This seemed to be the case when I was using a cheaper, less powerful amp.

The only ones I've tried that had decent sound quality in that price range were the Ausdom M05 aka the Meelectronics Air-fi Matrix2.

  You might already know this by now, given your listening impressions that you shared in a later post, but the Nexus 6P does actually support aptX. 

FYI, if you upgrade to Windows 10, the Azio dongle will support aptX without the horrible CSR software. I was quite pleased when I discovered this.

  Here's my post with initial impressions from a while back. I ended up returning them for the reasons given.

Was it accurate? None of the headphones I've used with that feature were even remotely accurate when it came to displaying the actual battery level. I had assumed it was a bug in Android, and that's why more headphones don't support it.

True, but that's on the headphones, not on Android. I was talking about the battery level indicator that shows up for some headphones in the notification bar.

The BackBeat Pro sounds much better to my ears. Not even the same league.

  That's really weird. I just fired up my old Verizon S3 that I keep around as a backup. My 1ABT flashes blue 3 times when playing music. There might be a system update that I haven't installed yet, since it's been off for quite a while (currently running Android 4.4.2). That might explain the...

Weird. It must not be using aptX then. Odd, because I used to have the S3 and aptX worked on it. Are you running a custom ROM by chance? Cyanogen mod didn't support aptX the last time I tried (years ago).

There are no settings for it unless you have a Sony player I think. As far as I know, it always flashes blue twice at regular intervals when connected, but once you start playing audio it begins flashing blue three times quickly when connected via aptX.

  It's automatic on the headphones. You have to configure it on the device if available.

  The answer is probably battery life, but I certainly share in your frustration.

  I have probably watched hundreds of YouTube videos on my tablet since getting them, and I haven't noticed any latency issues. I'm not overly sensitive to it, but I have noticed it with other Bluetooth headphones. The Bluetooth connection on the AE2 seems to be rock solid in my experience. It...

I've been auditioning the Bose SoundLink Around-Ear II (AE2) for the past couple weeks, and here are my impressions: Very light and very comfortable. My only quibble with the comfort is that the plastic housing on the back of the inner ear cup projects out on both ears, which comes into contact...