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Finally, a Bluetooth Receiver for True Hi-Res Hi-Fi
Musical Fidelity's V90-BLU5 HD is a sophisticated Bluetooth receiver ideal for streaming hi-res music formats from smartphones, tablets, Macs, and PCs right to your hi-fi system. It comes with an improved Bluetooth 5.0 standard for increased range and transmission bandwidth and aptX HD support.
The vast majority of Bluetooth receivers use digital-to-analog converters which are directly built-in on the Bluetooth chip. These are mostly of mediocre quality, because they were designed for a hands-free car phone system or small handheld mobile speakers rather than high-end audio.
The V90-BLU5 HD has a separate DAC for re-clocking and upsampling, using the first-class Burr-Brown chip PCM1781D. Bluetooth has never sounded this good, and you will finally have the proper integration for high-end systems, where Bluetooth is used for serious listening. Retain all the warmth, detail, transparency, and dynamics in your music with the V90-BLU HD.
Qualcomm CSR8670 Bluetooth Chip and Custom Digital Section
Instead of what's included in typical Bluetooth receivers, the V90-BLU5 HD uses a hi-fi audio-oriented chip from leading manufacturer Qualcomm. The CSR8670 is a premium-tier product, designed to deliver high quality wireless audio performance and support the development of highly differentiated, premium wireless audio products. The CSR8670 even has a relatively high-quality onboard DAC with 24/192 capability. After extensive listening tests, however, Musical Fidelity went one better by designing and building its own digital section consisting of a separate SRC and DAC in typical Musical Fidelity fashion. The result was worth it, because the result is one of the finest Bluetooth receivers on the market.
Sample Rate Converter SRC4392
A high-end sample rate converter from Burr Brown re-clocks all signals and convert them into 24 bits and 192 kHz. Upsampling done in this sophisticated and clean implementation allows the V90-BLU5 HD to reach the lowest distortion levels and maintain and elevate the integrity of your wireless Bluetooth audio.
Using the Latest Bluetooth standard 5.0
Bluetooth 5.0 is the latest version of the Bluetooth wireless communication standard. It includes various improvements, but only when used with compatible peripherals. Musical Fidelity was able to push the range of the Bluetooth connection all the way to 780 feet (compared to 98 feet with Bluetooth 2.0). Even with obstacles and walls in the way, the V90 can access more bandwidth to ensure constant high bit-rates for your aptX HD transmission. Of course, this requires a mobile device that also supports these standards. Should you have an older phone without BT 5.0, the standard will still be fully backwards compatible and just fall back to previous BT versions, although with degraded range and bandwidth.
The AptX HD Advantage
The V90-BLU5 HD is equipped with aptX HD, which was designed to answer the growing demand for high resolution audio. This enhanced codec supports 24-bit, high-resolution formats over Bluetooth. For aptX HD to work, your mobile device needs to support it. With careful engineering and expert circuit board design, Musical Fidelity improves the signal-to-noise ratio, resulting in lower background noise. Lower THD and no audible artefacts ensure you can enjoy your music with hardly any interference. This lets you hear even the smallest details in your music with punchy dynamics and transient detail on a real high-end level.
Flexible Input Extender
The V90-BLU5 HD can be integrated into any audio system, even if there are no free inputs left. It will bypass the analog RCA-in to its analog out and digital-ins to its digital outs. Then, whenever you play a Bluetooth source, the V90 will automatically detect and play that signal instead. If a free input is available, then the V90 can be connected in the more traditional way and expand your range of inputs via its own analog or digital inputs. Also included are built-in digital outputs, should you ever wish to feed your Bluetooth source to a different DAC.
