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Just got my Q5k yesterday and was doing some listening thought BT when I noticed something different about my audiobook that I usually listen too. The recording sounds more spacious and less intimate, like there is a reverb / echo that wasn't there before and he's recording further from the mic.

I sort of noticed this when demoing music, but it was very apparent when I listened to the audiobook. I plugged my headphones back into my Atom stack and the effect was gone, then I tried the Q5k while wired with usb and it was also normal.

I expected BT to compress the signal a bit, not add characteristics to the sound, is this something common that I'm noticing? Maybe it's the MK3's making it easier to hear the difference.

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[–] blargh4@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have not experienced anything like that, at least using AAC from iOS as I do 99% of the time. Probably some weirdness with your bluetooth source.

[–] oratory1990@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Are you using the EQ on the Qudelix?

[–] neliste@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe crossover setting?
Though usually the setting between wired and bluetooth are shared.
Only 2.5mm and 3.5mm jack allows for separate setting like EQ.

[–] AcrobaticSeries@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'll get a weird "out of phase" sort of effect similar to what you're describing using Airpods with my (Android) phone sometimes (via BT of course) in the middle of listening once in a while - don't know what causes it, just have to dis/re-connect