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posted 2014-10-02 18:28:50 +0200

Observations on Bluetooth audio quality

I tested two Jabra devices with the Jolla.

  1. Jabra Halo 2 headset: audio quality for music playback is sub-par. This headset works perfectly with two Macs, an iPhone 4S and an iPhone 5S but is below average with the Jolla.

  2. Jabra BT-3030 headset adapter: this adapts wired headphones to bluetooth, contains a mic and remote controls. Works perfectly with the Jolla.

Since the BT A2DP profile specifies a variety of codecs, including one with DRM, I suspect that in (1) above, the Jabra Halo 2 connection is dropping down to a low performance codec. This may be a compatibility issue between the Halo 2 and Jolla.

Observations on Bluetooth audio quality

I tested two Jabra devices with the Jolla.

  1. Jabra Halo 2 headset: audio quality for music playback is sub-par. This headset works perfectly with two Macs, an iPhone 4S and an iPhone 5S but is below average with the Jolla.

  2. Jabra BT-3030 headset adapter: this adapts wired headphones to bluetooth, contains a mic and remote controls. Works perfectly with the Jolla.

Since the BT A2DP profile specifies a variety of codecs, including one with DRM, I suspect that in (1) above, the Jabra Halo 2 connection is dropping down to a low performance codec. This may be a compatibility issue between the Halo 2 and Jolla.

Two more devices tested:

  1. Jawbone Jambox. Music playback excellent.
  2. Sony headset DR-BT22. Very good.

did not have time to test mic/remote.