I’m looking for a bluetooth stereo speaker which will work with Linux. Any suggestions? Bonus points if it can be connected to the wall socket for electricity.
Any suggestions?
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My #1 suggestion, if you look for sound quality, get a Bludento BLT2, and attach it to your Hifi system, or any amplified (active) speaker having a line input (preferably RCA, but jack works too with an appropriate cable).
#2, get a Raspberry, a good(!!) DAC, and make your own BT receiver, attach it to amplifier, speakers… this is the most DIY solution providing you the most felxibility in implemented functions.
#3, get an amplifier having builtin BT, such as Auna series… and attach appropriate speakers to it.
#4 The most compact solution is to get an active speaker having Blutetooth built in, such as Edifier 1280DB
In general, I think your your choice is not limited because of Linux and Bluetooth involved, but your budget, and sound quality expectations.
Edit:
I’m near to finish this piece:
as my friend wanted a HiFi system, like my system sounds.
I have an Rpi 3B+ with a HiFiBerry DAC+ADC pro, Yamaha AX 450 amplifier, and a pair of Wharfedale Crystal II - 40. (The cannon fire of the 1812 Overture can even massage my back, but it can be soft too, I can also hear Valentina caressing the piano keys. :D)
So this is going to be a similar build, just with this DAC instead of the Hifiberry…
Still under construction, it kinda works, but there are so many things to configure…
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My son has a previous model of the JBL Flip 7. I was shocked at how good it sounds. I think you can pair two of these together to have left and right channels use separate speakers. They also have larger models that cost more. Have not heard those.
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I’m on my third Tribit Stormbox Micro 2…
Third?
The first one - which I got from Amazon in 2022-ish - was essentially “free” because I left a bad review on Amazon - and they refunded me and let me keep it!
Anyway - recently (just after new year) - that one “died” - i.e. horrible fuzz noise on bass notes… Mind you - that’s over 3 years of cranking up mostly heavy metal music to eleven :
Middle of last year - I bought a 2nd one to pair them up as stereo - that worked well - till the first one “died” (see “fuzz” above)… I thought about trying something else - but ended up buying my 3rd Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 to replace the first one…
So - I’d still recommend them… However - they are battery powered - 8-12 hours playback (less time on full volume)… One thing I also like - you can use them as a powerbank!
They work just fine on Linux… But I mostly use them with my Galaxy S23 Ultra Android phone…
I’d love to try Laslo’s (@kovacslt) Raspberry Pi DAC/AMP thing - but I can only listen to music on headphones when at home - unless I’m sitting out on the front porch… I only use speakers when out riding…
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I ended up getting myself the Edifier M60. It has BT built in and has some other nice things (such as detachable cables between the left and right speaker). Only drawback of these speakers is the presence of too much bass.
I now have two additional questions:
- How do I make Linux automatically connect to the speakers on boot?
- Is there a software equalizer which I can use to lighten the bass for about 6dB which I can have automatically launch on boot?
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