BluDento BLT-HD

I upgraded from a cheaper £15 model of bluetooth receiver and the quality difference is immediately noticeable. I'm not an audiophile but I have a decent Marantz amp and 2 pairs of B&W speakers and with this receiver connected by RCA the sound is greatly improved over what I had previously. It comes with cables in the box for a quick setup and pairs easily with mine or a friend's phone immediately. No problems with it and very happy.

I bought this to use in my office as an old WiFi receiver gave up on me. I was not sure how well Bluetooth would cope with real hifi. I am pleased to say that I was very pleasantly surprised I was at the sound quality this unit delivers - I guess the internal DAC helps? The sound quality is really good - I would say as near to CD quality as it gets. Listening to music from my iphone the unit has picked out much more detail in the music than I got from my wifi receiver. Overall - a great little unit at a very reasonable price. And if you have an issue, their customer support were extremely helpful (my issue was just one of delivery which was not their fault).

What a buy. i has been procrastinating for years over getting a completely new system which supported bluetooth or getting a receiver for my old system. I was finally forced to make a decision as I had friends coming around. I decided to get this after reading the reviews and comparing the spec to the competitors. I wasn't disappointed. Setting it up was a piece of cake, took approx 5 mins as I had to turn my amp around. All I had to do was plug in the audio Jack leads. It immediately came on and was accessible on the network. On connecting to it and playing music from Spotify I was blown away by the sound quality. I hadn't used the system it was connected to for a while and didn't think it was as good as it sounded when the music flowed out of the speakers. Amazing. Sound was crystal clear with no hissing or feedback with ample base and warmness. It was hard to believe that it was being converted from digital to analogue. TBH I couldn't have hoped for more. It far exceeded my expectations. Don't hesitate, get one. You won't be disappointed.

Long range, Decent quality on analog outputs, easy to pair. But : - Our smartphones are APT-X only, so going to "HD" was not necessary - Not sure "HD" will live long, as LL seems to to come quickly and will replace it - Sad there is no Sony LDAC - There is no CE marking ... is it because the PSU is not supplied ? Quite strange, it is normally mandatory in EC

I connected the BLT-HD to my Rotel A10 through 60cm QED Performance Audio 2 cables. The sound (320kb mp3) (with a decent switching power supply with ferrites on the DC wire) is just brilliant: smooth, fluid, very solid in the bass, natural, clean, and with a very good transient response on acoustic guitars. The connection (AptX) is very stable. Brilliant little thing, recommended. Only one minor complaint: the device is nicely made, but it's light, and if I hadn't added some tiny rubber feet on the bottom, the QED cables would happily pull it off the top of my CD player...

I have a decent hifi set-up and have no need or use for a bluetooth receiver. However, sometimes my wife or daughter want to play Spotify from their mobile phones through my speakers. Until now it wasn't possible but I bought myself the BluDento as a cheap and cheerful option. No apps needed, just the easy matter of pairing your phone with the BLT-HD and away you go, simple. Straight out of the box it's dead simple to set-up. Literally plug it in via the supplied USB power lead (you will need to provide your own 5v USB plug socket though as this is not supplied) and connect up to your amp or dac. I have it connected both via the RCA outputs (which utilises the BLT-HD's own dac) and via the Toslink output into my own dac. Through my own dac is the best, only just though, believe me there is hardly any difference with the RCA outputs. I've been listening to it for over an hour now from my phone and I have had no cut-outs whatsoever, I'm sitting approx 3 metres away. Look I'm not trying to say this is high end audio but it is very good for the money. There's literally hundreds of these types of units for sale on the web so you pays your money and you takes your choice, but if you just want a bog standard but decent bluetooth receiver with no bells and whistles you can't go wrong with one of these.

Been using the Bluedento HD for almost 3 weeks, and have tested all ways to connect it to my Marantz amp. All of them RCA, SPDIF and Coaxial digital worked fine. Overall sound quality is excellent, using the APT-HD protocol. I have paired it easily with my android phone, tablet and laptop with onboard bluetooth, and PC with a logitech bluetooth dongle. No problems at all getting reckognised and connecting to all devices Overall I would say it is an excellent, although not cheap choice.

This is well built and has a solid signal, sounds really good using optical output, reason why I have given 3 stars is because the analogue output is grainy and the bass seem to be rolled off too early. As I wanted to use it on a amplifier that only has analogue inputs, it's probably because these all use the same analogue output stage? I guess.

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.

Excelente. De buena calidad. Se conecta muy fácilmente y tiene muy buen alcance a pesar de estar a dos pisos de distancia con paredes anchas.

I paired the Bludento to my tube amp and open baffle loudspeakers and was blown away by the clarity and musical qualities of the sound. It does a great job with audiophile recordings and tends more towards the lively side. So convenient to stream music from phone or tablet. The micro USB socket could be better designed as the plug is not a secure fit and can easily fall out.

Connects smoothly, works perfectly, great sound quality

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.