Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #1720684
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1720684

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In , Nate-b (nate-b) wrote :

Kubuntu 17.04
Pulseaudio 1:10.0-1ubuntu2
Bluetooth device: https://smile.amazon.com/VicTsing-Wireless-Waterproof-Hands-Free-Speakerphone/dp/B074DX13T1 (identifies itself as "C6" by default)

The above Bluetooth speaker paired and started streaming audio perfectly on my Kubuntu 17.04 system. But the audio quality was poor, because the default audio profile was the low-quality HSP/HFP one. When I used pavucontrol to switch it to the A2DP profile, it sounded perfect.

I don't know enough about Bluetooth to suggest a solution, but this is definitely an issue. My Mac used the correct profile with no configuration and sound was perfect with no configuration, but my Linux system didn't, and I had to start a reddit thread and read a wiki page to learn how to get the device to produce decent audio. This is a sub-optimal user experience for someone like my wife or my mother, who would would just assume that it doesn't work and blame the speaker or the OS.