Lower quality audio while using certain network intensive applications

[pdyck]

Spotify Plam

Premium

Country

Germany 

Device

MacBook Pro 13 inch early 2015

Operating System

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3

My Question or Issue

When I use Discord and join a channel the audio quality drops significantly. I am not sure if it because of bandwith issues because when I download my playlist the same thing happens.

This also happens when I connect to a remote computer via GeForce Now.

I am using AirPods to listen to music.

[Loxer]

Hey @pdyck, welcome to the Community.

Hope you are doing great!

Spotify streams the music over the internet so a good internet connection is required for higher end sound quality of the music. Same thing for your AirPods. Wireless headphones/earphones need to have a strong connection to have a plausible experience. 

Just make sure everything is up to date 🙂

Hope it helps!