SIMOLIO Bluetooth Receiver with EQ & BT Codec Display, 197FT Wireless Audio Adapter with aptX LL & aptX HD for Home Stereo Speakers Music Streaming System, RCA Bluetooth Receiver w/Volume Control

This product is working so well, better than I thought it would. It receives the Bluetooth very well. Plugged into the auxiliary plug and the sound out of my 35 year old stereos is overwhelming. Opened a whole new world of activities The price is very reasonable so I purchased 2 for my 2 stereos. Didn’t have to purchase new receivers. Simple to setup 2 plugs power and auxiliary. Well worth, the price.

Works great. I'm using it about 30 feet away from the source.

Saved me $ from buying a new receiver

great

Sound quality was terrible

I have had a Sonos setup for years but I don’t have home internet, and one of the many annoying things about Sonos (I do NOT recommend Sonos – even if you do have internet!) is I have to use a line in connection with my phone’s headphone jack if I want to play music/podcasts/etc. from my phone. This involved my phone being tethered to a wire connected to a Sonos device.With this Bluetooth receiver, I can leave the receiver tethered to my Sonos and my phone can wander around the house with me - within reason. I seem to be able to go two rooms away (hollow drywall) without much issue; if I go more than two walls away, I sometimes have issue, but not a lot of issues, so for podcasts it’s not even a big deal – for music it might be more disruptive, depending on how far away you are from the receiver.Having said that, the receiver is pretty solid, and the connection seems pretty good. It’s definitely a good as you’re probably going to get with Bluetooth simply by design of Bluetooth’s limitations. For me, this has been freedom to use my phone while streaming a podcast, and I am very happy. For the price (25 at the time of this review), it’d be well worth it.It turns off if your phone goes out of range, which is probably wise so you don’t have accidental connections – you do have to manually move the switch from the on to the off and back to the on position to reset it to reconnect. It seems they could have done this with a touch switch, rather than putting extra use on the manual slider. The unit is extremely light – it’s own cords could pull it off a table if they are hanging too long; I had to place mine carefully so it would stay in place. Not a big deal though, and the benefits outweigh these annoyances. I’ll update this review if the device should fail. As of the first few days – 5 stars; very stable; very clear sound (with nice equalizer options). Also, the sound is louder than if I just use my headphone jack directly with Sonos, which is nice.

The media could not be loaded. Overall, I really like the product. And, my issue is NOT with the BT receiver as it actually revealed a problem for me. It helped teach me the difference between multiple BT codecs used on the market today and revealed that my home theater stereo uses the WORST one but apparently it is the standard one. This receiver actually displays the codec being used when connected! This is a nice feature. Not working for my original intended purpose does not make this device any less valuable as I have MANY different uses for it. Using it on the home theater stereo was just one option. I will likely just use it with some nicer powered speakers that are not BT when I’m out in the shop or garage. It produces some nice sound! Another nice thing about it over using RF, it doesn’t cut out when the microwave oven is operating.Check out my uploaded video to see how the product arrives as well as a demonstration of pairing and playing a music channel from our satellite service. I also uploaded the user manual in individual pics.For those interested, this is the problem I had: I actually have a Simolio RF speaker that we use in the kitchen to continue watching TV in our open-concept LR/Kitchen while in the kitchen but someone else is still in the LR. When the speakers coming out of the stereo in the LR are on, in addition to the RF speaker in the kitchen, there is a sync/delay between them. I was hoping that using BT thru the RF speaker would eliminate the sync/delay but the codec used by the home theater stereo is SBC, which despite being the “standard” codec used, it has the longest latency of 220ms. This is enough to cause a noticeable and annoying delay. Apparently, if I had a nicer, newer stereo that used aptX or aptX Low Latency, this might not be a problem or as much of a problem. I'm still giving this BT receiver 5 stars because I do REALLY like it!