Skype degrades bluetooth headset audio quality

Hi!I have stubled upon a quite serios issue for me in Skype. I have purchased a bluetooth headset and it works perfectly across all paalictions except skype. The problem is - when you start to use it in skype - audio quality degrades !significantly! and becmes VERY bad. As if skype swithes the bluetooth to some other state - degrading the qulity.All sounds are affected - (say you start a music track during the conversation - it will also be played with awful quality)So i assume skype does something to bluetooth settings system-wide. Once you stop skype conversation - audio quality comes back to normal. I know that this is not a bluetooth specifics, because_ i also use skype for business (lync) for my work - and there everything is fine - when i have conversations the audio quality is what it is supposed to be _ So this is exactly SKYPEs fault. Please advise.

Taking the debugging further...
1.) Incoming call comes in, or outgoing call is placed
2.) Audio is available for 5 seconds, in which I can hear the other party via the headset
3.) Within the 5 second time frame I execute the following command
MacBook-Pro:~ pbaker$ sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothAu dioAgent /System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothAu dioAgent-backup
4.) 5 seconds has passed and the system.log yields the following:
blued[17]: launchApp: App: '/System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothA udioAgent' not found.
5.) Success, I'm able to talk for as long as want!
6.) Move back file when the call is over
MacBook-Pro:~ pbaker$ sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothAu dioAgent-backup /System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothAu dioAgent
Now this is NOT ideal at all, and certainly indicates an issue with how OS X is establishing a bluetooth connection with the headset. However, its interesting to note that I can make as many calls as I want now without having to go through the above procedure. Unfortunately, this only lasts until the next time a restart. Also, it would appear that this keeps the headset "connected", which might drain the battery.
Any ideas?

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