[pulseaudio-discuss] Bluetooth - A2DP only? Recommended headsets? Jack?

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 02:35 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Fri, 14.08.09 11:33, Ng Oon-Ee (ngoonee at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > > There's an ALSA module for BT. It works for basic stuff, but I'd guess
> > > the PA plugin for ALSA plus PA's native BT support actually works
> > > better. It's mostly about the timing. 
> >
> > Okay, good to hear. I'm thinking of ALSA as just 'the stuff between
> > Pulse and system' nowadays, but may try that out just for novelty
> > value.
> 
> Of course, I should probably mention that you most likely won't have
> much fun with running JACK on that faked device (not that that would
> make much sense anyway, though ...). BT and JACK doesn't really fit
> together.

So the best way still seems to be JACK->Pulse->headset? All hail Pulse!
> 
> > > Motorola S9 is my recommendation. Most others I played around with are
> > > crap. I wouldn't buy a cheap one. The Logitech one is a technical
> > > disappointment.
> > > 
> > > Lennart
> > 
> > Could I ask what the definition of 'cheap one' is? I'm from Malaysia,
> > and we find it difficult to check prices when they're in USD, since
> > items which cost the same can have VERY different prices on our shores.
> > I'll check the S9 out, but my gut feeling is it may not be easy to find
> > here, and I have a natural aversion to in-ears, since I prefer plenty of
> > bass and low-freq definition in my music, especially when Q-testing my
> > recording sessions.
> 
> By "cheap" I meant non-brand devices, only indirectly the
> price. I.e. Motorola is a certainly a brand. 
> 
> OTOH I am pretty sure that non-brand headsets can be good too, and
> Logitech shows that brand headsets can be crap too. 
> 
> Yes the fact that S9 is in-ear makes it a problematic choice. I am not
> that fond of that either. But then again, it has relatively good
> quality and the A2DP is much nicer implemented than the Logitech, and
> it is both A2DP and HSP/HFP.
> 
> Lennart
> 

So, just to conclude, in general any A2DP compliant headphone should
function, at least?