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Seems that ‘low-latency’ bluetooth earbuds are designed for gamers, and often have 2 modes

  • ‘game’ optimised for latency
  • ‘music’ - which is not so low latency and optimised for flat EQ (presumably ?)

I’d anticipate using with iPad or iPhone using

  • music - for listening, including music that I’m making on iPad apps
  • game - for recording / live-sequencing in iPad apps

I’m particularly interested in brands that work for you, and also observations on what I want to do (e.g. “It will never work because X”) .

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The Apple pro Airpods are pretty great, imo, if you’re using them with Apple products. Good sound, very responsive. But they are expensive. Are there actual latency numbers out there?

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Over 100 ms for the latest gen Airpod pro the last time I checked.

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This article seems to put latency at ~126ms, not ideal for music, actually, I stand corrected

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yes cross-posted!

I’m still mad they removed the headphone jack from the pro ipads, they don’t seem to understand what musicians need

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My 2 cents:

Unfortunately there is no such thing as low latency bluetooth headphones. I have tried many solutions including Avantree and APTX low latency or whatever that is called.

Does it have to be portable?

What worked decent: “LEKATO MS-1” In ear Monitoring solution on Amazon that you can plug in to whatever you want via 3.5mm - of course you need an USB-C to 3.5mm adapter for the iPad.

I only had issues once when I had too many bluetooth devices in the same room (mouse, keyboard) and wireless guitar solution all on 2.4Ghz was a little too much.

The transmitter gets pretty warm, you need to charge it after a few hours (I don’t know if it is ok to leave on USB charger constantly)

…and of course AIAIAI wireless+ headphones but those are over ears. This solution works really well. But it is not very portable.

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“Less than 12ms Latency”

That’s good, if the claim is true.