Bluetooth headphones has reversed audio

For example if there’s a enemy moving infront of me i hear them behind me, any sound on my left is on my right and right on my left.

inxi if needed

System:
Kernel: 6.6.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=80077be2-462f-4610-ad42-188cea9bc14c rw rootflags=subvol=@
nvidia-drm.modeset=1 quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81FK v: Lenovo ideapad 330-15ICH
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo ideapad 330-15ICH
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 7ZCN37WW date: 11/27/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.8 Wh (60.1%) condition: 31.3/45.0 Wh (69.6%)
power: 3.0 W volts: 11.9 min: 11.3 model: SMP L17M3PB1 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3711 high: 3740 min/max: 800/4000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 3700 2: 3700 3: 3700
4: 3717 5: 3721 6: 3740 7: 3700 8: 3712 bogomips: 36799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2,HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8d
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Syntek EasyCamera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 174f:241a
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 7.45 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 14 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:3e9b surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 device-ID: 10de:1c8d surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: active with: 1: wireplumber
status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 3: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off with: pulseaudio-jack
type: module tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 698.37 GiB (66.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lenovo O.E.M.
model: RPFTJ128PDD2EWX size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 11.82 temp: 54.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: LCM2 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 51.04 GiB (42.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 51.04 GiB (42.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 51.04 GiB (42.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 51.04 GiB (42.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.63 GiB used: 7.63 GiB (100.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C pch: 62.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 311 Uptime: 1d 22m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 8 GiB
available: 7.63 GiB used: 5.88 GiB (77.1%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: 1913 pm: apk pkgs: 0 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 tools: apt,apt-get
pm: pacman pkgs: 1907 libs: 536 tools: aura,octopi,pamac,paru,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 6 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-11-20
Last full system update: 2023-11-25 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

I think maybe this can do as a work around
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285115

well he says its reversed on every device, im only trying to fix one specific device and thats the bluetooth headphones, i think if i would have done this then it would fix my issue but also revert everything else

Sounds like you just pinpointed it that is to do with that specific device. If all other bluetooth audio devices are working properly, this is a hardware issue of some kind.
What kind are they (be specific)?
Are the L and/or R marked on the headphones?
Does the headphones also do this when paired to other devices?

Also, you have a reboot pending.

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rebooting magically fixed it

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