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  Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35  II and Debian ? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-16 16:20 +0200
    Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort  35 II and Debian ? didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-16 18:10 +0200
      Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort  35 II and Debian ? didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-16 18:20 +0200
    Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-16 20:00 +0200
    Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort  35 II and Debian ? "F. Eugene Aumson" <feaumson@gmail.com> - 2021-05-18 01:20 +0200

#235226 — Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

I recently bought some middle of the range wireless noise cancelling 
headphones, which I eventually had to return because they would randomly 
switch back and forth from A2DP to HSP/HFP profile. The manufacturer 
(Jabra) refused to troubleshoot the issue because (paraphrasing) that 
particular line of headphones was meant for smartphones only. I have 
contacted Bose and they replied that they " should work " with a Linux 
laptop.

I am also aware that there are bug reports still open with Pulseaudio 
and profile mismatch with wireless headphones.

Before investing almost £200, I wonder if I can have any feedback on 
this model. I am using Debian Buster.

-- 
Ottavio Caruso

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#235233 — Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

Hello,

Disclaimer: I do not use bluetooth nor Bose hardware

there is a webpage (4 years old) about a Quietcomfort 35 (first gen) 
paired with an Ubuntu PC here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/833322/pair-bose-quietcomfort-35-with-ubuntu-over-bluetooth

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#235234 — Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

another less specific webpage about Bose headphones on Linux:
http://www.bingshui.org/tech/bose-headphones-on-linux/

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#235237 — Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

Ottavio Caruso wrote:

> I am also aware that there are bug reports still open with Pulseaudio
> and profile mismatch with wireless headphones.
> 
> Before investing almost £200, I wonder if I can have any feedback on
> this model. I am using Debian Buster.

Did you try to do pairing and configuring without whatever desktop overhead
you might have - in bluetoothctl.

I spent a lot of time in recent years with bluetooth and HSP/HFP (most
likely you want HSP and not HFP) and yes there are issues with bluez5 and
pulseaudio.
Basically the issues are related to automatic handling of profiles - the
symptoms you describe fit this plague.
Perhaps it would be good to remove the ~/.pulse directory first and reboot
to make sure there is no old stuff inside. Remove also pairing on the
desktop. Pair again after reboot and make sure you have setup your desired
profile as default. (It is not clear which you prefer - A2DP or HFP.) Most
likely you want to have HSP, but you get A2DP as it is configured by
default.
I found out it is useful to set up the profile in pavucontrol, but Gnome
s**ks so if this does not help use bluetoothctl to configure the profile
for the device manually - you'll need to read some help or howto.

I had these exercises few years ago when I setup HSP/HFP with my mobile
phone, so that I can use the desktop/headphones to dial out and make phone
calls. So my experience is not the same as yours and I do not have the head
phones mentioned by you.

Also be careful with the links refering older distro versions (didier gaumet
mentioned) it could be they refer to Bluez4 which is completely different.
For example
http://www.bingshui.org/tech/bose-headphones-on-linux/
"First, create a new file: /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf with the following
contents" etc. does not apply to bluez5

good luck and best regards

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#235308 — Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

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They work fine for me.  Debian Buster.

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 8:16 AM Ottavio Caruso <
ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I recently bought some middle of the range wireless noise cancelling
> headphones, which I eventually had to return because they would randomly
> switch back and forth from A2DP to HSP/HFP profile. The manufacturer
> (Jabra) refused to troubleshoot the issue because (paraphrasing) that
> particular line of headphones was meant for smartphones only. I have
> contacted Bose and they replied that they " should work " with a Linux
> laptop.
>
> I am also aware that there are bug reports still open with Pulseaudio
> and profile mismatch with wireless headphones.
>
> Before investing almost £200, I wonder if I can have any feedback on
> this model. I am using Debian Buster.
>
> --
> Ottavio Caruso
>
>
>

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