Need Recommendation for bluetooth receiver for whole house audio

[Elite67]

I have a customer that has a Audioaccess whole house system that was installed when the home was built around 2009. The system has around 15 zones. He would like to add a bluetooth receiver so they can listen to music from there phones. the home is 7,000 sq feet. I looked at a few bluetooth receivers on Crutchfield and was wondering if anyone here has used them. the AudioAccess does have aux inputs that are not being used at this time.

 

[BMXTRIX]

It depends on usage, but Bluetooth is a range limited design that is not appropriate for whole house audio use. You can't wander a home and jump from one Bluetooth to another seamlessly without losing your audio from the phone.

It is better to use a wi-fi enabled audio service. Sonos is one example. Airplay is another. Then the phone connects through the whole-house wi-fi and directly to the device to play audio. Sonos has a ton of other streaming apps built into it which makes it a very nice service for music playback throughout a home. You can get one or two of them for his/hers usage.