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kgrzesiu
Contributor I
January 3, 2017
Question

Bluetooth adapter for Play 5

Hi Sonos Community!

The short question: Which Bluetooth adapter do you recommend to use with Sonos Play 5 (via line-in)?

I've just bought Sonos Play 5 and I am greatly disappointed. Sound quality is truly amazing. The lack of Bluetooth is really annoying. I knew it before buying but in practice you need Bluetooth some times!
The Bluetooth would make this speaker perfect. For this reason I am considering return and going with Bose SoundTouch 30.

However I decided to give it a shot with Bluetooth adapter. Can you please recommend one which would not lower the quality of the sound?

Thx!
Greg
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jpmcwil
jpmcwil
Lyricist I
January 4, 2017
To the OP's question, I've been happy with the "Mpow
Bluetooth 4.0 HD Music Audio Receiver Adapter with Built in Apt-X Technology for Home Stereo System, Smartphones and Tablets" that I picked up on amazon for $25 a while ago. However, I use this to play from phone to a bookshelf stereo, rather than my Sonos.
If I want to play something to Sonos from my phone, BT is not required as you can connect via wifi directly to a Sonos as a Media renderer (I'm assuming it's a DLNA device.) Have you tried that?
    kareem34
    Lyricist I
    November 1, 2017
    There are many factors that one should keep into consideration like the ease of using the transmitter, its range, how compatible is the Bluetooth transmitter with other devices and the price. All these criteria for selection of a device make it easier for you to only pick the best Bluetooth transmitter.
    https://itday.com/audio-video/best-bluetooth-transmitters-market/
    Ktana
    Lyricist I
    November 25, 2017
    To the OP's question, I've been happy with the "Mpow
    Bluetooth 4.0 HD Music Audio Receiver Adapter with Built in Apt-X Technology for Home Stereo System, Smartphones and Tablets" that I picked up on amazon for $25 a while ago. However, I use this to play from phone to a bookshelf stereo, rather than my Sonos.
    If I want to play something to Sonos from my phone, BT is not required as you can connect via wifi directly to a Sonos as a Media renderer (I'm assuming it's a DLNA device.) Have you tried that?

    Hey jomcwil
    Can you explain how you would do this ie if i want to stream the music from my android device (using a source that is not available in the sonos app) how do i choose my speaker source to be the sonos. In other words how do i get to the nearby device option?

    Thank you for the help in advance
    airforceteacher
    airforceteacher
    Headliner I
    February 10, 2018
    I just tried this one on my Play:5 Gen2 last week - worked like a charm, but range not awesome, walked from garage into house and lost it at about 20 feet, through one wall.

    https://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-Big-Blue-Bluetooth-Amplifier/dp/B01N9F3FYQ

    Its not made by Brookstone anymore, but if you can find it in one of their stores, they were clearing them out at $19.95
    Kumar
    February 10, 2018
    How about the latest model Dot? With voice control as a bonus. I can't speak to the range, but mine works very well in adding BT capability to a Connect Amp.
    onthelistbaby
    Trending Lyricist I
    February 11, 2018
    I would love to have Bluetooth in order to listen to the NPR app from my phone. A better solution would be if Sonos finally included NPR as a streaming service, but customer have been requesting that for years to no avail.
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    February 11, 2018
    This one looks really good
    https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-NFC-Enabled-Bluetooth-Streaming-HA100/dp/B00YPATOEE/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1518388186&sr=8-10&keywords=bluetooth+receiver
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    February 11, 2018
    You could instead go with chromecast - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-chromecast-audio-black/4532100.p?skuId=4532100&ref=06&loc=01&ksid=e6ca5312-3bd8-438a-b536-2a056033aba8&ksprof_id=16&ksaffcode=pg72905&ksdevice=c&msclkid=631ecb7589e11070e85f91f54dddb384

    I believe the NPR one app supports chromecast
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