Bad sound in Bluetooth Headsets when input is Bluetooth

The issue I have is the exact same here, except it is with output. The only thing I've found that actually fixes the problem is rebooting the machine. However, if I engage the screensaver that locks the screen, then when I log back in, the bluetooth audio is back to a single channel.

I've tried unsetting and setting the sound drivers, as well as restarting coreaudiod, blued, and bluetoothaudiod. No success thus far. Help!

THANKS A LOT!

But is there a more elegant way?

Is this considered a bug?

It seems that I spoke too soon. I have found out how to fix it, and the fix could work for BOTH the input and output issues.

If I edit the file 'com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist' (located at /Library/Preferences/Audio/), find my device by its MAC address, and then change:

(*** NOTE: My sampling settings and such may be off, but they still work. Your mileage may vary. ***)

to:

Then, launch Audio MIDI Setup and you'll see that you have your two channels back 🙂

No need to restart or anything!

Forgot to mention that you'll need to restart coreaudiod

~$ ps aux | grep coreaudiod

*** Find the process with /usr/sbin/coreaudiod in it ***

~$ sudo kill [whatever the process ID is]

You can then relaunch Audio MIDI Setup and see that the second channel and such will be restored!

Simply force quitting "coreaudiod" as recommended works. Then I opened Audio MIDI Setup and changed the audio format from "1ch-16bit Integer" to "2ch-32bit Float" and then changed to "44100.0 Hz". Thank you!

Note: I am using Beats Solo 2 wireless over Bluethooth on my Mac with El Capitan.