to noise-cancellation, could easily change their mind. No DAP required.
Ldac ldhc Bluetooth actually isn’t bad. It’s more then acceptable quality rather then aptx or sbc
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LDAC is definitely a good thing. The headphones themselves could probably be better, though.
aptx is great and when my main concern in life at the moment is to get out of a crowded bus safely and without losng my shit. bluetooth is great
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Hmm…!
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Whenever i see wireless or blutooth headphones i pass them by. i dont need convenience that much.
If you mean that a big bulky dac will sound better than any Bluetooth dac you are probably right. But it’s not like there’s a big difference between or a difference at all in sound quality in equivalents. I have the btr3 and have used it in both Bluetooth (LDAC) and wired dac mode. Both support 16 bit and they sound generally the same just as good as one an other.
If your point is simply that truly wireless earphones are not as good price or quality wise fine. If you are extending your statement to Bluetooth being considerably worse than wired you are pretty wrong.
Well, I mean it’s clear the quality differences between a proper wired connection and wireless, but wireless audio has been getting there
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Is it truly that clear? I don’t know I guess my ears just aren’t good enough to see the difference. When using both USB and Bluetooth ldac there was personally no big or noticeable difference to me. But I’m not as good as others to notice the difference it seems
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Yeah it’s pretty apparent on higher end gear. It’s even noticeable on stuff like the t2 at times if you know what to listen for and you are playing high quality files. Right now LDAC codec sounds best to my ears for bluetooth, but it’s far off from a proper wired connection
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I don’t know of any beyond these, but they do exist
They are pretty good imo, but do have some design shortcomings that I think would be detrimental in the long run. But I would say they are the best bluetooth open back I have heard.
The Amiron wireless copper is pretty good too imo
Oooooooh! Interesting! Imma be in the lookout then!
For anyone who stumbled here, I just… totally forgot about Koss Portapros wireless.
And since then, there are Grado wireless headphones too.
(And obviously the Ananda BT above.)
Exploring and discovering new pairs is always an option. if you are not aware of the best Bluetooth earbuds, you can just google it or you can also try the VMPALACE headphones. I am sure you will like their headsets. They definitely have something available within your budget and comes with a 1 year warranty.
Also, I’m really interested by these. New FiiO EH3 headphones with LDAC. Like, “finally good wireless headphones”.
I know Zeos got em, no review yet. But I love that they’re bluetooth or wired or USB wired (USB DAC).
And above all, I really like this graph (Black and red = wired or bluetooth). Orange and green = Noise-cancelling enabled.
But there are QC issues right now 
people receiving broken pairs, functions not working, etc…