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by KennyBlanken 1671 days ago
In case it wasn't clear, parent commenter probably means "don't use bluetooth headphones." There's no latency for wired headphones.

Apt-X "low latency" is 33ms - the equivalent of being about 11m away from the sound source.

Standard Apt-X is 100ms, or equivalent to 33m distance in open air.

SBC codec is 200ms.

Then there's the buffering headphone bluetooth chipsets may do to avoid customers complaining about clicking/popping. If you're on a crowded subway train there can be a shitload of bluetooth traffic bouncing around, in which case having a healthy buffer is helpful.