Arcam rBlink Bluetooth Music Converter

The Arcam rBlink Bluetooth music converter is a small but neat little box. It's a Bluetooth receiver that features a jitter removal circuit as well as a PCM 5102 24-bit digital to analogue converter (DAC). The output is left and right RCA but it also has a digital S/PDIF output in the event you want to use your own external DAC. The rBlink features Apt-X technology, so you can stream lossless-quality files via Bluetooth to any stereo or home theater system. Installation is easy with a simple pairing system for new devices. It also syncs with over 2000 devices, so if you're thinking about syncing all 2000 of your iPads and iPhones...or your friends' iOS devices...Well, go ahead have a party.

The rBlink comes housed in a cast aluminum case and is small enough to go just about anywhere. The great thing about this is that it allows you to bring quality streaming Bluetooth into your AV system and it lets you do it all for $249. According to the rep at the Arcam booth, they've tested the unit out at 60 feet through wood stud walls with no difficulties (and it can do 70 feet line-up-site.

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