Wired or Wireless
Our aim with the new IO-8 is simple – to produce
a headphone model that covers both wired or
wireless use, equally brilliantly. The IO-8 is among the
highest performing conventional, passive analogue
headphones available, yet it can also play the wireless,
noise-cancelling, on-the-go convenience role to
perfection.
Bluetooth aptX Adaptive
DALI IO-8 headphones are compatible with the latest
and highest performance iteration of the Bluetooth
wireless audio streaming protocol: aptX Adaptive. It
oers all the sound quali of previous iterations but
incorporates both a significantly more eective low-
latency codec and adaptive features that intelligently
optimises the streaming bit rate for dierent media
pes and wireless environments.
2. DALI IO-8 TECHNOLOGY
AND SOUND QUALITY
Hi-Res Audio Certified
The IO-8 supports from 16 - 24 bit audio with
sample rates from 32 – 96 kHz. The DALI IO-8
internal audio processing is based on 48kHz
audio sampling – the same rate as most USB
and Bluetooth aptX Adaptive streamed audio
sources. This means that sample rate conversion,
a process that oen results in audible artefacts,
is unnecessary. The result is clearer and more
insightful sound quali. The IO-8 also supports up
to 96kHz sample rate over USB, with full 48 kHz
audio bandwidth and no down sampling applied, for
ultimate sound quali.
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