AAC Bluetooth codecs sounds distorted on Galaxy S23 Ultra

Just picked up the S23 Ultra a few days ago and am surprised how bad the audio quality is with AAC codec (while not the best-sounding codec out there, it was good enough for general listening on my Note 9).

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On the S23U, the treble sounds very splashy and there is an intermittent delay between the channels that there is a "doubling" artifact. I can confirm I am using AAC not another codec. The distortion is gone when using another codec such as LDAC or Samsung Seamless Codec.

Devices tested: Samsing Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, Sony Linkbuds S and Soundcore Space Q45.

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Well ldac is over 900kbs, where aac is around 250kbs, but you really can't tell the difference unless you studio technician or something. Plus aac codec is a really solid connection, where the ldac is transferring 3 times the data so I find I get dropouts even on my xm5s. Up to you, but I never have issues with aac

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