Latency on Bluetooth earphones.

[Gat Pelsinger]

As you might have known, I am really frustrated of my earphones dying so quickly. I've gone through 5-6 earphones in the last year, and more before. So, I've decided to spend some time and buy a very good quality earphone or a headphone that will last longer. But, before that, my eyes law upon the wireless Bluetooth earphones and wireless Airpods I have.

 

Their sound quality is really good, but because they communicate via Bluetooth, they have a lot of audio delay, which is definitely noticeable and bothering. How do I minimize this delay? But even if I did minimize it, the delay is still there, so there is no workaround? Maybe, can I attach it via USB? I tried that, but that only charges them (not Airpods), can't communicate. Also, at least for stuff like YT videos, how is there no audio-video sync feature? Where the video playback will be delayed if there is a delay in audio?

 

Also, apparently my sound adjustments like equalizers don't work on Bluetooth devices, which is kind of sad. Any workaround, maybe a third-party tool?

[RONOTHAN##]

What device are you using to transmit the audio? Modern bluetooth headphones like Airpods have gotten the latency pretty good, so I'd only really expect a noticeable delay if you were using an older device that only supports an old version of bluetooth. 

[Levent]

7 minutes ago, Hensen Juang said:

so there is no workaround?

no

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Well when you use an Pc, Laptop as source you can add or remove an delay in VLC so everything sound in sinc.

[Donut417]

On 8/5/2023 at 3:59 AM, Hensen Juang said:

As you might have known, I am really frustrated of my earphones dying so quickly. I've gone through 5-6 earphones in the last year, and more before. So, I've decided to spend some time and buy a very good quality earphone or a headphone that will last longer. But, before that, my eyes law upon the wireless Bluetooth earphones and wireless Airpods I have.

 

Their sound quality is really good, but because they communicate via Bluetooth, they have a lot of audio delay, which is definitely noticeable and bothering. How do I minimize this delay? But even if I did minimize it, the delay is still there, so there is no workaround? Maybe, can I attach it via USB? I tried that, but that only charges them (not Airpods), can't communicate. Also, at least for stuff like YT videos, how is there no audio-video sync feature? Where the video playback will be delayed if there is a delay in audio?

 

Also, apparently my sound adjustments like equalizers don't work on Bluetooth devices, which is kind of sad. Any workaround, maybe a third-party tool?

What device are you using them on? I use Bluetooth with my Macbook Pro and have noticed no issues with headphones, mice or keyboards. I notice no delays when watching videos on my Macbook.