Although most major devices (ie, receivers, amps, etc) coming out today seem to already offer wireless connectivity, but if yours for any reason does not, this could be a viable option for you (it also looks nice). It should come with a wall adapter since not everyone may have a spare adapter laying around. Sound is good, the connection is stable and it is pretty easy to set up despite the instructions not exactly reading like a finished article. Review Updated – Feb 2015 – Included video and a short description of the optional multi-room configuration. The antenna is very small and not at all intrusive to the eyes. The overall design feels solid and allows it to blend very well (visually) with audiophile setups. The edges are a little sharp in cut, but it shouldn’t bother anyone. The construction is all brushed metal and has a nice look to it. We didn’t test this out since we only had one unit on-site, but you can find a video below demonstrating how this works (provided by Uyesee). Using a sidekick app on the PC, you can also connect multiple SoundMates together creating a multi-room setup. We couldn’t really find anything to complain about outside of it not coming with a wall adapter to at least get your started with. It is clear without any distortion or skipping (again, as long as all devices have a solid connection to the network). Sound quality sounds like your typical wireless stream. We walked all over within the network’s range and had music pumping out the other end. As long as all devices have a solid connection to your router, we didn’t see any troubles with dropouts. We have tested it from multiple different playback devices, including a handful of Android and iOS devices, as well as a Windows 8 laptop. The SoundMate does everything it claims to. It supports most of the typical formats as well as FLAC (lossless audio). Simply select it from the available devices and shazam, you now have a wireless system. ![]() Once the SoundMate has been connected to your network, you can stream music to it from any DLNA, QPlay or AirPlay device. There are other settings pages where you can set the device name that other devices see when selecting streamable devices and so forth, but none of that is necessary. You will now see the device on the network ready to play to. Now you can drop off the WiFi connection to the device and jump back onto your main WiFi network. If you entered the password right, it will have connected to your router. It will then countdown 20 seconds and reload the page. If yours is password protected (which it better be), you will have to enter the password/phrase. ![]()
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