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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
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Yes, there are better codecs than the defaults. Now go to the specifications page for a random popular bluetooth audio device, and see if they even list which codecs are supported. If by some astonishing miracle they do say so, then work out which codec they would use with a random popular mobile device. It is all theoretically possible, but in practise regular folk are going to have a hard time!
I looked up recommendations for Bluetooth devices at Wirecutter and then went to the relevant tech specs page:
Mentions "bluetooth" (sometimes a2dp) and no more:
* https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/speakers/wireless_speake...
* https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Mini-Bluetooth-Speaker-P...
* https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_us_en/acton-black
* http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/Digital+Media+Rec...
* http://www.kenwood.com/usa/car/excelon/kdc-x998/spec.html
* http://www.jabra.com/music/jabra-move-wireless
* http://www.jbl.com/over-ear-headphones/SYNCHROS+E40BT.html
* https://www.ultimateears.com/en-us/ueroll2
* http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/x300-wireless-speaker
* http://www.apple.com/iphone-6s/specs/ - the Nexus 6P page doesn't even mention bluetooth
Mentions codecs:
* http://rivaaudio.com/riva-turbo-x/#specs
* http://www.peachtreeaudio.com/deepblue2.html (Says "aptX bluetooth")
* http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Wireless-Speakers/Wireless-Spe...