1Mii DS200Pro Long Range Bluetooth 5.3 Receiver with Audiophile DAC, LDAC & aptX HD, Wireless Audio Receiver for Hi-Fi Streaming to Home Stereo, AV Receiver or Stereo Amplifier

This arrived today and it was a pleasant surprise to see the packaging for this receiver; it was very nicely designed and there are all the cables you'll need to get it connected to an amp (inc. digital, an RCA, and RCA to 3.5mm jack), plus all the support information you need right there. I have bought similar products in the past and none of them put together packaging of this nature. Okay enough of that, what about the sound quality? The device is easy to set up and use; but there was one thing that caught me out. I purchased this for LDAC connection and on first set up - it did not work! Or at least it appeared like it didn't work. Turn out the device contains one small limitation. LDAC does not work with the optical out port. To get LDAC you need to use the RCA connection. This is not obvious from the information provided; it is implied on a small card that sort of says turn off LDAC if device can't output 96kps and it mentions optical as well. It could be made explicit; however, not going to mark the product down for this because... the sound is wonderful and rich and far better than the nonsense ACC codec that the previous receiver passed off as quality. This is quality. The aptX HD codec works fine with optical and it's sound was very good there as well. Would have been happy to live with that so of you buy this to play music at that level it's still very decent device. Is it worth the money? Yeah, I'd recommend this to anyone. It's a well put together device that performs lovely.

Smart simple well made and compact, the DS200Pro paired easily to my iPhone XR and is ready to go each time you switch on - no faffing around checking connections. I used the phono connectors to connect the unit to my amp (Denon PMA-520AE) which doesn't have an optical interface. The streamed sound quality from Spotify through the speakers (Q Acoustic 3050i Floor standing) is significantly better than a previous Bluetooth receiver we had, in fact it is now getting closer to the vinyl sound from the record deck (Garrard 301). I use a number of test tracks to test for specific audio nuances and one of these is "Private Investigations - Remastered 2022" by Dire Straits. At 4m 47s there is a cat meowing followed by some breaking glass at 5m 51s - the previous device did not decode this, however the DS200Pro delivers it in all it's glory. Also noted is the clarity of the piano playing during the guitar solo in "The Bluest Blues" by Alvin Lee and also in Ben Woods fantastic Acoustic guitar cover of "You Got Another Thing Coming" originally by Judas Priest. And then finally the array of instruments are decoded in superb clarity on "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" by Bing Crosby. The DS200Pro is a great buy, well worth the money and thoroughly recommended.

This is a good little unit. The seller contacted me with a lot of technical tips on setup, I guess because I'm the first buyer and he was nervous about getting a bad review due to buyer confusion over receivers vs. transmitters, vs. amps, etc. No need. It works well for what I wanted: streaming audio to powered speakers. The sound seems very good, paired with high quality studio monitors. People's voices sound like they're in the room, plucks of guitar strings sound very full and real, etc. Haven't specifically gone out and found a FLAC or other lossless audio source yet (just HD), but so far, can't fault its audio quality at all. The unit itself is nicer than I expected. A matt aluminium (or other metal) finish, rather than the plastic I thought I was getting. A nice surprise. Maybe I should have read the description better and I wouldn't have been surprised. Anyway, it's well made, and feels good in the hand. The only real flaw is that the led flashes red and blue when your phone or other device has disconnected, even though it's paired. I expected that once the device had a pairing, it would quietly sit there and wait for the paired device to reconnect. Instead it flashes red/blue VERY brightly (a bit like a tiny police beacon) when not actively connected. Very annoying. For now I put some opaque surgical tape over the led, but that's pretty ugly. I guess you want to just cover/limit it with a black permanent marker, or something.

