For the record, i could never call using the Penrose with my Galaxy S9 (sound would "crackle" after a few seconds), upgrading my phone to a Pixel fixed it; i can finally enjoy calling with my Penrose !

This kind of situation usually requires configurability...

Sure: i canceled my maxwell order and am sticking with the Penrose which has a more normal behavior. That saved me from wasting 300 bucks, i am actually grateful !

It's a double click plus wheel up every time you mute/unmute.

Agreed, so far I've decided i'll skip that headset and stick with my penrose because of these sidetone downsides (mostly the fact that muting the mic has no effect on sidetone, but the reported interferences are a no-go too). Also, while I do not understand how the thing the dongle is connected...

That would probably induce some latency that you can't have In a sidetone (i remember having this on the turtle beach, it was very distracting and made it unusable to me).

Thanks. Just to confirm, on a PC the "BT call > dongle > BT audio" is not achievable (hence requiring to put the phone on silent to avoid sound notifications) ?

By Playstation vs PC, is that related to the switch on the dongle ? E.g. if i wanted the "BT call > Dongle > other BT audio" behaviour on a computer (e.g. Linux), can i achieve it with the dongle switch on "Playstation" mode ?

I'd say the problem was that the protocol was a custom one, whereas Bluetooth is so widespread that it had to be handling these much better (or nobody would use it). The only way i guess would be to use aptX Lossless, but that's going to be for the next model maybe...

Then the boom mic may be acting as an antenna for some periodic signal around you, do you notice this phenomenon everywhere or just in a specific room ?

You do realize that BT uses 2,4 GHz, right ? ;) Anyway who cares, if it sounds right.... It's just us nerds who are being curious and that's it

Pretty sure it's using LC3plus low power Bluetooth, even if this has not been confirmed officially. That provides 5ms latency. https://audioxpress.com/news/bluetooth-le-audio-and-lc3-market-overview-technology-trends-and-forecast-from-sar-insight-consulting

I already did. The real question is: will it get ditched within 2 years too, leaving half baked fixes hanging (like this ridiculous BT + wireless voice cue in Penrose) ? Or was the Penrose abandoned because it had too many design mistakes that they had to move on (and is the maxwell more...

If you're expecting configurability from audeze I'm afraid you can forget about it... There are no advanced settings like that in the app, and they will not introduce any settings that cannot be done through physical buttons. Not sure why, but they keep considering that there is a one single...

Is there a place where we can be notified of firmware updates contents (without having to keep up with all messages) ?