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Philips Launches New Fidelio Headphones and Earphones with LDAC and LC3 Support

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Philips brand licensee TP Vision, has launched updated versions of several of its earphones and headphones, with two new, high-end Fidelio products. The Fidelio L4 is an updated version of last year's L3, that adds a slimmer headband with leather trim, as well as an overall sleeker look. However, maybe more importantly, The L4 appears to have a non Qualcomm Bluetooth chipset, so gone is aptX support, in favour of LC3 and LDAC support. The Bluetooth 5.3 chipset also supports Auracast and Philips seems to be the first company to announce support for the standard. The speaker drivers remain at 40 mm and Philips have further improved the noise cancelling by relocating the microphones. The battery life has also seen an increase, by a whole 12 hours with ANC off and eight hours with it on, for a total of 50 hours with ANC off and 40 hours with it on. Thankfully Philips also dumped the 2.5 mm audio jack in favour of a standard 3.5 mm jack and charging is of course done via USB-C.

Last year's Fidelio T1 wireless IEMs were a bit of a bust, at least based on the fairly negative reviews the earphones, got and this year's T2 model has been given a big design overhaul. The new design is 20 percent smaller than the T1, but it still screams Philips and has an odd retro Bluetooth headset kind of look to it. As with the L4, the T2 is based on a Bluetooth 5.3 capable chipset and supports LC3, LDAC and Auracast. Like the T1, the T2 sports a dynamic driver, as well as a balanced armature driver, although the dynamic driver has shrunk somewhat from 10 to 9.2 mm in size. The T2 sports nine hours of battery life with ANC enabled or 10 hours with it disabled. The charging case adds a further 27 to 30 hours battery life. A full charge taxes two hours, but a five minute top up adds an hour worth of playback time. The T2 are also IPX4 rated, so they should have no issues with a bit of sweat or a light rain shower. No pricing was announced for either model.



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wth is the point of low energy usage 5.3 Auracast if you still only get 9 hours battery with ANC. hard pass.
 
wth is the point of low energy usage 5.3 Auracast if you still only get 9 hours battery with ANC. hard pass.
Auracast has nothing to do with power saving. I suggest you click the link in the article to read more about what it is.
Also, 9 hours battery life with ANC is really good in earbuds, most earbuds only manages 5-6 hours.
 
Auracast has nothing to do with power saving. I suggest you click the link in the article to read more about what it is.
Also, 9 hours battery life with ANC is really good in earbuds, most earbuds only manages 5-6 hours.

ah yeah I meant LE audio that comes with 5.2 and 5.3 or something like that. I can't keep up with it.

ok this is a fair point, I did forget they are earbuds.
 
ah yeah I meant LE audio that comes with 5.2 and 5.3 or something like that. I can't keep up with it.
LC3 is what comes with 5.3 which is the low power audio codec.
ok this is a fair point, I did forget they are earbuds.
The headphones can do 40 hours with ANC on.
 

careful, there is also LC3plus for "high bit rates for high-resolution music streaming services"
 
Look how high the male model is: "Weee im wearing black Airpods weeee"
 
wth is the point of low energy usage 5.3 Auracast if you still only get 9 hours battery with ANC. hard pass.
I wish my earbuds got 9hrs, my get about 5.
 
I wish my earbuds got 9hrs, my get about 5.
And i get less than 3 but that's because i force LDAC at best quality. That burns trough the battery the fastest and my earbuds are very small.
Sony Linkbuds S.
 
And i get less than 3 but that's because i force LDAC at best quality. That burns trough the battery the fastest and my earbuds are very small.
Sony Linkbuds S.
Wow they are really small.
 
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