[BLOG] Samsung Aim For Beyond CD Quality With Latest Wireless Headphones

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[BLOG] Samsung Aim For Beyond CD Quality With Latest Wireless Headphones

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One of the main problems with any type of wireless communication is that in order to maintain speed and allow the signal to be transmitted effectively, data often has to be compressed to fit the bandwidth. For wireless audio, this is a problem, as compressing sound signals can reduce the overall quality of the sound you hear, meaning that wireless headphones rarely give you CD Quality sound.



Samsung, however, believe they can make it work. The company's newly introduced Level On Wireless Pro headphones include a new technology, dubbed "Ultra High Quality Audio" that improves the quality of sound whether you're plugged in or streaming wirelessly. In typical conditions, the headphones are supposedly capable of CD Quality sound, particularly when listening to a lossless audio format (such as FLAC) or streaming service (such as Tidal). However, when paired with a device that supports Ultra High Quality Audio, such as Samsung's own Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 Edge+ smartphones, and the right source material, Samsung claim the sound experience can reach higher-than-CD fidelity. That's pretty impressive from a wireless headset, though the caveats (Engadget helpfully claims that "you'll need to shop at a service like Pono's to get the right source material") mean that getting this higher quality audio may not always be clear-cut.



Being an improved version of the existing Level On Wireless headphones, the Pro comes with the same additional benefits of its less audiophile cousin - "extra comfortable" cushions designed to completely enclose the ear, active noise cancelling and touch-sensitive controls - though the claimed 11 hour battery life will slightly reduce if one uses Bluetooth and noise reduction at the same time. Given the existing model tends to retail for around the £140 mark, it can be expected that the Level On Wireless Pro will retail for slightly more; but Samsung are yet to reveal price or shipping dates for the new product as of the time of going to press. Watch this space!
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