Jabra denies support for Elite 85t Bluetooth earbuds on computers

Post by Godel_unicode » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:34 AM UTC

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IIRC their tests were over a short, direct run of wire. I tested them using different lengths of runs, across circuits, and in different houses. The Wirecutter test setup was the most ideal environment possible. It was as if a manufacturer dictated the setup. To their credit, I think they updated their test setup to be more realistic. > Your wiring is to blame. That’s quite the assessment for the info given. Lol.

Post by adhesive_wombat » Mon, May 16, 2022, 5:26 AM UTC

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When I receive a call, my Bose SoundSport headphones randomly ring at max volume, with audible clipping. This happens when the iOS ring volume slider is set to the middle and hearing protection is enabled at 75dB. The sound is shockingly loud, especially when listening to an audio book at low volume. There was a multi-year megathread about it on the Bose forums before the company removed the forums entirely. I chatte…

> How can we get companies to respect their users? Stop buying their broken products.

Post by birdyrooster » Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:08 AM UTC

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I have the Elite 85h, and it has the same problem, as well as about a dozen other problems when you connect it to a computer. Same response. But the sales letter for the product makes it clear that they do support computers. My last email to Jabra was ignored: The message that computers are not supported devices on the Jabra Elite 85h was a very upsetting response to receive, so I didn't respond for quite a while. It…

I use my Jabra headphones to connect to all 8 of my cell phones. I'm sure that is the use case they were built for.

Post by mschuster91 » Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:24 AM UTC

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> In my mind, something must be systemically wrong here. It is. Three things are at play here: The power of consumer protection agencies is way too low, the standardization group (=Bluetooth SIG) doesn't give a fuck, and the Bluetooth standard itself is a horrible mess dealing with a lot of historical baggage. In an ideal world, cases such as "won't operate with a standard-issue Mac" would cause an investigation by a…

> The power of consumer protection agencies is way too low In the UK, if they advertise them as working with / connecting to a computer, there's no way you aren't getting your money back. Consumer protections in this country are pretty solid for this sort of thing (thought sadly not the case for new expensive things like cars, new build homes, etc). I had PC World try to screw me with the old display panel switcheroo…

Post by sph » Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:49 AM UTC

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> How can we get companies to respect their users? Stop buying their broken products.

It's not called Buy Other Sound Equipment for nothing.