AAC headphones?

Someplace I stumbled on an article touting headphones using AAC-I guess instead of Bluetooth or an AptX codec. That made me wonder-are there any headphones that can actually stream the 256k Apple Music stream directly? Hmm, now that I ask the question it seems impossible, like the iDevice itself would have to do that, or can the AAC be encapsulated in a Bluetooth stream? Or not enough bandwidth? Or ???? This is not an area where I have much expertise; I just know it would be nice to get the sound directly without further compressions.

Wireless headphones today are mostly based on Bluetooth. A handful use more inferior technologies like RF or Infrared. Bluetooth is the universal connector and through the Audio/Headphone profile you can enable/stream whatever you want to support codecs of interest.

As far as headphones go that support both aptX and AAC:
Sennheiser Momentum Free - $140
Bowers & Wilkins PX - $400
RHA MA390 - $70

I've never heard of the last brand/model, but Sennheiser is a very reputable headphone manufacturer and B&W is just expensive.

Raz0rEdge said:

Sennheiser Momentum Free - $140

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Interesting! I just emailed Sennheiser asking if that means I can stream Apple Music directly into a headphone.

Those headphones connect to your device (Mac, iPhone) using Bluetooth and once connected will be able to play music using the AAC codec. You do not bypass the Bluetooth connection.

Maybe you could provide a link to the article? I don't think that is what they mean, because the headphones would need to be programmed to receive the signal from? How?

ferrarr said:

Maybe you could provide a link to the article? I don't think that is what they mean, because the headphones would need to be programmed to receive the signal from? How?

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I think you're right. The writer probably meant pairing the headset with some Bluetoth device such as an iPhone or other device.

Raz0rEdge said:

...using the AAC codec. You do not bypass the Bluetooth connection.

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Ah, what I meant is if the whole 256k AAC gets shoved through the Bluetooth, or if due to bandwidth the 256k AAC from Apple Music gets squeezed down to 96k or whatever...