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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by voltagex_ on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @11:45PM (#18181797)
Funny - at least that one doesn't lie about apt-x support. Bluetooth audio sounds like crap to me, I'll be using wired headphones until the patents on non-crap Bluetooth audio expire, I guess.

Supply chain issues notwithstanding, I think you're pretty safe with a CSR bluetooth chip - they're in everything. Whether it's a clone or an original though, no idea.

Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by clhodapp on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:20AM (#18182698)
What confuses me about Bluetooth audio is that I did the math a while ago and unless I got it wrong, reasonably modern Bluetooth should have the bandwidth to stream uncompressed digital audio... So why are we still stuck with this awful lossy compression?