Hi Dane The Back-beat Pros are really designed for listening to music. They are 4.1 Bluetooth headphones with APTX. They can connect to two devices at the same time. I use them with my iPhone and iPod. They are full over ear and very comfortable. They have good noise cancellation which can be turned on or off and there is a button to drop the music volume and turn on the external mikes if someone is talking to you in the room. You can take them off and rest them flat on your collar and they stop the music and resume again when you return them to your ears. The controls are large and full-featured regarding pause, play, back and forward. They sound very good for Bluetooth headphones and even better as I discovered yesterday with ATPX. Normally the Bluetooth range is very good but not so with the Avantree Device. Normally with Voice Over they are very laggy although this disappeared when I used them with the Avantree and my PC due to the ATPX low latency feature. Of course this isn't available with an iPhone.
I'm not sure how good they would sound for chat as I've never used them for that. Well, I've just phoned a friend to find out. She says they sound okay from her end but she can tell I'm on a mobile. She sounded very clear to me but I noticed the automatic volume control seemed to kick in a couple of times quite abruptly when her voice popped. If you want them for chat I think you could do better. They have no boom mike for this. Regards John -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 12 October 2016 00:06 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Plantronics Back-Beat Pros Hi John! Can you tell me more about this headset, is it an in the ear device or over the ear? I'm looking for another Bluetooth headset for chatting but want something better than that dreadful Logitech H800 headset, its good with Wireless USB but bloody rottin on its ancient Bluetooth protocol. I have my MM550's from Senheiser of course but.. well.. don't like using those every day and I would like to get something with a boom microphone if at all possible. On 12/10/2016 5:28 AM, John Gurd wrote: > Sadly, I'm sending my Avantree adapter back to Amazon because I keep > experiencing dropouts and the range seems only to be a few feet. It's > a great shame because My Plantronics Back-Beat Pros sound really good > using it (better than my iPhone does) no doubt due to being able to > take advantage of the ADPTX format. Also the latency Is very good but > I can't get past the short range and dropouts. Don't know if it's > faulty or what. I've tried it in a number of ports and even a powered hub but no Joy. > > Regards > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Brian Olesen > Sent: 10 October 2016 09:36 > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: SV: SV: Problems with Bluetooth on a laptop > > Hi, > Yeah I got it very cheep from ebay. Really useful information there. > > Best regards > Brian > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af John > Gurd > Sendt: 10. oktober 2016 09:50 > Til: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Emne: RE: SV: Problems with Bluetooth on a laptop > > I've just ordered one of these as well for my PC. My present USb > Bluetooth dongle has terrible latency and is useless for audio. I got > it on Amazon UK for £24.99. > > John > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: 09 October 2016 17:05 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: SV: Problems with Bluetooth on a laptop > > It was a stroke of luck that I came upon this. > > > > On 10/10/2016 3:03 AM, Brian Olesen wrote: >> Hi Dane, >> Again thank you very much. >> >> Brian >> >> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >> Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Dane >> Trethowan >> Sendt: 9. oktober 2016 17:31 >> Til: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Emne: Re: Problems with Bluetooth on a laptop >> >> Right, here's my USB dongle so it should be easy enough to do a >> Google search and see where you can buy one, either that or go to >> eBay where I bought mine. >> >> Avantree Leaf Low Latency Bluetooth wireless AptX Stereo USB adapter >> >> >> >> On 9/10/2016 6:16 PM, Brian Olesen wrote: >>> Dear list, >>> >>> My Lenovo laptop has a real bad sounding Bluetooth audio connection, >>> so I wonder what I can do to improve it. >>> >>> I've just board a wonderful pair of Bose Quiet Comfort 35 wireless >>> headphones and I would like to use my laptop as audio source for >>> them and off course wireless. >>> >>> However, a constant hissing low noise annoys me, when they are connected. >>> >>> The same noise doesn't acur, when they are connected for example to >>> my iPhone or iPad. >>> >>> >>> >>> What would you do to get a good clean audio signal from such a machine? >>> >>> May Replacing the sound card help, but how can I maintain the >>> Bluetooth connection? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Midimag-ex mailing list >>> >>> <mailto:midimag...@mailman.midimag-xt.org> >>> midimag...@mailman.midimag-xt.org >>> >>> >>> <http://mailman.midimag-xt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/midimag-ex> >>> http://mailman.midimag-xt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/midimag-ex >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > >