Auris BluMe HD Long Range Bluetooth 5.3 Music Receiver Hi-Fi Wireless Audio Adapter with Audiophile DAC, LDAC & aptX HD for Streaming to Home Stereo, AV Receiver or Stereo Amplifier

The bluMe HD gives a full stereo HiFi experience when connected to the CD input of my NAD 3240PE amplifier. Using Spotify I can now listen to anything I fancy with the full frequency range that you would expect from a CD. Once again I have full stereo separation having previously used a small Bose Bluetooth portable speaker where left and right speakers are six inches apart. This product is top end high quality and comes with a phono to phono and a phono to 3.5mm cable. The Bluetooth connection is rock solid and I could not be more satisfied with my purchase.

Having been disappointed with the older bluetooth devices such as Logitec my research led me to the Audioengine B1 and Auris BluMe which share a common highly rated Digital to Analogue converter. Both devices are similarly priced ( £150) and appear to be US developed and made in China and make similar claims of 'CD quality' output.I firstly ordered the Audioengine B1 but the fragile antenna broke off when I was attaching the connecting leads meaning that I was unable to test it.The Auris BluMe appears to have a better designed antenna, was very easy to set up and has very much impressed with its initial performance.Using an iPad with various on line sound sources, not to the highest quality standards, and plugged into my 20yr old HiFi system I am enjoying a stimulating musical experience with a good dynamic range and a nice separation of instruments in orchestral pieces.For me, it is too early to say if it as good as a CD played through a quality deck, but the music is significantly better than anything that I had heard so far from any bluetooth linked system.Expensive but provides for a very decent musical experience,Have since been able to compare the performance with a 'lossless' FLAC streaming source of BlueMe vs a Chromecast Audio device connected to my old amplifier via an Optical digital lead. Whilst the BlueMe was good the extra clarity and range using the WiFi/ Chromecast link has the edge!

The sound is crisp and clean, probably the best Bluetooth receiver I have tried. If you’ve got good speakers and a good amp, you will be able to tell the difference between this and the cheap ones. The build quality is really good and the range is really good too.

Needed to connect to 'old' amp. This does the trick wonderfully - simple to set-up, connected first time, quality seems sufficient for my needs - when would-up loud on an ageing system, no distortion can be heard, success.

This is in use in a church providing us with the ability to link devices into the PA system with Bluetooth and it works extremely well. Moving the linked device some 3 metres away and even in a different room didn’t seem to affect the pickup and quality. Shutting the paired device down for an hour then turning it back on resulted in reconnection within about 5 seconds. We found it frustrating trying to force it to pair with a new device by pressing the on/off button - too short a press and re-pairing didn’t occur, too long a press and it broadcast ‘turning off’ over the church’s PA system - that will resolve with experience. All in all, a brilliant bit of kit, well worth its cost. We are delighted with it

Initially sceptical but now amazed.I have fairly expensive HiFi separates, albeit over 20 years old. A majority of my songs are now played through Spotify using my Amazon echo, with very limited acoustics.Contemplated upgrading my integrated amplifier to a £400 Denon PMA 600 but saw this Bluetooth adapter to convert my Yamaha DSP, (which cost £500 in 2004, so I didn’t really want to abandon using it completely).Didn’t think that the Bluetooth would be anywhere near as good as a direct source from the CD or vinyl, but the sound quality feeding through my amp and Bose speakers using the Bluetooth was outstanding. Admittedly, you don’t get the depth and precision compared to a Linn LP12, but you won’t be disappointed.If anybody wants to convert an old stereo integrated amp into a Bluetooth receiver, I strongly recommend this little piece of kit.Enjoy….

This Bluetooth receiver deserves zero stars. I bought this to replace an older aptX HD receiver that started to periodically fail.This Auris receiver has a weird DSP, or maybe a weird filter, that augments the optical digital output with aptX , aptX HD and LDAC. The Auris significantly boosts the bass so it's boomy and unnatural and slices the treble right off. I would say there's a huge treble cut starting at around 6khz, so cymbals, high hats, snares, etc are severely muted. Male voices sound bloated and boxy. I've been streaming via Bluetooth for years and it should sound 98% as good as a wired connection. The Auris sounds like there are pillows covering my speakers.I only used the optical output, so I can't comment on the internal DAC, but if the internal DAC is decoding the same weirdly altered PCM signal, then it should also sound bad.I also noticed that the Auris model I received was an updated version of the one pictured and described on the listing. Mine had a USB-C power socket (instead of a Micro USB) and it also decoded LDAC (instead of only, SBC, aptX and aptX HD, like described).Here's the system I used the Auris on: Benchmark DAC3, Cyrus Stereo 200 amplifier, Monitor Audio Silver bookshelf speakers, and a REL subwoofer. If you want a Bluetooth receiver that sends a pure digital signal to your DAC, please look elsewhere.

Definitely enhances the quality of my Bose system.