Hi Shane
The 590's are one of the models I'm looking at. I did some serious
research on this last night and found out that leopard supports the
a2dp audio protocol, whereas tiger did not. So, I've been looking at
all headsets that are a2dp capable, as without that all you have is
headset or handsfree, which are not suited to doing things such as
listening to iTunes. I've always loved plantronics headsets, in fact
the USB headset which lasted me over two years was a plantronics
DSP-500, as was the one I had before it, which lasted a good three
years. I have to say the dsp-500 became one of my all time favorite
headsets, and I wish I could easily get one again. However, since it's
been discontinued and apparently is still popular, to buy it now would
cost almost double what I paid for it in the first place when it was
current, and some of the bluetooth offerings from plantronics and
motorola are cheaper. Some people say that a2dp, since it does
compress audio, doesn't resort in perfect cd quality, but I'm not one
of those who has the ears to tell a 192kbps mp3 from a 256kbps one
like some can, so I probably don't have to worry about that. And the
wireless part is sure convenient. I'd just have to supplement it with
a bluetooth keyboard :). One thing that has me concerned is the issues
some people are experiencing with the a2dp implementation under
leopard, but this seems to be highly headset dependent and a rare
enough problem that it probably won't prevent me buyinga BT headset at
this point. Not to mention I could also use any bt headset with my
Linux machines, which is another plus for me.
Just out of curiosity, how is the battery life on your 590's? I'm
likely to have the headset on for most of the day, so battery life is
an important factor for me to consider.
I'll keep you all posted on my findings
On Feb 3, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Shane Jackson wrote:
Hello, all. I am totally interested in this Bluetooth thread, and I
can tell you this. As of last evening, my Plantronix Pulsar 590A's
are working beautifully with Leopard on my MacBook. I was able to
take my Bluetooth keyboard and put the phones on my head -- what a
fine sound!!! I was able to walk through the house, and my wife
thought I was absolutely nuts, and she was right!!! I just thought
you all might be interested in my findings. Try these 590A's.
There awesome.
On Feb 3, 2008, at 1:02 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
What I read was that tiger did not support A2DP bluetooth stereo
audio; admittedly I don't know much about what that is. I don't
have the link but this was at discussions.apple.com and was a
December 2007 posting.
