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The range problem has been a problem for almost a year (at least), I had a generic Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter which worked okay with my headset.
The range was about 5 meters, which wasn't too bad. Due to reasons, I replaced the headset with some generic earbuds which had a worse range, maybe 3 meters, and took manual connecting to get it to work.
They lasted to last month, so I bought the Philips TAT1108 earbuds, which seemed to have the same range but at least they connected automatically, and the sound was better.
The range was still an issue, I thought it must be because of the crappy Bluetooth USB adapter, so I replaced it with a TP-Link Bluetooth 5.0 USB Adapter.
At first, the range was great, I could get at least 10 meters away from my PC and on another floor.
But after a week, the range got worse again, now the left earbud has problems range problem when I'm next to the PC.
The right one is fine, but I can't get more than 3 meters away from the PC.
Also, when the earbuds automatically connect, the sound quality is crackly and skips. I have to reconnect to get the clear audio.
The earbuds work great on my phone, audio quality is good on first connect, and the range is at least 10 meters.
I tried the Arch Wiki, which has a troubleshooting section called "Audio devices start to skip at short distance from dongle", which states "Make sure it is the only device attached to its bus.".
Which I did, now it's the only one on bus 5, and it didn't make a difference.
Does anyone else have an idea what the problem could be?
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