Bluetooth Adaptor with USB Audio output for my CA651A

[zeta148]

I wanted a bluetooth adaptor which outputs USB output so that I could connect it to my Cambridge Audio Amplifier CA651A which has a USB input.

Had a raspberry pi lying around, used it with a IO-Gear BT GBU-521 dongle and followed the instructions at the link below:

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a Wireless Portable Bluetooth Audio System A2DP

[see also readers comments at the bottom of the link for instructions on how to route the audio to USB]

Was able to transmit a BT audio stream from my iPhone 6 with no issues.

Should also work with other USB DACs.

 

[MaSh]

If I remember raspberry has a Bluetooth receiver built in. That didn't work?

MaSh

Sent from my Redmi Note 3

 

[zeta148]

Only Pi3 has built in Wifi/BT not Pi 1 or Pi2 . Note that even with Pi3 with it's built-in BT, one needs to somehow autonomously accept incoming BT connections without user intervention and that's what the instructables article mentioned earlier comes in.