Michael TsaiVerified account

Given that you pair headphones once per device, but listen to them all the time, perhaps sound quality should be your #1 consideration?

@dnanian Except that in practice something always goes wrong with Bluetooth so I have to pair and unpair rather frequently.

@mjtsai I’ve honestly never had to do that, over many years. Not once (except if I somehow cleared all pairings).

@dnanian Lucky you I guess? Across multiple phones and headsets (different brands) I probably do it every few weeks.

@mjtsai Wow. Are you sure power cycling won’t “fix” it? Apple’s BT stack isn’t great.

@dnanian Powercycling the headset doesn’t always. Not sure about the phone; it’s faster to re-pair than to reboot.

@mjtsai Yeah, but the question is “where is the problem” - the stack/phone or the pairing. I think it’s the former - pairing is OK.