Luke, I haven't had a pulseaudio crash and I have been able to connect to 2 different headsets since installing 16.04 however getting A2DP to work by switching it in sound settings is usually impossible. Both headsets have volume controls and microphones. A little bluetooth speaker without microphone or volume controls uses A2DP without issues
The behavior I see is similar to your comment #18 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574324 Title: pulseaudio crashes when connecting to bluetooth headphones (due to ubuntu changes?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1574324/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs