[Asterisk-Users] Sound quality with Xten Xlite softphones...

[Maik Hassel]

Hello everybody,

I started using the XTen Xlite softphones (just to get something up and 
running quickly). Everything works fine now, but the sound quality is 
somewhat disappointing.

The "sending" - e.g. everything I say, dtmf tones, etc - receives the 
person on the other end in perfect quality, everything great. The 
problem is in everything that I hear: May it be the recorded voicemail 
message, echo test, or someone talking on the other line, the quality is 
mediocre at best. It actually sounds like someone is interrupting the 
line for microseconds (like someone is wiggeling the headphone cable in 
the plug).
Now packet loss is unlikely, I am using other voip product for 
international calls (like skype) and never encountered that problem, and 
the test network only consists of two machines and a switch.

Did anyone else encounter the problem? Is it a XLite problem (if yes: 
Can anyone suggest a better free(!) softphone)? Or is it Asterisk related?

Thanks for any thoughts
 Maik

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