Entered the world of blue-tooth music streaming
After reading a Stereophile magazine review about an inexpensive blue-tooth receiver I decided to pick one up. The one reviewed was a receiver from iLive that runs only about $25. My initial impressions of it were very favorable but after less than a week of use it died but not my interest in this technology/gear.
I am sure this technology is not new to most here but it is new to me since I only got a smart phone last Fall. In any case Best Buy has a Rocketfish receiver on sale and I had a $20 gift card so went ahead and picked it up.
Initial impressions were favorable though its signal is actualy not as strong as the cheaper iLive unit. The phone needs to pretty much maintain a line of sight with the receiver or it will cut out. Initially I tried it with my Denon set up and it seemed a little strong in the treble area but an adjustment with the tone controls corrected this.
The nice thing about the Rocketfish unit is that it has a optical connection. So using an Audioquest optical cable I ran the signal through my MSB DAC and there was a noticeable improvement. The DAC brought out the lower end and more depth to the music.
I don't have a "golden ear" so I can certainly see the appeal of these devices/format for many people.