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It's a different way of routing audio through the system. For the average user it won't make a whole lot of difference, but for some (you and I, obviously), it provides a bit more control over the flow and its performance. Very useful when doing things such as recording in a DAW.
Unless this is something a user needs to care about, there will be no noticeable difference. Pavucontrol is still an excellent front end, even if the back end is handled by pipewire.
EDIT: Yeah, now that I think about it, like that other guy said: Bluetooth audio. It got more or less trouble free after I switched to pipewire a while back on my Mint 21 machine.
Thanks! Uh... I mean I'm sure all those people appreciate your explanation.
Yeah pipewire vastly reduces delay for Bluetooth headphones, for me it went from obvious and quite annoying to literally no perceptible delay compared to wired