Bluetooth 5.0 for PC

[micaeltiellet]

Hey guys, this is Austin.

*Micael

 

Does anyone knows a cheap and good Bluetooth 5.0 for PC?

It could be dongle or PCI-e.

Just for using Xiaomi Airdots Pro 2, it has Bluetooth 5.0, but my pc is 2.0, so a lot of delay

[murtz]

https://www.amazon.ca/Reiyin-WT-04-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Technology/dp/B077D4RKFD

 

Something along these lines?

 

[Bombastinator]

46 minutes ago, micaeltiellet said:

Hey guys, this is Austin.

*Micael

 

Does anyone knows a cheap and good Bluetooth 5.0 for PC?

It could be dongle or PCI-e.

Just for using Xiaomi Airdots Pro 2, it has Bluetooth 5.0, but my pc is 2.0, so a lot of delay

Bluetooth is a spec so I would assume it’s going to be more or less the same regardless, so cheap will be as good as not cheap. Antennas might matter.  I don’t know.  Power won’t be an issue though because Bluetooth in general is very low power and any USB port will be more than enough.  Any advantage from a card rather Than a dongle would be gained from antennas not power output.   If I was making this choice I personally would buy the cheapest usb dongle I could find.  How good a choice that is I don’t know though.

[Alex Atkin UK]

Having used two identical chipset WiFi adapters, one TP-Link and one generic, I suspect there is a HUGE difference between cheap and branded.  The cheap one couldn't hit full link rate even near the WiFi AP, the TP-Link had no issues.  Bluetooth it going to be even more sensitive as its short range/low power to begin with.

 

I'd also highly recommend PCI-e as I can use Sony LDAC at full bitrate from my desktop PC with an AX200 WiFi card to my surround receiver in another room, whereas my Galaxy S10 can't even use full bitrate in the same room, suggesting the antennas are hugely relevant here. (as you'd expect really)

Theoretically USB should do the job (as even the Intel WiFi cards the Bluetooth is USB based), but they have a nasty habit of using tiny antennas.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Having used two identical chipset WiFi adapters, one TP-Link and one generic, I suspect there is a HUGE difference between cheap and branded.  The cheap one couldn't hit full link rate even near the WiFi AP, the TP-Link had no issues.  Bluetooth it going to be even more sensitive as its short range/low power to begin with.

 

I'd also highly recommend PCI-e as I can use Sony LDAC at full bitrate from my desktop PC with an AX200 WiFi card to my surround receiver in another room, whereas my Galaxy S10 can't even use full bitrate in the same room, suggesting the antennas are hugely relevant here. (as you'd expect really)

Theoretically USB should do the job (as even the Intel WiFi cards the Bluetooth is USB based), but they have a nasty habit of using tiny antennas.

WiFi and Bluetooth use different kinds of antennas.  It may make a big difference though.  I don’t know anything about Bluetooth antennas.  The spec was built for cell phones.  One question is is are there different chipsets in the first place?  Bluetooth 5 is new.  There might not be.  It is true though that what is in the device matters a lot more than the brand on the device.

[Alex Atkin UK]

36 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

WiFi and Bluetooth use different kinds of antennas.  It may make a big difference though.  I don’t know anything about Bluetooth antennas.  The spec was built for cell phones.  One question is is are there different chipsets in the first place?  Bluetooth 5 is new.  There might not be.  It is true though that what is in the device matters a lot more than the brand on the device.

I don't think Bluetooth 5 is necessary for low latency on PC, I'm only using 4.2.  I believe the codec is more important.

Not sure how that works on Windows as I've only tested on Linux where I was shocked to find Sony LDAC support at all, although it does seem to drift out of sync over time, but like I said my PC is in another room so I was shocked it worked at all.

I've never had good results with Bluetooth before.