Crackling / static when playing over bluetooth

[jkiser]

Hi, 

I've been listening to Spotify over bluetooth with some brand new Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless headphones. On a few different songs, particularly ones without thumpy bass, I'm getting static / crackles on long sustained midtone bass notes. (An example of such a song is Petit Biscuit - You). 

I've been able to isolate the problem to Spotify, I think, by doing the following. 

1. If I plug in the same headphones to my iPhone, the crackling stops. 

2. If I pull up the same song in YouTube, and play over bluetooth, the crackling stops. 

Any ideas on how to fix this? 

I'm on an iPhone 6S+ and a premium subscriber. 

[brentmccain]

Definitely noticed this as well. In running down my diagnosis, I played the same exact song/same album using Apple Music. Both times using the same Bluetooth earbuds/headphones. The static was non-existent when played with Apple Music. I also used a completely different brand of headphone to run a second test. Same result. I used wired headphones and the static disappeared from both music players. I also noticed a significant decrease. In Spotify static when the equalizer was turned off. 

[Spotuser3]

Same issue. Makes iPhone 7 incompatible with Spotify.... please fix asap!!

[fgiorm]

Same issue on iPhone 6.  Crackling can be heard only on bluetooth heaphones  (bose qc35) with equalizer on.  Turning equalizer off or switching on wire fixes the issue.  Not impressed 😞