How to make your retro Hi-Fi Bluetooth enabled

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Everyone is so used to being able to stream music from your phone or tablet directly to your car or stereo but only recently have you been able to to buy off the shelf separates or stereo units with built in Bluetooth for this purpose. Additionally they do tend to be quite expensive and if you have something that works perfectly, why pay the extra?

For very little expense, you can now also enable your home stereo to receive stereo audio from your mobile devices.

There are a few products on the market that will do the same job, but there really is little need to spend a fortune. I’ve checked some reviews and the following will get you kitted out for less than £30.

Both have phono outputs and will enable you to connect to your stereo with no issue, as long as you have those aux inputs.

If you have an Apple TV or similar set top box, you can do this already using AirPlay but as the device doesn’t have dedicated sound out, you have to use the same channel as your TV, so if you want a dedicated EQ or music setting on your amplifier the Bluetooth receiver may be the better way to go.