Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I am also aware that there are bug reports still open with Pulseaudio > and profile mismatch with wireless headphones. > > Before investing almost £200, I wonder if I can have any feedback on > this model. I am using Debian Buster.
Did you try to do pairing and configuring without whatever desktop overhead you might have - in bluetoothctl. I spent a lot of time in recent years with bluetooth and HSP/HFP (most likely you want HSP and not HFP) and yes there are issues with bluez5 and pulseaudio. Basically the issues are related to automatic handling of profiles - the symptoms you describe fit this plague. Perhaps it would be good to remove the ~/.pulse directory first and reboot to make sure there is no old stuff inside. Remove also pairing on the desktop. Pair again after reboot and make sure you have setup your desired profile as default. (It is not clear which you prefer - A2DP or HFP.) Most likely you want to have HSP, but you get A2DP as it is configured by default. I found out it is useful to set up the profile in pavucontrol, but Gnome s**ks so if this does not help use bluetoothctl to configure the profile for the device manually - you'll need to read some help or howto. I had these exercises few years ago when I setup HSP/HFP with my mobile phone, so that I can use the desktop/headphones to dial out and make phone calls. So my experience is not the same as yours and I do not have the head phones mentioned by you. Also be careful with the links refering older distro versions (didier gaumet mentioned) it could be they refer to Bluez4 which is completely different. For example http://www.bingshui.org/tech/bose-headphones-on-linux/ "First, create a new file: /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf with the following contents" etc. does not apply to bluez5 good luck and best regards
