About Apple music and spotify sound quality

by Poster May 6, 2025 13
I usually use Bluetooth speakers to play, and then I compared the sound quality of spotify and am. Some songs are the same, while others feel that am is obviously better. spotify I turned on the plugin should be high quality 160kbps, am should be 256kbps. Theoretically, the Bluetooth protocol of iphone is aac, so the theoretical upper limit is 256, but I asked AI, the gap between 160 and 256 should not be that big, so what could be the reason? Is there anyone who can explain 🙏?

Replies

  • Anonymous1962 May 6, 2025
    The gap below 256 is quite obvious, and the encoding method is different. The parameters used by Apple are better and the spectrum is fuller
  • Anonymous1963 May 6, 2025
    Don't worry about sound quality for Bluetooth speakers
  • Anonymous13426 May 6, 2025
    What you can hear from Bluetooth speakers should not be "sound quality", but something like tuning or eq, right?
  • Anonymous374 May 6, 2025
    am suggests turning off that volume balance, the sound quality (timbre) will be better
  • Anonymous13571 May 6, 2025
    Music with a relatively large dynamic range can still be heard, but the audio source, wires, and speakers cannot be disconnected. Apple's AAC 256kbps is already suitable for most people
  • Anonymous897 May 6, 2025
    There is still a big gap between 160 and 256, but there is not much difference between 320 and lossless on Bluetooth
  • Anonymous1964 May 6, 2025
    Bluetooth speed is too low
  • Anonymous1965 May 6, 2025
    You can use the lossless playback that supports airplay, at least the shortcomings will not appear on the sound source
  • Anonymous1966 May 6, 2025
    spotify doesn't pay for it, and the sound quality is rubbish, not to mention the number of alphabet disks in music, which is incomparable
  • Anonymous1703 May 6, 2025
    ... As we all know, the sound quality of spotify is not as good as that of am, and it is obvious with headphones...
  • Anonymous13192 May 6, 2025
    I always feel that apples are fuller
  • Anonymous1967 May 7, 2025
    I can't hear much difference when I use AirPods pro, but when I listen to it with AirPods max, I obviously feel that am is better, the sound quality of am is much clearer, and spotify is a bit stuffy for my ears.
  • Anonymous1704 May 7, 2025
    It's actually quite obvious with earpods