I own a Yamaha A-S501 amplifier for listening to records and had been listening to music from my phone using a 3.5mm to RCA cable plugged into one of the "Line" inputs on the amplifier. While that worked fine it meant leaving my phone tethered to the amplifier. I looked at a few different Bluetooth receivers and settled on this one since it supported a number of high definition codecs (aptX HD and LDAC), contained an "audiophile" DAC, seemed well reviewed and at the time of purchase was available for £75 - much less than some of the alternatives. I've connected the DS200Pro to my amplifier using the provided optical cable and I'm powering the unit using from the USB port on the back of my amplifier using the provided power cable. This means it turns on and off with the amplifier. On the first power-up, the DS200Pro went straight into pairing mode and it was simple to get my phone paired. An added benefit of using the optical connection is that when the amplifier isn't set to the optical input, the DS200Pro turns off - nice! This functionality isn't mentioned at all in the (somewhat basic) manual but the Q&A section here on Amazon seems to have most things covered. I haven't used the RCA outputs yet so can't comment on the DAC but it's a nice option to have. I'm using an Android phone (Nokia 7 plus) which doesn't support LDAC but the aptX HD codec was automatically selected has been plenty good enough for listening to 320kbps MP3s.

My Sonos Connect died recently. I was using it to play digital music through the speakers on my old stereo unit. The new version of the Sonos Connect gets not-so-great reviews, and I didn't really want to be on the Sonos bandwagon any longer. So I started looking for Bluetooth alternatives to use with the old stereo, along with my Bluetooth LG TV soundbar and JBL portable Bluetooth speaker instead of my Sonos speakers. The reviews for the 1Mii LDAC were so good that I took the plunge and bought one. I have been really pleased with the results. The 1Mii LDAC sounds fantastic when playing my old CDs which have been converted to ALAC format and imported into the Apple Music app on my iPad. The iPad lets me select any of the three locations to play, so it's just like a Sonos system except that you can't play all three locations all together at the same time, which was no big loss for me. I'm using the supplied RCA leads plugged to the Aux In of my old stereo system, and it works like a charm. I cannot tell the difference between playing an actual CD on the system or playing an ALAC copy via the iPad and the 1Mii LDAC. I'm very pleased with it - it's a no-fuss high-quality solution for digital to analogue conversion. I have since sold off my Sonos speakers which more than paid for the purchase of the 1Mii LDAC, so I'm very happy with my decision to change to a Bluetooth based system.

After the network interface on my Marantz amp died I tried a bunch of different streaming devices through usb, airplay etc. All of them sounded cr@p. Looked at these for a while but was put off by the cheaper price, thought I would give it go. Exceeds expectations! Hooked up via optical input the streaming via iPad with Spotify with quality settings maxed out. Really, really Impressive sound quality. No pauses, no background noise, simple to set up; pretty much just plug it and pair. It automatically goes into pairing mode first time you power it up and it’s just there when you search. Honestly sounds fantastic, ok I am using my amps own DAC, but even trying just the phono rca outputs it’s superb! Tiny quality issue in that one rca connector protrudes a mm more than the other but I am trying to find faults now :) Oh and you will need your own usb power brick, it comes with the cable. I used a quality low noise one from another bit of kit.

This item gives excellent reproduction when streaming high resolution music from Tidal and other sources. A clear improvement over other Bluetooth receivers I have used in the past, although some of this may be due to using a modern Bluetooth 5.4 adaptor with my laptop, rather than the internal device included in the laptop. I have no idea which codecs the receiver is using, but Windows reports CD quality. The box contains a RCA to RCA cable, an optical connector, a USB power cable and a RCA to 3.5 mm female jack socket (no idea what that's for). No power adaptor is provided, but that shouldn't be a problem for most purchasers.

I bought this item with big expectations, it looks the business well designed and compact. I connected it to my Bose lifestyle surround system via the RCA plug's and paired it to my phone and Sony TV, both said that they were connected to the Bluetooth receiver. I played music via my phone and to hear it the volume level had to increased to twice the normal levels, the sound quality was very poor and raspy. No sound came from the TV at all. I have a cheap pair of Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds which cost six times less than this Ldac Bluetooth receiver, they connect to my TV no problems with a rich bass and clear speech. Sony invented Ldac codec which streams at twice the normal speed so why is it not playing sound to my stereo system.