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Default Wireless phones?

On 4/19/2020 2:55 PM, John Williamson wrote:
The main problem with digital wireless headphones, especially Bluetooth
ones, is the latency. Whatever you play will come through the headphones
as if it were being played through a speaker about 20 to 30 feet away,
as the round trip delay through the codec system is about 20
milliseconds at best.


Good point. I've never measured it, but with every new version of
Bluetooth they say that latency is improved.

On the other hand, a 20 ms delay on a vocal is much more tolerable than
a 2 ms delay because you don't get comb filtering when the earphone
signal mixes with the natural sound in your throat. Many people say they
never notice this, but that probably means they have their voice too
loud in the 'phones.


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