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MediaPlayer delay 0.4 seconds for Bluetooth headset

I'm developing an application with playing audio. In several cases I change the AudioStreamType to AudioManager.STREAM_RING(is mode when music is playing both: speakers and headset). When I use Bluetooth headset, I have a small annoying delay.
So i was reading that Bluetooth has a buffer and and this is logical
, but how I can solve this? Also i tried to change buffer size or delay for mediaPlayer.
So, i create a mediaPlayer like as:
#Override
public void onInit() {
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this);
mediaPlayer.setLooping(true);
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_RING);
songManager = new SongsManager(context);
}
#Override
public void onPrepare() {
// prepare media player
if (mediaPlayer != null) {
mediaPlayer.reset();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_RING);
absolutePathToPlayingSong = /*some place*/;
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(/*some place*/);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.setVolume(volumeLvl, volumeLvl);
}
AudioManager audio = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
audio.setStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 20, 0);
}
then i just start player:
mediaPlayer.start();
So, i already tried:
to change a prepare() to prepareAsync() - probably it was tiny help, to may be i had a sound hallucinations. Unfortunately it broke a seekTo() in one place
added onPrepared() and start playing from listener - I not sure that it help
Give me please any advance^ how to fix delay for Bluetooth headset? I checked this device in YouTube application and it work great. So problem in my application. sorry my bad English!)
I have 2 target devices android 7.0(SDK 24) and android 4.2 (SDK 16)

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