blafili XLR Bluetooth Audio Receiver

This Bluetooth XLR receiver works well enough, especially for the price (currently AU$70.99). It's great to have aptX HD and aptX Low Latency codecs - amongst others - included but "user beware" when it comes to using Bluetooth devices at gigs. I've learnt from painful first-hand experience that interference at gigs is a nightmare!

The build-quality of this product is ok but not great i.e. a single drop or knock could put it out of commission due to it being made from some kind of cheap plastic. I'd personally prefer aluminium construction - even for this price point - but it is what it is.

Overall, I rate this product 4/5 stars

Pros

✔ Simple to use, easy to pair
✔ Ridiculously simple way to get a phone call into a mixing board
✔ Could be used to play music from a bluetooth connected device if that's what you wanted to do
✔ USB C charging

Cons

✘ It's bluetooth audio with all of the limitations in compression that brings. Beaware of that if you want to put it over PA
✘ All plastic construction feels like it was 3D printed, not particularly robust

The blafili XLR Portable Bluetooth v5.1 Music Receiver has exceptional sound quality. It enables me to pair to my amp via bluetooth and the range from this thing is amazing.

Eliminates so many cables and neatens up the DJ box in our club a little more. Looking forward to updating some of our older speakers and systems to integrate with this Music receiver and similar products.

This is the perfect solution to a unique requirement, Getting audio into your audio devices like a mixer or amp via Bluetooth.

The pairing process with my device was simple and quick, and as stated in the listing there was no sounds, beeps or audio prompts produced by the device while pairing, and it has no volume controls, you just use the volume controls of your audio source device.

Audio output is at line level, I observed a level of -11dBu at peak, and at silent -96dBu, sound quality is exceptional.

Battery life seems really good, I ran it for a few hours and had no issues.

Interesting you can pair it with a 2nd unit to provide a stereo output.

The only slight issue the XLR pins would be better if they 180 deg the other way, because when I have it plugged into my audio inputs the front panel and controls on the unit are facing down, apart from that this unit is perfect.

This receiver allows me to record mono audio from my computer or phone using my Zoom field recorder or output through my mixer. Pairing is very easy. The exterior of the device is mostly plastic adn it's quite light, so it has a somewhat cheap feel but it works as it should and does it well.

Muy bueno

So it does what it says it does and the quality is pretty good. Reception is good too. Wide range of codecs and solid connection with no annoying noises.

There are a couple of issues:

It's mono only. There's only one channel of audio so it's not ideal for stereo music. If you're just getting basic playback or you just have one speaker it's fine, but there are cheaper devices that offer two channels (stereo).

There's no phantom power. XLR devices usually allow you to power the device using the +48v provided by the mixer or whatever you're plugging it into. Not this one, you are reliant on the battery. You can use the power cable and a USB power supply if you need to keep it going, but kind of defeats one of the advantages of having an XLR device.

Excellent range and sound quality. Very easy to pair. Love the fact that it doesn't beep on connection, seriously, last thing that's needed in any bluetooth device. I'm not a huge fan of the elongated form factor but that's a minor gripe.