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Originally Posted by tomsem
Spatial Audio should work with any headset.
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So the only device that needs to have Smart Audio decoding capability is the ATV 4K, iPad, etc.? The speakers, headsets, soundbar, etc. can play SA if hooked up to a device that can decode SA? They don’t need to be able to decode SA. What about Dolby Atmos, the same thing?
When listening directly to TV programming, primarily I will have my Echo Buds connected via BT to my Sony Bravia TV or ATV 4K. Occasionally I will connect them to an iPad, but probably not very often.
However, I want to test out the idea of wearing just one in my ear with bad hearing and turn on the passthrough mode to see if I can amplify what my soundbase is producing. I’m hoping that will help my right ear to hear the sounds closer to the volume I can hear it in my left ear in order to get a stereo effect. I really don’t hear stereo effect that well at present. It probably won’t work, but it is worth a try. I guess we can call this an indirect use of them to better hear the audio produced by my sound system which is hooked up to my TV. I’ve already looked at the manual and the Alexa app does not seem to have a balance feature to turn up the volume on one side more than the other. Hence why I want to try what I described in this paragraph. Basically I’m going to try to use one Bud as a hearing aid by taking advantage of the passthrough feature, which is basically what a hearing aid does. I know hearing aids are much better, but they also cost many times more than even the Apple AirPods Pro.
I’m really skeptical that the hearing aid test will actually work, but you never know. If not, then I’ll mostly use them with my iPhone XR for phone conversations. My current BT device I use for that is getting very wonky.