[WH-1000XM4, playback] Sound is distorted

[Mike]

The bluetooth drivers that come with Ubuntu have very poor audio quality which are not suitable for playing music.

Apparently thousands of people on stackoverflow have the exact same problem:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/676853/bluetooth-headset-with-poor-sound-quality-on-ubuntu

A2DP was not an option for the WH-1000XM4 bluetooth headphones, so the first upvoted answer should absolutely be the default for people who have A2DP - but that won't fix this exact ticket.

Sony devices and other high end Bluetooth audio devices would greatly benefit from having pulse audio installed and enabled by default:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1100224
->
https://tutorials.technology/tutorials/Bluetooth-headset-playing-low-quality-on-ubuntu-18.html

If `pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-bluetooth` packages are added to the default desktop and A2DP is enabled then the average desktop user will be happy with wonderful crisp audio in line with osx and windows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:15.99.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-58.64-generic 5.15.74
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: Pantheon
Date: Sun Feb 5 20:55:26 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-04 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: WH-1000XM4
Symptom_Type: Digital clip or distortion, or "overdriven" sound
Title: [WH-1000XM4, playback] Sound is distorted
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2020
dmi.bios.release: 5.17
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2607
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI)
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2607:bd08/14/2020:br5.17:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnTUFGAMINGX570-PLUS(WI-FI):rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.sku: SKU
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer