# Micro stutters on headphones, connected via 2.4 dongle. help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Gaming, sound and video\ **Created:** [October 21, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866 "2025-10-21T04:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kessin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kessin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kessin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/1 "2025-10-21T04:27:42Z")
Hi! I’m having a problem with my headphones connected via a 2.4 dongle. The problem is that I’m getting millisecond pauses in the sound, like stuttering. I’m using Pipewire with wireplumber. I’ve tried setting the audio\_rate in the config to 48 kHz, etc., and disabling power saving for USB. Nothing helps. How can I monitor errors or what should I do? Bus 001 Device 003: ID 291d:385d C-Media Electronics Inc MCHOSE V9 PRO ---
**Author:** ![Berta](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Berta](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Berta)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/2 "2025-10-21T04:30:02Z")
Is the S/N ration good ? ---
**Author:** ![kessin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kessin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kessin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/3 "2025-10-21T05:07:56Z")
> [@Berta](#): > > S/N ration yes ---
**Author:** ![Berta](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Berta](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Berta)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/4 "2025-10-21T12:28:49Z")
Maybe the buffer size is not big enough. ---
**Author:** ![shtocky](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@shtocky](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shtocky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/5 "2025-12-09T23:31:52Z")
Were you able to fix it, ive got the same problem with mine ---
**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/6 "2025-12-10T00:19:49Z")
Once the headphones are paired, there should be several options for the audio profile to use in the audio settings, either High Fidelity Playback or Headset Head Unit, both with different codecs to choose from. I don’t have any issues with High Fidelity Playback & the AAC codec. The Headset profiles (HSP CVSD as well as the mSBC codec) may not work that well, acording to [this](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#No_sound_after_connecting_to_Bluetooth_device). Anyway, I’ld check which profile / codec the headphones default to and test if the issue persist with a different codec (e.g. SBC, SBC-XQ or AAC). ---
**Author:** ![shtocky](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@shtocky](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shtocky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/7 "2025-12-10T18:14:34Z")
I dont see any options, where should i look for them? ---
**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/8 "2025-12-10T18:25:14Z")
Well, for KDE Plasma you could access these settings via the audio volume widget of the system tray. There should be a button with three vertical dots that would show additional options for the selected audio device. Alternatively could access this via the System Settings → Audio. There you should find a drop down menu for the profiles. ---
**Author:** ![santi\_32](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@santi\_32](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/santi_32)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/micro-stutters-on-headphones-connected-via-2-4-dongle-help/75866/9 "2026-06-30T16:26:57Z")
Came here to report the same issue. Same headphones, but different distro (Opensuse Tumbleweed), I also tried it on Linux Mint with the same result so it is a general kernel issue with the dongle.