Bluetooth receiver for old home stereos.

Post #438,012 by Another Scott 12/31/20 1:59:12 PM 12/31/20 1:59:12 PM Reply	Bluetooth receiver for old home stereos. If you're like me, you've got several old stereo receivers that don't get much use any more because you listen to music on your phone or your computer. Or you recently got some Bluetooth speakers. I recently discovered this little Bluetooth receiver gizmo at Amazon and it seems to work exactly as one would expect. Plug it into a free Aux input using the enclosed (short) RCA cables, plug in the power adapter, screw in the antenna. Turn it on, watch it go into Pairing mode, let your phone find it, and you're done. So, now I can play all the music I uploaded to my Google account (now on YouTube Music) on my home stereos via Bluetooth on my phone. Yay me. I haven't used it much, so I don't know if there are any Bluetooth issues necessitating it being turned off manually when other Blueteeth are active, but so far it seems to work exactly as I would expect. Recommended. Cheers, Scott.
Post #438,013 by static 12/31/20 5:23:01 PM 12/31/20 5:23:01 PM Reply	That's a good one! Support of aptX is a good idea - that's what most wireless headphones are using now and it is quite a bit better than the default SBC codec. I like that they mention it doesn't do phone calls (that's separate in the BT profile). I bought an EarStudio a few years ago to do all this but I usually use it with headphones. Answering a call whilst it's plugged in to your stereo is a strange experience. Wade.
Post #438,015 by Another Scott 12/31/20 5:51:29 PM 12/31/20 5:51:29 PM Reply	I've played around with it some more. Thanks for your comments. This is all pretty new to me. It works great on the two old receivers I've tried, using a second one of the Bluetooth boxes, but the name is the same in the Bluetooth settings. Not surprising, but might be an annoyance in the future (if they're both on at the same time). The sound was a bit muddled in our JBL tower speakers when playing through my phone, so I decided to try an equalizer app on my S20+. Wavelet seemed to get a decent review at AndroidPolice, so that's what I tried. It's got customized settings for my Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds, so I decided to pay the $5.49 and try that setting first (after messing around with the free settings a bit). WOW! It made a huge, huge difference in the clarity of the JBLs (even though they're obviously nothing like each other)! I might try to customize the settings more, but I may not bother. (I've had these JBL towers for maybe 15 years now and they've never sounded as clear and natural as I had hoped even trying the various EQ settings on the Yamaha receiver. They're so much better now!) It's really amazing what electronics and software is able to do these days!! :-) Highly recommended. Cheers, Scott.
Post #438,016 by static 12/31/20 6:07:17 PM 12/31/20 6:07:17 PM Reply	EQing dodgy speakers is a bit of an art. And one most people are bad at and frequently know they are bad at. This would be the attraction of an app that has built-in presets for so many existing headphones and speakers. :-) First wrong thing most people do is boost highs and/or lows. This is the wrong thing to do mostly because it robs dynamic range. The correct thing to do is reduce the unwanted band, usually around 4kHz range because that's where our ears are the most sensitive and thus where speaker drivers frequently peak. I'm a little surprised your JBL towers needed some adjustment. Wade.

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