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What was happening was the codec was dropping back to mono in order for enough bluetooth bandwidth to also transmit the mic. I don't think there was a way around it, it's a pure hardware limitation at this point. I could manually change the codec to a high quality option but it'd kill of the mic. I've ordered a new headset with dedicated 2.4ghz dongle. Thanks for your help.
That sounds like...a hardware issue. Maybe the antenna is broken? Any normal codec would work up to a certain distance of several meters. Unless the antenna is being blocked.
Nah, it's bluetooth only has so much bandwidth. It can send stereo sound but not mic or mono sound with mic.