Brightech – BrightPlay Home HD Bluetooth 4.0 Music Receiver / Adapter with apt-X Technology for Digital Sound – White
Brightech – BrightPlay Home HD Bluetooth 4.0 Music Receiver / Adapter with apt-X Technology for Digital Sound – White
- CRYSTAL CLEAR SONIC DETAIL: Marvel at clean, punchy audio while streaming CD-quality sound from your Bluetooth devices (including laptops) to virtually any speaker system from stereos and TVs to desktops. Pairs instantly with your Android, iPod, Kindle, and more!
- LET THE PARTY ROAM: Keep it in motion from room to room and on the patio deck, too. Integrated apt-X technology delivers quality sound up to 30 feet away.
- AFFORDABLY UPGRADE YOUR HOME THEATER: BrightPlay HDTM effortlessly adapts to your beloved non-Bluetooth audio gear. Achieve impressive sound without spending a fortune!
- LIGHTWEIGHT BOX: Weighing fewer than 4 ounces, your box includes a portable receiver/adapter with auxiliary output and charging port, a color-coded 3-prong connector cable, and power plug. Choose from either black or white.
- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED: Brightech backs up BrightPlay Home HD 100% with a 3-year warranty. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, please contact us. Our industry-leading commitment to you will make things right!
The BrightPlay Home HD delivers an infinitely clearer audio quality than the majority of portable Bluetooth receivers. It lets you upgrade your non-Bluetooth speakers and stereos without breaking the bank. The sound even impresses audiophiles! Our contented customers say that BrightPlay sounds vastly better than a famous brand-name receiver that cost twice as much. Save big, then listen actively from almost any device. Plug-in and enjoy instant recognition from your Kindle, Nexus tablets, iPod,
List Price: $ 19.99
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An affordable step in the right direction,
edit: When I posted this review a few days after getting my BrightPlay, I mentioned occasional tiny / momentary dropouts from my two Android devices. I don’t know why… perhaps some kind of crazy adaptive behavior between the BrightPlay and the devices, perhaps the colder weather or something… but either way, in an add’l week with many hours of listening to the BrightPlay, the micro-dropouts have gradually disappeared to almost-never occurrences, AND overall “clean” range on tap from both devices has improved to boot. I still can’t get solid playback off my probably-non-aptX laptop though, and I’m still not holding the BrightPlay responsible.
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There are a lot of “I’m not an audiophile, but…” reviews of this posted. At the risk of self-qualifying, I *am* an audiophile (or at least a pragmatic one). I’ve tried previous generations of Bluetooth receivers to hook up to home stereos before and they were basically unlistenable on a halfway decent system. On the whole, the BrightPlay sounds way, way better than any of those I tried, including a Sony receiver that cost twice as much (and which still seems to be for sale at the same price!).
I won’t say it’s equivalent to a direct wired connection, because so far, it’s not. Dynamics / overall sense of punch do suffer a bit. But it’s still night and day vs. *all* previous-gen receiver designs I’ve toyed with, and probably as good sound-quality-wise as Bluetooth audio currently gets. It’s probably fine for all but the most critical listening applications. I’ve been listening directly in front of the speakers all day and have actually been surprised at how much sonic detail *does* survive Bluetoothification via the BrightPlay.
Speaking of wires, I was surprised to find the box included a stereo male set of RCAs in addition to the expected 1/8″ stereo cable. They’re basic el cheapo issue, certainly not going to satisfy any believers in “high-end” / high-profit-margin cables. But for the rest of us, it’s nice that you can simply get up and running quick out of the box with a “proper” preamp / receiver and the BrightPlay.
There are gaps / mild glitches in playback from time to time; this seems to vary from paired device to paired device (and probably what codec they’re able to use). I get pretty solid, mostly-dropout-free connections from my aptX-capable Android devices (which, by the way, is NOT all Android devices). My laptop can’t use aptX. I think its BT stack is trying to use something heavier in bandwidth than the “standard” (and, as I’ve discovered, horrible-sounding) SBC codec. The resulting stream is a hilarious (and unlistenable) disintegrating glitchfest after 90 seconds. Hard to know if this is the fault of the laptop or the BrightPlay.
There are no buttons on the BrightPlay at all – BT discovery mode is initiated for 120 seconds whenever you plug in the 1/8″ cable. I get that using the output jack as the discovery switch helped keep the cost of the unit down, but it’s still a bit of a pain if you’ve got the BrightPlay plugged into the aux AC outlets on the back of a receiver or preamp.
I had some initial trouble pairing up Galaxy S3s for the first time (“Unable to communicate with device” despite the Brightplay’s LEDs indicating it was ready to go). This was the case on two separate S3s. I just kept trying, and it finally “got through” after the 4th or 6th try on both phones.
Speaking of multiple BT transmission devices, this is the one area where the BrightPlay may get frustrating for some end users. It’s able to remember 8 paired devices, and can seemingly hold a paired connection to a seeming max of two devices simultaneously. The BrightPlay simply starts broadcasting the first stream it receives, and will stay locked onto that stream until it stops. Read: if your phone is playing and you want to hear your tablet, you’ll need to stop the phone playback first.
But this isn’t foolproof nor at all guaranteed. It’s relatively easy to confuse the BrightPlay into requiring a reboot when there are multiple Bluetooth connections in play. I’ve also discovered certain Android apps (Spotify in particular) seem to “hog the channel” and may keep the BrightPlay from reconnecting to at all a second known BT device if they are left open / in focus on the first-connected device, even if they’re not actively playing while you’re trying to connect device #2.
All this said, I’m still going to keep a four-star rating because it’s been my experience that Bluetooth is one stupidly fussy / tweaky protocol no matter what devices you’re trying to hook up or who made them, especially with audio. The BrightPlay definitely has some quirks, but for a low-end device, it really does seem to work pretty solidly much of the time… and sounds pretty good doing so.
Bluetooth audio still has a long way to go, but at least with some of my devices, the BrightPlay is a…
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|Comparison of BrightPlay Home HD Bluetooth 4.0 Music Receiver and Belkin F8Z492TTP Bluetooth Music Receiver,
Audio Quality:
The BrightPlay receiver is miles better than the Belkin in terms of Audio Quality. I use it at my desk to connect to my desktop speakers. The Belkin sounded like my old Napster songs with very low bitrates, even with distances between the receiver and phone at < 3′. The BrightPlay comes in crystal clear and equal in quality to plugging in an aux plug directly into the phone.
Power Input Design:
This is the only downside to the BrightPlay. Rather than having the small brick with a long wire plugging into the back like on the Belkin, the BrightPlay plugs directly into an outlet. I found it as an inconvenience, as my power outlet was rather far away.
Build Quality:
Overall the same, but the Belkin has that infamous piece of metal to add weight and reduce range, whereas the BrightPlay seems great all around.
Conclusion:
I’m glad I found this, after much searching and reading reviews on Amazon. Audio Quality is the most important feature in a bluetooth receiver, and I agree with everyone else who reviewed this one that it is better than the rest.
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