So going back to our Bluetooth audio codec quality discussion from a couple of months ago, interestingly enough, the Bluetooth group announced the Bluetooth 5.2 standard this week, which among other features catered toward AirPod-like headphones, offers what will likely be perceived transparent audio.
AnandTech article.
So basically, in 18 months to 2 years, as long as your new devices (including cars and other things that tend to lag behind on Bluetooth standards) support Bluetooth 5.2, the audio quality problem will no longer be an issue. You won't have to worry about "do all my devices support AAC/aptx/etc. over Bluetooth, or will my quality be garbage?" any more. Awesome news. Hopefully they'll continue to incorporate some of the ease of use features from the AirPods, etc. to the Bluetooth standard as well.