Does the Surface Pro support APT-X Bluetooth?

Anonymous
2013-09-25T11:55:59+00:00

I'm looking at some bluetooth speakers, and I know that APT-X codec gives better sound quality.

Would this work with the Pro? Or would I need different drivers?

Thanks

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Anonymous
2013-12-04T11:05:21+00:00

Hmm my last reply vanished. 

Aptx is Bluetooth but Bluetooth 1.-4. is not itself aptx.

Aptx is made by csr.

See which tablets contain aptx:http://www.csr.com/technology-solutions/av/audio-products-powered-by-csr-aptx/tablet

Well spotted when it came to the other answer you Got.

Enjoy your hifi!!

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Anonymous
2013-09-26T21:22:40+00:00

Greetings Dasauto,

The Surface Pro does support Bluetooth 4.0.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-19T12:44:54+00:00

    Your link shows that windows 10 supports apt-x, but not the surface products.  Where do you see that the Surface products supports Apt-X?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T12:16:00+00:00

    The sound quality of the music depends on the quality of the source file. If you're playing mp3s from the play store or streaming Spotify at normal quality, you likely won't notice much of a difference. However, if you're playing 192 kHz/24-bit flac files, there is a noticeable difference (at least to my ears).

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T11:46:18+00:00

    Thats really an issue. Even most recievers did not show up, if APTX is beeing used!

    If the radio connection is noisy, reciever and transmitter will alter the codec according to bandwith.

    So even if both devices can use APTX it is unclear if they use it all the time.

    A few moths ago, i made an interesting test:

    Used a HTC phone (which was advertised with aptx) and took my old Thinkpad with a BT 2.0 card.

    Althought i have very good studio speakers, i was not able to hear a difference between the two devices.

    After this test, APTX is not as important for me as it was months ago.

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