Interestingly enough, if you connect a Bluetooth speaker or headset to your Ubuntu computer, you may experience rather… crap sound. Turns out that there is actually an option under “Sound settings” (16.04) that is called “Mode”. For my current test with a JBL Charge 2, it has two options:
- Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)
- High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink)
The headset head unit was selected by default, and of course, you want hifi playback. *sigh*.
Hat tip to https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=40099.