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• UK says:

  May 16, 2016 at 3:06 am

  3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

  
  CHEAP PLASTIC Construction – breaks easily, July 26, 2015

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  EXTREMELY cheap plastic construction. Mine broke right away – the power input collapsed on inserting the plug. I have two of the Arcam rBlinks – MUCH better construction and they work great. The MINIBLINK may work fine too when connected, but the construction looks and is flimsy to the extreme.

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• Jamestown says:

  May 16, 2016 at 3:59 am

  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

  
  Sounds great but too lite. Needs blue tac to stay in place., December 14, 2014

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  Great little device. Hooked up to my Adcom pre, amp and Epos Epic 2s, the sound is punchy and rhythmic. Not as dynamic, deep or involving as a lossless source. But very enjoyable none the less with all the ease of Bluetooth. Just one complaint, the damn thing is way too light. My heavy interconnects kept pulling it off the shelf until I attached a wad of blue tac to keep it in place. A round pebble is a cool shape, but not very practical when it comes to a setting on a shelf or rack.

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• P S says:

  May 16, 2016 at 4:47 am

  2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

  
  Arcam sound, toy-like build, bluetooth unreliable, February 24, 2015

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  First off, the sound is great. Very noticeable sound fidelity improvement due to the DAC. That is what you are paying for. But, this being a budget device, in a sense, you are definitely not paying for a quality object. I had previously read some reviews that praised the product design; I am scratching my head trying to figure out why.

  It feels like a $10 computer peripheral. Cheap plastic, faux shiny metal paint – quite a let down, actually. And, no mass whatsoever – the cables pull it around whatever surface you want to set it on, and it never really sits “flat” due to this. I tried hiding it behind my Arcam amp, so I don’t have to look at it, but unfortunately that adds quite a bit of interference to the signal – so much so, it often disrupted the audio (crackling/dropouts) from my Macbook Pro from less than 10 feet away. Kinda makes me wish I paid the +$100 premium for the “big” rBlink instead – it looks like the signal would be far more robust with its antenna, as well as hefty enough to stay put with its metal case. Maybe Arcam knew this wasn’t up to their usual standards, as it doesn’t even say “Arcam” anywhere on the product itself.

  UPDATE – I knocked off a star, which maybe due to just the faults of bluetooth as a technology, itself. I’ve had it for over two months now. My laptop sits about 6.5 feet away from the receiver most of the time, yet for no reason I often hear crackles and dropouts. Sometimes, I think it is due to the fact that I am sitting between my macbook pro and it, but it doesn’t do it all the time. So, simply background noise in the air? The main point is, it is highly annoying and disruptive when it happens. Is this Arcam’s fault, or Apple’s? Hard to determine, but it doesn’t matter because the listening experience is ruined, and that’s what this was purchased for. Also, of small note – I had sent an email to Arcam support, with no reply.

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