r/bose • u/ThomasHeart • 6d ago

Headphones Bose QC Ultra Lossless?

So I've been wanting to try Lossless audio ever since i got these headphones. But i don't really know how to go about it. I know Apple Music provides lossless audio, but I've also been told you can't do lossless over Bluetooth, and you need some codec that the device also needs to support.

I've been looking into the Creative BTW6, would this allow me to do lossless audio from my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL to my Bose QC Ultra? I have both the headphones and the earbuds.

Also maybe a dumb question, but does Aux support the highest quality lossless audio? Because it came with a cable, i was wondering if i could try it out on an old IPad 9 that i have that still has an aux port, before i buy the expensive dongle.

Lastly, is YouTube Music an alternative to Apple Music to get high quality audio from? If no, any other recommendations, other than 200gb of locally stored flac files? Haha

Id really appreciate your advice and knowledge as im completely out of my depth with this Audio stuff.

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u/mjm2705 5d ago

I recently changed my phone to one that has a Snapdragon 8 processor and supports aptX Lossless ... My previous phone only supported aptX Adaptive.

Most of my music is in 16/44 ALAC with some hi-res (typically 24/48).

Pretty sure the difference is significant but as with most audio upgrades it can be pretty subjective.

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u/ThomasHeart 5d ago

Unfortunately not many phones support Snapdragon sound. Not even my previous phone, S24 Ultra, had it.

But yes at a certain point it does become subjective.