BLT-HD aptX HD Bluetooth Receiver, Hi-Fi Bluetooth v5.1 Audio Adapter with TI DAC,Analog RCA Output, Digital Coaxial and Optical Output with Enhanced Working Range

This BluDento BLT-HD is simply outstanding in build quality, features, connectivity, and yes - sound. What great, gorgeous sound on my Sony ES home theater/music setup! Forget your own biases and your adopted "audiophile guru" friend's outdated biases against bluetooth audio quality. This product shatters those outdated preconceptions about bluetooth limitations when it comes to hi-fi sound. This amazing thing delivers beautifully dynamic, full range, detailed, and tonally accurate sound that I truly cannot distinguish from my very best CD recordings. I cannot speak to other Hi-Res sources, which are great, but I do not own or feel pressed to own right now. CD quality is fine with me for now, even though I believe from description and specs that the BluDento BLT-HD is able to exceed CD quality. When I listen to San Antonio's KPAC classical FM radio (yes, radio!), CD's, DVD's, BluRay's, or stream Pandora from my LG Stylo 2 Plus smartphone, silence is jet black with perfect stillness. Double Fortissimo is thunderous. No hissing or other clutter in the background. Treble is crystal clear, and not strident or harsh, at all. Bass is full and rich, as is the midrange. My system: Sony STR-ZA3000ES receiver; Sony SSCS5 bookshelf speaker × 4 (fronts and surrounds); SSCS8 center; SACS9 subwoofer; Sewell Silverback 12 AWG speaker wire; MediaBridge, KabelDirekt, Monoprice, and Amazon Basics interconnects; Sennheiser RS 160 RF wireless headphones (transmitter's input at its 3.5mm female plug received from Zone 2 RCA analog output jacks of Sony ES receiver); and this BluDento BLT-HD connected from its RCA analog output jacks to the Auxillary RCA analog input jacks of Sony ES receiver. With my described setup, my wife and I can currently do many things while relaxing in our recliners, such as watch television (as main zone) with sound muted, while also listening to Pandora or other streamed music/audio from one of our smartphones to the home theater speakers via this BluDento BLT-HD to the Sony ES Auxillary source setting; and also, simultaneously listening through the wireless Sennheiser headphones at any independent volume level to either of the above sources or different sources like FM stereo, CD's, or other sources connected to the Sony ES (as Zone 2). That is real flexibility and a multitasker's dream to simultaneously be free to either listen to and/or watch many different combinations of media from different sources on headphones and/or speakers. We could even add a third activity in the future, perhaps a separate bluetooth transmitter to other speakers or headphones anywhere in the house using the Sony ES's Zone 3 audio capability. Of course, one could simply just blissfully enjoy one thing at a time. The point is that this BluDento BLT-HD now enables us to fully use and enjoy the incredible flexibilities of our already amazing Sony ES/Sennheiser, etc. home theater/music system - with up to the same high level of beautiful sound quality - using bluetooth music/audio streaming sources, e.g. via smartphone or computer with bluetooth (up to 5.0 with AptX for highest quality). You may opt for any of the handful of fine competing devices currently out there, including the very capable but more expensive Audioengine B1, but I just truly doubt any of them will consistently and convincingly beat this BluDento in a proper side-by-side blind listening test, i.e. you will not at all regret getting this fine unit. I very highly recommend it.Update 12-31-2018: Still enjoying this very much with our new Amazon Music subscription started just before the Christmas holiday. We have played our favorite music for hours on end without any hiccups or glitches, at all. Sound quality is superb at lower volumes for nice background music, and just gets better and better when cranking the often underrated Sony ES way up high in the sky (for an occasional Zeppelin moment).Update 4-21-2019: Our BluDento BLT-HD has been on constantly for five months with heavy use, and is still working beautifully. Flawlessly. It is one of my very favorite additions to our home theater/music set up. I definitely plan to purchase another unit when we build our secondary HT/music set up.Update 8-28-2020: Still cranking out seriously beautiful music, internet radio station apps, etc. effortlessly and without any hitches. Friends have been getting plenty of fun and amazement trying it out with their smartphones and their various old school AV receivers that were just collecting dust. It sounds great with all of them. Still a flawless and brilliant work horse with nearly constant daily use.Update 12/21/2021: Gifted my great BLT-HD, Sennheiser HD600's, and Sch*** Audio stack as an early Christmas gift to a family member who has been without any good audio equipment for years. He loves them. It still works great. I plan to repurchase another one soon. On another review comment about not getting the HD data transmitted from a Moto G6 smartphone to this BLT-HD receiver, my understanding is the Moto G6 (2018 model) is equipped to transmit with Bluetooth version 4.2, whereas the BLT-HD is equipped to receive Bluetooth version 5.0. A device which transmits Bluetooth 5.0 can transmit much more audio information and do so faster than a device transmitting in Bluetooth version 4.2. The kicker is that to derive "all" of the benefits of aptX HD audio via Bluetooth 5.0 is for BOTH transmitter and receiver to be equipped for Bluetooth version 5.0. Otherwise, a Bluetooth receiver in version 5.0 like BLT-HD is backward compatible to other "lower" non-HD codecs transmitted via Bluetooth version 4.2. So, not to worry, if your smartphone is 4.2 and the BLT-HD at 5.0. The BLT-HD will still function and receive enough of the data, and sound really great, but just not as "high-def" as it would if both devices were perfectly Bluetooth version 5.0 compatible. Bottom line: you will still get great sound, just not the "perfect" sound that your oscilloscope is telling you that you "should" be hearing. Such compatibilty matches are important only if you must have the latest and greatest technical specs on paper that are out there. Your ears will be the final judge, and with my "crummy" non-5.0 transmitters, the BLT-HD works just fine for me.

