As unfortunate as the naming misdirection is, I have to say: LDAC sounds significantly better (to me) than other Bluetooth codecs I have tried. It also works on Linux and android with no issues whatsoever. Open source is good.

I use it with a pair of Sony XM5's, which can also be used in wired mode, so you kind of get the best of both worlds.

[–] sus@programming.dev 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

at high signal strength LDAC should default to 990kbps.. which is kind of ridiculous since it's so high it's higher than some lossless codecs, like uncompressed 16-bit 48kHz. (which is higher than standard CD quality)

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Uncompressed 16 bit 48KHz stereo is 1536 kbps, which is just slightly higher than what bluetooth 5 is capable of.

[–] sus@programming.dev 22 points 6 days ago

Oh I forgot about stereo, ha.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The bitrate is manually enforceable on Linux, too

*specifically using PipeWire

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 7 points 6 days ago

Pipewire or the pulseaduo Bluetooth codec add-on. The pipewire implementation seems to be mimicking the old pulseaudio plugin.

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago

Many lossless codecs are lossy codecs + residual encoders. For example FLAC has predictor(lossy codec) + residual.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

Could also stand for Lazy DumbAss Cat if the pic is any relation

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