Bluetooth audio has crackling when in use.

[samiscool51]

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Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Bluetooth audio crackles when being used, audio does not crackle when using speakers nor headphone jack. verified that the headphones themselves (Plantronics Backbeat Pro 2) are not the source of the crackling themselves by connecting to various devices such as my desktop, phone and tablet. the crackle also happens in desktop mode so the issue is not limited to game mode. it also gains in intensity and frequency when wifi is under use so it may be a hardware related issue but i am unable to properly confirm this theory myself. unable to verify if this happens with OLED model as i only have the LCD model.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. connect bluetooth headphones
2. hear crackling
3. get the sads.

[DisasterIncarnate]

this can easily happen with a lot of other 2.4ghz devices doing their thing (bluetooth/wifi/wireless dongles), i use bluetooth audio on oled/lcd without issue, a ps5 controller and a bluetooth keyboard but the moment i activate ANY of my 4-5 bluetooth mice the bluetooth audio instantly turns to garbage, turn off the bluetooth mouse and my audio is back to crystal clear.