Comments on: Pre-Review: Plantronics Voyager 855 A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Headset

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:09:40 +0000

I’ve been using this for a few days now, from amazon, very happy with battery life, signal range, comfort, audio quality. There could be slightly more bass, however the one thing I don’t like (as stated by a few other people) is that I don’t think the unit defaults to “true mono” when the second earpiece isn’t attached. I believe you simply don’t hear the music which is normally on the other channel… Only been using a few days, and this is the only downside, that I can see (or hear).

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Oh, and to be fair, I should mention that I’m on my second one because I drowned the first one in a cup of beer when it fell off of my shirt collar, where I had it temporarily stashed, and into my cup.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:34:08 +0000

I’m on my second one of these. When it works right, it is awesome. However, the second earpiece connection has constant contact problems, making that side cut out. I have to wiggle the plastic ear hanger that doubles as the connector/secondary earpiece, just to get it to actually work.

By: UncleRock

UncleRock — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:34:25 +0000

I have the same problem as Paul described. The 855 does everthing advertised except when pressing the up/down volume buttons it will not skip tracks forward or backward. I’ve tried two different headsets with the same result. So I’m guessing it has to be the phone. Anyone got any ideas?

By: will

will — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:17:08 +0000

These are the best i have seen for the a2dp on the iphone. The only complaint that i have is i get hiccups in the audio playback when i have the wifi turned on. When i am using my router it seems to have pauses which can be somewhat annoying. It must be some interferance with the bluetooth since both opperate on a close frequency. When i turn the wifi off it has no skips. So i guess i can live with it since pandora plays decently over edge network.

By: pgapro

pgapro — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:58:40 +0000

I will definitely agree with the statement below on this head set. I been using this with both (iPhone & MB) and it is one of the best I tried. Also Amazon is great to purchase from too as before mentioned!!

"I have one and am very pleased, since it’s multipoint it pairs with both iphone and mbp at the same time." - Daniel A. Johansson

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:24:21 +0000

I have the iPod Touch 2nd Gen, and the iPhone os 3.0 Software for the iPod, does anyone know if this voyager 855 works with the AD2P iPod?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:37:33 +0000

I have an OS3.0 iphone 3G with the Voyager 855. The iPhone's AD2P update works well with this headset - even if only the main earpiece is used. For watching/listening to podcasts, the sound quality is just nice. However I'm having problems with making calls; the other party is just not able to make out what I'm saying clearly. I tested this on 3 different iPhone3Gs (including one unjailbroken device) and have the same problem.

Does anyone else have the same issue with this headset?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:00:49 +0000

I just got the 855 and it is sweet…great sound, feather light, fits just right, feels fine…everything except for the stuttering. Running a Xenon w/a 2 GB micro SD for extra memory. At times it will run w/o skipping at all. Other times it skips once or twice…other times it is a pain in the *** and unusable. Most of the trouble seems to happen when I’m hitting buttons on the phone (lock the phone, change volume, navigate to multi-tasking, etc.). Also, it seems to be really prone to skip when the phone is on my hip rather than sitting flat a foot away from me. Damn thing should be able to receive up to 30+ feet away, so I can’t seen how having it on the hip below the ear I’m wearing it in should matter (or on the opposite hip). I’m going to keep playing around w/it over the next few days and then call the Help line and pick their brains as well as scour the boards. I don’t really plan on listing to stereo music in the car (!) so the skipping isn’t much of a problem there, and I can live w/having the phone act as a music player on the table in front of me at work or when reading. But, when out and about if I want to listen to music, I don’t want the phone off my hip so i don’t know if this will ultimately be workable.

By: Casper TFG

Casper TFG — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:52:35 +0000

Gahh!

I am on the edge of my seat for this one.

I heard someone complain that the unit doesn't default to mono music when one earpiece is disconnected. Thats a drag - as music is not designed to be listened to on side at a time. (what you want is true mono - ie BOTH sides summed to ONE speaker..) If you DO just listen to one side of stereo music you risk totally missing parts panned to the other side..

Anyhow that is all moot for me - as I want it for listening to spoken word podcasts - which will be fine - (even if I am only listening to the left channel) and driving (I wouldn't want both ears blocked)

But the stuttering comments above have me scared..

Apart from that Its seems the perfect product for my requirements..

Anyone else get it working fine?