Ahh, we have an existing Bluetooth audio thread that can provide some clues for this one.Looking for recomendation and opinions on bluetooth receivers.
I want to get the wife something for Christmas that she can pair to her phone in our living room system.
It is a Marantz 3325 receiver.
Thanks in advance 😊
The Apple phone will do the AAC codec only. It's not bad as Bluetooth goes, but also not quite the quality that aptX HD or LDAC would provide.Thanks Mikey.
We have divide between phones... she is a devote Apple user.
I will jump to the other thread and read.
Okay @MikeyFresh, I've read through and reread through your Bluetooth audio thread and have a couple probably simple questions: why would I want a transceiver instead of just a receiver for a BT hookup to my stereo amp and speakers system in my barn?The Apple phone will do the AAC codec only. It's not bad as Bluetooth goes, but also not quite the quality that aptX HD or LDAC would provide.
I do like the FiiO BTA30 I got for $89, though in that thread you'll see there is also an xDuoo unit at that same price that looks like its better built, and the iFi Zen too, though that one has only digital output and so you'd need a separate DAC as well, where the FiiO and xDuoo units do have analog output.
I'll admit I've never actually listened to the FiiO BTR30's analog output despite having it for a while now, I've only ever used it's digital output to date.
I'm not entirely sure of all the use cases for the transmitter function, however I do know of one, only because a friend of mine in CA uses his unit this way (he has the Elegiant BTI-066).Okay @MikeyFresh, I've read through and reread through your Bluetooth audio thread and have a couple probably simple questions: why would I want a transceiver instead of just a receiver for a BT hookup to my stereo amp and speakers system in my barn?
Currently I drive a Topping TP60 stereo amp with an old PC running WinXP and JRiver (off network storage), and am thinking of buying an RCA output BT adapter of some sort, connected to the 2nd input of the TP60 amp so that I can stream from my Android phone.
I'm currently just looking at relatively polar opposites in the price-range area: the FiiO BTA30 ($66.49) and the much more expensive iFi Zen Blue V2 ($199) and Auris Blume Pro ($169).
Confusing to say the least.
What would I use the transmitting function of the FiiO to do, exactly?
TIA
Thank you!I'm not entirely sure of all the use cases for the transmitter function, however I do know of one, only because a friend of mine in CA uses his unit this way (he has the Elegiant BTI-066).
He takes the Toslink out of his HDTV in the bedroom into the BTI-066, and then transmits that TV audio to his Bluetooth headphones so that he can watch late night TV while his wife sleeps undisturbed by the sound of the TV.
BTW - the newer BTA30 Pro is definitely a nicer unit than the original (and still sold) BTA30, albeit at twice the price.