Works great with my Denon bookcase stereo! I got it after the internal Denon bluetooth stopped working. It does take the only analog input provided, but it works like a charm quickly connecting to my phone. I didn't get a chance to A/B the sound, so I can't tell if the sound is actually better or different than the on-board Denon, but ChatGTP insists that it is because it has better digital to analog conversion hardware. I have the impression I can hear parts in songs I hadn't noticed before using Spotify, but who's to say without properly A/B-ing the sound.

The receiver worked great. Easy to setup and great connectivity. I was tru;y amazed by the customer support I received. I needed to customize the device by adding and external antenna and a custom ID. Bluedento team provided very detailed instructions on how to do that. They were very responsive as well.

Only draw back is the pairing indication light would never stop blinking or turn off. It is yawning for pairing so badly I have to found an old phone to pair with it just to stop the blinking. Or I didn't do something? please let me know.

Don't forget to turn on LDAC in the Bluetooth menu. Love it. Bought a second one for a different unit.

I have bought 2 of these units. The first one I have had for 10 months and liked it so good I bought a second one for my brother's birthday. He is liking his too! Connects quick and easy and has great range! You get what you pay for......buy this unit!

I bought the BluDento BLT-HD last March. I use it to stream Amazon Music from my phone to my stereo, replacing a laptop and DAC I had been using for this purpose. I have a good stereo and great speakers and listen to many different kinds of music. I don't do playlists but often create temporary ones on the fly when I'm listening. This device allowed me to do this without continually having to go back and forth to my laptop which was hardwired to my stereo. The bottom line is that the BluDento is very convenient and has great sound, with its built in DAC. I love this device.Unfortunately, a few months ago my music started being repeatedly interrupted by walls of static. I could stop the static by pausing the music and then immediately continuing but this, as one can imagine, was quite a buzz-kill. Unfortunately this problem only arose only well after my return window had closed. It seemed the only solution was to purchase another, which I was reluctantly prepared to do. A music streamer has now become essential for me and the others available on Amazon are considerably more costly than the BLT-HD, which until it went south on me, had worked perfectly and sounded great. As a last resort before spending another $100+ I wrote the company. Within four hours I got a response from China, offering me a discount on a replacement. I said I would be willing to accept that if necessary but really felt it should be replaced at no charge. The next day I received a response asking if I would mind waiting for a new one to be shipped from China. An hour later I got another response informing me that instead of asking me to wait for this shipment Amazon had been notified and would be sending it instead. I had it the next day. A situation that I expected would take weeks, took three days.Kudos to Michael at BluDento customer service and Kudos to the company for making such a good product. If you have need for a music streamer to connect with your stereo, don't hesitate to buy this one.