Sound still from internal speakers when connected to a bluetooth headset

I just got some new bluetooth headphones for Christmas. I have them paired to my Macbook Pro. The bluetooth menu shows them as connected and if I hold option and click on the sound menu bar item it shows my current output and input device to be my headphones.
When playing music it only comes out through my headphones. Some other applications (my IRC client and various others) also only produce sound through the headphones. However the Messages application and Skype application both produce there notification sounds out my internal speakers only.
I would assume that this isn't really related to by headphones but rather the operating system not directing the sound to the proper output correctly.
Has anyone experienced this? (been able to fix)
Also for reference my headphones are Sony MDR 10rbt.

I have the EXACT same issue. I've tried Googling for a solution every so often to no avail. Did you ever figure this out?
Edit: Actually, I think I found a solution. I installed Soundflower (http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/) and set the 2ch and 64ch to my Bluetooth headphones. In Mac System Preferences > Sounds > Sound Effects tab, I also set "Play sound effects through:" to Soundflower (both the 2ch and the 64ch seemed to work). Did the same in the Output tab. Now it seems like every sound is being pushed through my Bluetooth headphones! Hope this helps.

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