Justin Noland

Hey, I just bought those (apparently) sweet bluetooth headphones from HP. THey installed fine, but when they are in use playing my music (which is all Mp3 or wma, but primarily the primary, and its all recorded between 240-320 kbps) there is a commonly occuring popping noise, sort of like the music misses a beat or something of that sort. This probably just has to do with the bluetooth transmission, some music data gets lost in translation or something. Can anyone tell me if/how this is fixable? I consider myself sort of an audiophile, and I like my music to sound good. Is that the tradeoff I made? : Wireless connectivity instead of good audio quality?

benn600

I just ordered a pair yesterday and I am also very concerned about quality. There isn't much I'd sacrifice, so I really hope they sound good with my 128kb recordings.

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Originally Posted by Justin Noland

Hey, I just bought those (apparently) sweet bluetooth headphones from HP. THey installed fine, but when they are in use playing my music (which is all Mp3 or wma, but primarily the primary, and its all recorded between 240-320 kbps) there is a commonly occuring popping noise, sort of like the music misses a beat or something of that sort. This probably just has to do with the bluetooth transmission, some music data gets lost in translation or something. Can anyone tell me if/how this is fixable? I consider myself sort of an audiophile, and I like my music to sound good. Is that the tradeoff I made? : Wireless connectivity instead of good audio quality?

Mine do that too. I've found you can reduce the popping by making sure very little else is running on the iPaq when you're playing back music, and it doesn't seem quite so bad after the ROM update.

richwoodgate

Justin,

I am aware of this phenomenon although it only happens for me when I am mobile (walking or jogging). There are two or three place (like outside my local shops) where it is really bad. I live in the countryside away from anything that may remotely give out radio waves and if I sit down in the garden or in the this does not occur at all!

When walking I discovered that if I put my Ipaq in my back left pocket it happens, if I put my Ipaq in my rear right pocket it happens but not so much and if I put my Ipaq in my front right pocket it happens not nearly as much!

I am no expert in Bluetooth but I have concluded, rightly or otherwise that the main cause of this phenomenon is either radio interference or obstruction by body parts. And also that the receiver is probably in the right ear phone!

Also a soft reset before listening to music can really help!

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Justin Noland

yes, and I noticed that soft reseting the headphones worked nice as well. the problem still exists, but loosing that headphone cord was a Godsend. I could never go back to corded.

Ja@ipaq6315

For some reason 128 K sounds best on my 6315 although it is not officially supported! On my 4705 I get lots of crackling...

jmirabil

perhaps an aside: I've found the finest Bluetooth stereo headphones to be the Sonorix OBH-0110 (without 128mb internal storage) or the OBH-0100 (with 128mb storage. Getting the A2DP software on there is a bit of a nuisance, but the 0110 also comes with an audio dongle (to 3.5" jack) that allows, if the A2DP profile BT driver (I got it via googling on the internet) fails, clear usage. I have not bought the 0100 model, but the 0100 model does not have the audio dongle to 3.5" jack, but it looks great...
I could not recommend the 0110 with audio dongle more highly...fine sound quality! You can even get a USB dongle to share the 0110 with your pc/laptop
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assisttech

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A quick introduction - My name is Adam Tuffs, i am posting on behalf of Assist Technology's Sales & Support Team regarding the Sonorix Stereo Headset (OBH-0110)

The Sonorix OBH-0110 (with Audio Dongle) is one of the latest Bluetooth Stereo Headset/Headphone combinations available on the market.



It has a detachable microphone (shown below)



The Neckband style Headset is foldable for easier storage (shown below)



The Audio Dongle (sender unit) is discreet and provides the functionality to plug in to practically any analogue audio device to provide wireless stereo sound to the headphones.



Supplies are now available from Assist Technology Ltd. in the UK.

Visit our website for more information on the headset and other services we offer, you can also purchase the headset from the website.

Payment is done through PayPal, but we do accept cash and/or cheques.

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We always welcome feedback, and any received will reviewed and possibly end up on our website (with the permission of the sender).

dcramer

Hi guys, I also had the popping problem with my HP headset (drove me crazy), I find the Core player better than the media player but the best way to solve the problem is to use some kind of utility (hackmaster) to reduce the processor speed of the Ipaq.
Whenever I want to use the phones I first reduce my speed to about 400mhz from 625mhz (4700) and it works great every time.
Just don't ask me why!

pudgerboy

Originally Posted by Justin Noland

Hey, I just bought those (apparently) sweet bluetooth headphones from HP. THey installed fine, but when they are in use playing my music (which is all Mp3 or wma, but primarily the primary, and its all recorded between 240-320 kbps) there is a commonly occuring popping noise, sort of like the music misses a beat or something of that sort. This probably just has to do with the bluetooth transmission, some music data gets lost in translation or something. Can anyone tell me if/how this is fixable? I consider myself sort of an audiophile, and I like my music to sound good. Is that the tradeoff I made? : Wireless connectivity instead of good audio quality?

Hi Justin,

I've just purchased a pair too and i had exactly the same issues with it on my HX4700. Its not anything terrible, but like you i like to think that i can get the best quality music possible (i even thought about buying a maycom n-trans cf sound card!)

The headphones are a great idea in theory and i love the wireless aspect to it. But, i'm not sure about keeping them or not. The clicks you sited are one reason. the other is the fact that only the volume buttons on the side work! has anyone else had this problem? no play/pause or next track/previous track! most annoying.

I've installed the patch on the HP site which says it enables the buttons in WMP10 but not on our model number. Betaplayer (or TCPMP as its now known) has an option for BT headphone controll, and i tried that but it doesnt work either. anyone got this working?
I've also read about a registry hack but idont want to do this unless someone can say that they've got it to work with these headphones and the HX4700.

That said, the level of ambient noise on the train in the morning pretty much removes the ability to listen to the music properly, since they are not the sort of headphones you would crank up because they are a bit leaky.

I'd say from an audiophile point of view its acceptable sound quality without the pops but nothing spectacular. Twinned with the lack off button support im not sure the good points outweigh the bad.

Maybe we have to grin and bare it and wait for a driver update for the HX4700. That sucks.

cheers,

Pete