Price: $109.99 - $99.00
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BluDento

[Bluetooth Version 5.1] The Bluetooth v5.1 chipset used by the BluDento Bluetooth DAC is a high-end solution that provides high-quality wireless audio performance and supports LDAC, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX, AAC and SBC decoding.
[High Performance and Portable Application] This device features TI PCM5102A DAC which is a high performance 32bit / 384kHz PCM data, 2CH audio D/A converter targeted for audiophile grade portable applications. Further, it has a 2.1 VRMS max RCA output level.
[Wide Compatibility] It provides broad compatibility with your current stereo equipment and supports both analog (RCA) and digital (Optical TOSLINK + SPDIF coaxial) outputs.
[Long-Range Connectivity] This device uses class 1 Bluetooth technology and has an external gain antenna. Please be aware that a number of things, including physical impediments like walls and metal obstacles can affect the operation range. It is also dependent on Bluetooth source devices.
[Easy Usage] The BluDento BLT-HD is a HiFi Bluetooth DAC receiver which supports aptX HD and LDAC and can stream high-quality music from a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, computer or tablet to any of your home stereo systems. You can plug and play and it is also easy to use.
Reviewer: Jonathan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Simply Outstanding. Shatters outdated preconceptions about Bluetooth quality.
Review: 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 Forget your own biases and your adopted "audiophile guru" friend's outdated biases against bluetooth audio quality. This product shatters those outdated preconceptions about bluetooth limitations when it comes to hi-fi sound.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.

Reviewer: James T.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good solution for vintage receiver
Review: It was easy to hook up, pairing was immediate, and it sounds great. I’m using it to update a vintage Pioneer receiver to Bluetooth.

Reviewer: Larry B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just what I was looking for.....
Review: I have a decent home stereo with a Wadia Intuition pre/DAC/amp Tyler Acoustic speakers, Voodoo cables and an Oppo transport, DVD player, etc. But I’ve been willing to take a hit in sound quality for the convenience of using using my iphone to stream with. I tried a wired interface for a couple of years and then blue tooth starting with Arcam (blah) moving on to Auris (better but too bright and thin) and now finally the Blue Dento.Since I recently upgraded my iPhone to the 10XR I thought I’d upgrade to a device with the latest Bluetooth 5.0 standard to see if it makes a difference. The Dento looked solid, excellent reviews, was inexpensive and had both coax AND optic digital inputs.The Wadia has an excellent DAC so I opted to use only the digital inputs. Trying the audio inputs sure enough the DAC on the unit couldn’t compare to the $8000 Wadia. Curious to see how close it was - and it wasn’t. But through the digital outputs it was a major step forward for Bluetooth audio devices.Of course the upgraded phone helped quite a bit - but gone was the Bluetooth thinness and brightness I was used to. The weight, timbrel accuracy, separation, sound staging etc were back and competing surprisingly closely with CD quality. For $100 I’m a very happy camper.One thing to keep in mind is to give this enough play time in your rig to break in properly. At first the upper registers sounded pretty rough with grain and breakups and a bright edge, while lower registers were constricted. But this is common pre break-in for audio gear. After day 5 or so everything came together with highs mids and lows all in their places and a surprisingly sumptuous and realistic sound.Of course having an iPhone I can’t take advantage of the Active X HD Android users can enjoy and am curious what kind of improvement that would make. But for the price I’m more than satisfied with the improvement the BlueDento 5.0 bt has made in my system.

Reviewer: Mr. Smith
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A few weeks having it...
Review: So far, the "BluDento 5.0" is working well. I have it connected to my Pioneer receiver which allows me to connect via bluetooth from my Laptop, several tablets and phones. The sound quality is very good. Of course you must consider I am not using this on my Pioneer Elite 9.2 system but on my older Pioneer 5.1 in my bedroom. I can travel to the kitchen and to the master closet effectively, not dropping the connection on my phone. The phone has a newer bluetooth version than my PC. My PC will do a drop and reconnect causing the sound to disappear for 1 to 2 seconds. Over all the clarity is sufficient to enjoy your music from you media listing.The convenience of changing between bluetooth devices = discipline vs design. I allowed my son to connect with his tablet to listen to his songs. When he was done he left, I wanted to listen to my phone. I could not connect to the BluDento until I tracked down my son and dropped the bluetooth connection, allowing my phone to pair. If I'm at the device I should have the means to take control. That is what I find being the biggest downfall of this design.The housing of the unit is perfect, small, simple, and clean. I believe in two principals and preach it at work every day. K.I.S.S "Keep It Simple Stupid" and the 6P's "Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.I purchased the insurance on it just in case. There were some ratings that the unit only lasted months of use. I believe at the price paid, that would be unacceptable. I am not questioning the design of the device. I understand the life of electronic components. If you have a sound process and a well designed product the quality should speak volumes. Backing it will too... I hope I will have a chance to provide an update on its installation birthday.

Reviewer: Cliente de Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fue regalo para mi hijo para actualizar un receptor Blutooth Logitech 980 de hace unos 10 años, lo primero que me dijo fué que notó mayor volumen y separacion de canales, además de mucho mayor calidad percibida en el aparato desde que lo sacó de su caja. Lo tiene conectado a un Margules ADE-24 analog/digital enhancer + ecualizador de bulbos + un Denon AVR5803.

Reviewer: matt hall
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Bought this as a stop gap while waiting for a new DAC. For the money, it's great. Sounds quality is excellent and it's very easy to connect to. I do get dinner buffering issues when using it with video - the audio goes out of sync quite easily but a restart of the streaming box fixes it easily enough.Fort the price, it's tough to argue.

Reviewer: Thanh H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Solve my problem in a heart beat. Will come back for more

Reviewer: P. Thacker
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I bought this unit to stream music from my phone/iPad via BT to my modestly high-end hi-fi set-up to dip my toe into streaming services before I went all in with a dedicated hi-end streamer unit.I have to say that it's an impressive little bugger, easy to set-up and connect to your phone. It's a one touch system that once it's set - it's set.Sound through the RCA connectors is just fine. I used it connected to a DAC via SP/DIF (it has optical too) and have only good impressions, I honestly cannot find fault.

Reviewer: Anna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Compared the sound from the BluDento (BLD) to a Bose Soundlink Mini (BLD was much better) and to a CD played through my Denon Amplifier (about 25 years old) and B&O BEOVOX S45 Speakers (about 45 years old) and the BLD was not quite but almost as goodThe BLD has allowed me to now play my Itunes music through a very good old amplifier and very good old speakersThere is no on/off button (a minor inconvenience) so I just disconnect the USB cable when I am finished. I updated the cabling with FosPower cables and I think it improved the sound?