The newer H2 SoC AirPods support ALAC, Apple’s lossless codec; however, their phones don’t yet support it, so the only way to use it is with the Vision Pro.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

AFAIK, ALAC will not be actually lossless over bluetooth for the sames reason LDAC can't be lossless; there simply isn't enough bandwidth. That doesn't mean that it won't sound great or perhaps work better than LDAC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It runs over a 5GHz connection, not a 2.4GHz connection like bluetooth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Oh, so they aren't on bluetooth at all? That is an entirely different story, thanks for the info.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait what? Do they not connect over bluetooth? Please don't tell me they made up more proprietary bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yes, the protocol used is currently proprietary. That being said, so was ALAC at launch and they later made it open-sourced and royalty free.