Headset with Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP).

[Guest bccyr]

I have the Cingular 3125 which supports the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP).

I am looking for a Bluetooth Stereo Headset that supports A2DP.

I have Microsoft Voice Command, so would like a quality microphone.

I would like the ability to listen to music in stereo and at the same time receive and make calls.

I have looked at a few reviews for BlueAnt X5, Plantronics Pulsar 590A, Jabra BT8010, etc.

What I am looking for is advice from someone who has actually tried a stereo headset with a SmartPhone.

Using Voice Command on the headset would be a plus. ;)

The other concern I have is the numerous amount of registry tweaks to A2DP on different phones for different headsets.

I would like to know of a combination that specifically works with the Cingular 3125.

[Guest sbussinger]

I have the Cingular 3125 and use it with the BlueAnt X5 bluetooth stereo headset.

The good news -- it works fine.

The bad news -- the 3125 doesn't have a whole lot of horsepower and frankly it struggles a bit actually sending the stereo audio over bluetooth. If I play a podcast over the wired headset it works perfectly. If I play it over the headset, there are occasional hiccups in the playback. It's not terrible, but noticeable. If I play video it's much worse (presumably because the processor is more heavily loaded). When I use PocketPlayer and turn on any of the DSP effects, bluetooth playback is terrible, again because the processor can't handle it. Because of that I generally stick to a wired headset (I like to play podcasts sped up 33%-50%). I've considered messing with overclocking to see if it helps, but haven't bothered yet.

A couple of quirks about the X5 headset. Everytime I turn on the headset, I have to click a couple of the buttons on the headset to tell it to hookup to the 3125. Not a big deal, but kind of a pain (I think it should just do it automatically when I turn it on). Second, there's no way to physically connect the headset to an audio source (i.e. a wired connection instead of bluetooth). For example, if I wanted to use the headset on a plane.

Lastly a quirk of the 3125 (maybe all WM5 smartphones?) is that I have to go into the bluetooth settings and set the handsfree and stereo output to the headset fairly often after turning bluetooth off and on. Usually it remembers and acts fine, but sometimes it just doesn't get it right and I have to sort of kick the bluetooth stuff again. It's fine if I'm not turning the headset and bluetooth radio on the phone off and on a lot, but I thought I'd mention it.

[Guest Disco Stu]

Gets confusing spreading the conversation over 2 threads...continue here :

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